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Sri Lanka visa for citizens of Suriname

Citizens of Suriname 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 Suriname: the passport opens 35 countries visa-free; Paramaribo — Colombo: ≈ 14,830 km, about 19 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 Suriname passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Suriname 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 Suriname passport you can visit 35 countries visa-free, 30 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 84 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Suriname passport ranks 132nd of 199.
Suriname passport: visa-free access to 35 countries; Sri Lanka passport: 18.
Citizens of Suriname and Sri Lanka can travel together visa-free to 10 countries, for example: Barbados, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Haiti, Bahamas, Seychelles, Kiribati, Micronesia, and Singapore.
Citizens of Sri Lanka, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Suriname. Suriname visa for citizens of Sri Lanka

Travelling to Sri Lanka: good to know

Paramaribo — Colombo: about 14,830 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 19 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +8.5 hours.
Local time: Paramaribo 12:00 — Colombo 20:30.
Local currency: Sri Lankan Rupee.
Languages: Sinhala and Tamil.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ LKR 330.
Sri Lanka is the 172nd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Suriname.