Visa on arrival

Sri Lanka visa for citizens of Laos

Citizens of Laos 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 Laos: the passport opens 20 countries visa-free; Vientiane — Colombo: ≈ 2,760 km, about 4 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 Laos passport you can visit 20 countries visa-free, 21 with a visa on arrival and 58 with an e-visa; 99 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Laos passport ranks 169th of 199.
Laos passport: visa-free access to 20 countries; Sri Lanka passport: 18.
Citizens of Laos and Sri Lanka can travel together visa-free to 8 countries, for example: Thailand, Singapore, Seychelles, Micronesia, Rwanda, Haiti, Dominica, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Citizens of Sri Lanka, in turn, get a visa on arrival in Laos. Laos visa for citizens of Sri Lanka

Travelling to Sri Lanka: good to know

Vientiane — Colombo: about 2,760 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 4 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −1.5 hours.
Local time: Vientiane 12:00 — Colombo 10:30.
Local currency: Sri Lankan Rupee.
Languages: Sinhala and Tamil.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ LKR 330.
Sri Lanka is the 15th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Laos.