All you need to know about Sri Lanka Visa update in September 2024
Sri Lanka and the Visa update has been a total newsmaker for 2024.
The most recent Sri Lanka Visa update comes on the 2nd September 2024 with making 38 Nationalities (Passports) Visa-Free to enter Sri Lanka.
Here is the List of 38 Nationalities with Visa-Free Access to Sri Lanka with Immediate Effect (03rd September 2024)
- Australia
- Austria
- Bahrain
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Canada
- China
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- France
- Germany
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Netherlands
- Nepal
- New Zealand
- Oman
- Poland
- Qatar
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Seychelles
- Singapore
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Thailand
- UAE (United Arab Emirates)
- United Kingdom,
- United States
Minister Ali Sabry’s Official Sri Lanka Visa Update:
Today, the Cabinet authorized the President to implement visa-free access for 38 nationalities with immediate effect, adopting Singapore’s streamlined ‘one-chop’ approach. This decision will help ease congestion at visa counters.
Ex-Tourism Minister Harin Fernando’s Update:
Today cabinet approved one chop system like in Singapore for the 38 countries with visa free to start with immediate effect , also have given president full authority to execute the operation, this will definitely help ease the congestion currently face by tourist.
So this new Visa scheme of free Sri Lanka visa for how long?
This is uncertain.
The previous announcement in August 2024 was that this scheme of Free-Visa was for 06 months. Maybe with the Immigration queues getting longer for Sri Lanka Visa, the government tried to ease the situation with the One Chop Approach.
This way, after checking the official documents such as the Passport and related, the Immigration Officer at the Colombo’s Airport Immigration counter will Seal the Passport with One Chop Seal to make it quick and easy for the tourists.
For the rest of the Nationalities (apart from the 38 Nationalities), the same USD 50.00 Sri Lanka Visa on Arrival still applies.
Sri Lanka Visa website?
As of 03rd September 2024, the official Sri Lanka Visa website is down. You can refer the posts below to find more information on that.
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