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Sri Lanka visa for citizens of Tanzania

Citizens of Tanzania 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 Tanzania: the passport opens 42 countries visa-free; Dodoma — Colombo: ≈ 5,110 km, about 7 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 Tanzania passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Tanzania 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 Tanzania passport you can visit 42 countries visa-free, 21 with a visa on arrival and 40 with an e-visa; 95 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Tanzania passport ranks 116th of 199.
Tanzania passport: visa-free access to 42 countries; Sri Lanka passport: 18.
Citizens of Tanzania and Sri Lanka can travel together visa-free to 15 countries, for example: Rwanda, Malawi, Seychelles, Lesotho, Gambia, Singapore, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Grenada, Haiti, Bahamas, Micronesia, Vanuatu, and Kiribati.
Citizens of Sri Lanka, in turn, get a visa on arrival in Tanzania. Tanzania visa for citizens of Sri Lanka

Travelling to Sri Lanka: good to know

Dodoma — Colombo: about 5,110 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 7 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +2.5 hours.
Local time: Dodoma 12:00 — Colombo 14:30.
Local currency: Sri Lankan Rupee.
Languages: Sinhala and Tamil.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ LKR 330.
Sri Lanka is the 59th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Tanzania.