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Sri Lanka visa for citizens of Mauritania

Citizens of Mauritania 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 Mauritania: the passport opens 26 countries visa-free; Nouakchott — Colombo: ≈ 10,380 km, about 13.5 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 Mauritania passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Mauritania 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 Mauritania passport you can visit 26 countries visa-free, 25 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 98 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Mauritania passport ranks 157th of 199.
Mauritania passport: visa-free access to 26 countries; Sri Lanka passport: 18.
Citizens of Mauritania and Sri Lanka can travel together visa-free to 9 countries, for example: Gambia, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Rwanda, Haiti, Seychelles, Singapore, and Micronesia.
Citizens of Sri Lanka, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Mauritania. Mauritania visa for citizens of Sri Lanka

Travelling to Sri Lanka: good to know

Nouakchott — Colombo: about 10,380 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 13.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +5.5 hours.
Local time: Nouakchott 12:00 — Colombo 17:30.
Local currency: Sri Lankan Rupee.
Languages: Sinhala and Tamil.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ LKR 330.
Sri Lanka is the 163rd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Mauritania.