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Sri Lanka visa for citizens of the Solomon Islands

Citizens of the Solomon Islands 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 the Solomon Islands: the passport opens 84 countries visa-free; Honiara — Colombo: ≈ 9,060 km, about 12 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 Solomon Islands passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of the Solomon Islands 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 Solomon Islands passport you can visit 84 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 51 with an e-visa; 36 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Solomon Islands passport ranks 72nd of 199.
Solomon Islands passport: visa-free access to 84 countries; Sri Lanka passport: 18.
Citizens of the Solomon Islands and Sri Lanka can travel together visa-free to 16 countries, for example: Vanuatu, Micronesia, Kiribati, Singapore, Tajikistan, Seychelles, Lesotho, Malawi, Bahamas, Haiti, Rwanda, Grenada, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Barbados.
Citizens of Sri Lanka, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to the Solomon Islands. Solomon Islands visa for citizens of Sri Lanka

Travelling to Sri Lanka: good to know

Honiara — Colombo: about 9,060 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 12 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −5.5 hours.
Local time: Honiara 12:00 — Colombo 06:30.
Local currency: Sri Lankan Rupee.
Languages: Sinhala and Tamil.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ LKR 330.
Sri Lanka is the 35th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of the Solomon Islands.