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Sri Lanka visa for citizens of Egypt

Citizens of Egypt 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 Egypt: the passport opens 19 countries visa-free; Cairo — Colombo: ≈ 5,680 km, about 7.5 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 Egypt passport you can visit 19 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 53 with an e-visa; 99 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Egypt passport ranks 173rd of 199.
Egypt passport: visa-free access to 19 countries; Sri Lanka passport: 18.
Citizens of Egypt and Sri Lanka can travel together visa-free to 9 countries, for example: Rwanda, Seychelles, Gambia, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, Micronesia, and Kiribati.
Citizens of Sri Lanka, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Egypt. Egypt visa for citizens of Sri Lanka

Travelling to Sri Lanka: good to know

Cairo — Colombo: about 5,680 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 7.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +2.5 hours.
Local time: Cairo 12:00 — Colombo 14:30.
Local currency: Sri Lankan Rupee.
Languages: Sinhala and Tamil.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ LKR 330.
Sri Lanka is the 120th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Egypt.