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Sri Lanka visa for citizens of Myanmar

Citizens of Myanmar 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 Myanmar: the passport opens 13 countries visa-free; Naypyidaw — Colombo: ≈ 2,260 km, about 3.5 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 Myanmar passport you can visit 13 countries visa-free, 24 with a visa on arrival and 58 with an e-visa; 102 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Myanmar passport ranks 184th of 199.
Myanmar passport: visa-free access to 13 countries; Sri Lanka passport: 18.
Citizens of Myanmar and Sri Lanka can travel together visa-free to 7 countries, for example: Thailand, Singapore, Seychelles, Micronesia, Dominica, Haiti, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Citizens of Sri Lanka, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Myanmar. Myanmar visa for citizens of Sri Lanka

Travelling to Sri Lanka: good to know

Naypyidaw — Colombo: about 2,260 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −1 hour.
Local time: Naypyidaw 12:00 — Colombo 11:00.
Local currency: Sri Lankan Rupee.
Languages: Sinhala and Tamil.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ LKR 330.
Sri Lanka is the 12th closest of 196 destinations open to citizens of Myanmar.