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Sri Lanka visa for citizens of Finland

Citizens of Finland 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 Finland: the passport opens 122 countries visa-free; Helsinki — Colombo: ≈ 7,470 km, about 10 hours of flying.

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

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Can I travel to Sri Lanka without a visa on a Finland passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Finland get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

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Sri Lanka visa rules at a glance

With a Finland passport you can visit 122 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 35 with an e-visa; 14 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Finland passport ranks 6th of 199.
Finland passport: visa-free access to 122 countries; Sri Lanka passport: 18.
Citizens of Finland and Sri Lanka can travel together visa-free to 17 countries, for example: Tajikistan, Gambia, Seychelles, Thailand, Bahamas, Malawi, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, Grenada, Venezuela, Singapore, Lesotho, and Micronesia.
Citizens of Sri Lanka, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Finland. Finland visa for citizens of Sri Lanka

Travelling to Sri Lanka: good to know

Helsinki — Colombo: about 7,470 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 10 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +2.5 hours.
Local time: Helsinki 12:00 — Colombo 14:30.
Local currency: Sri Lankan Rupee.
Languages: Sinhala and Tamil.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ LKR 330.
Sri Lanka is the 123rd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Finland.