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Sri Lanka visa for citizens of Uruguay

Citizens of Uruguay 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 Uruguay: the passport opens 96 countries visa-free; Montevideo — Colombo: ≈ 14,560 km, about 18.5 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 Uruguay passport you can visit 96 countries visa-free, 32 with a visa on arrival and 43 with an e-visa; 27 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Uruguay passport ranks 59th of 199.
Uruguay passport: visa-free access to 96 countries; Sri Lanka passport: 18.
Citizens of Uruguay and Sri Lanka can travel together visa-free to 13 countries, for example: Venezuela, Grenada, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Haiti, Bahamas, Seychelles, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Micronesia, Singapore, and Thailand.
Citizens of Sri Lanka, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Uruguay. Uruguay visa for citizens of Sri Lanka

Travelling to Sri Lanka: good to know

Montevideo — Colombo: about 14,560 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 18.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +8.5 hours.
Local time: Montevideo 12:00 — Colombo 20:30.
Local currency: Sri Lankan Rupee.
Languages: Sinhala and Tamil.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ LKR 330.
Sri Lanka is the 167th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Uruguay.