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Sri Lanka visa for citizens of Benin

Citizens of Benin get a Sri Lanka visa on arrival at passport control. You don’t apply in advance, but border officers check your passport, return ticket and accommodation. Visago checks your documents before you travel. It costs $19.

For citizens of Benin: the passport opens 34 countries visa-free; Porto-Novo — Colombo: ≈ 8,520 km, about 11 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

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Sri Lanka visa rules at a glance

With a Benin passport you can visit 34 countries visa-free, 24 with a visa on arrival and 44 with an e-visa; 96 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Benin passport ranks 134th of 199.
Benin passport: visa-free access to 34 countries; Sri Lanka passport: 18.
Citizens of Benin and Sri Lanka can travel together visa-free to 10 countries, for example: Gambia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Haiti, Bahamas, Singapore, and Micronesia.
Citizens of Sri Lanka, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Benin. Benin visa for citizens of Sri Lanka

Travelling to Sri Lanka: good to know

Porto-Novo — Colombo: about 8,520 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 11 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +4.5 hours.
Local time: Porto-Novo 12:00 — Colombo 16:30.
Local currency: Sri Lankan Rupee.
Languages: Sinhala and Tamil.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ LKR 330.
Sri Lanka is the 146th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Benin.