Entry rules
Do Germany passport holders need a visa for Sri Lanka?
UpdatedSep 28, 2026About the data
No visa, but an eTA
eTA required30 days
Germany passport holders can visit Sri Lanka without a visa for up to 30 days, but must get an electronic travel authorisation (eTA) online before they travel.
Not a visa, but an approval you apply for online and must have before you travel, like the US ESTA or the UK ETA.
Check another trip
Sri Lanka4of 198 passports visa-freeRank 177 among destinationsEvery passport’s ruleGermany passport122of 198 destinations visa-freeRank 15 among passportsEvery destination for this passportThe other waySri Lanka passport holders visiting GermanyVisa required
See that ruleMore of Asia for Germany passport holders
AfghanistaneVisa30 days
ArmeniaVisa-free180 days
AzerbaijaneVisa30 days
BahrainOn arrival14 days
BangladeshOn arrival30 days
BhutaneVisa90 days
BruneiVisa-free90 days
CambodiaOn arrival30 days
ChinaVisa-free30 days
CyprusVisa-free
GeorgiaVisa-free360 days
Hong KongVisa-free90 days
IndiaeVisa30 days
IndonesiaOn arrival30 days
IraneVisa30 days
IraqeVisa30 days
IsraeleTA90 days
JapanVisa-free90 days
JordanOn arrival
KazakhstanVisa-free30 days
KuwaitOn arrival90 days
KyrgyzstanVisa-free30 days
LaosOn arrival30 days
LebanonOn arrival30 days
MacaoVisa-free90 days
MalaysiaVisa-free90 days
MaldivesOn arrival30 days
MongoliaVisa-free30 days
Myanmar (Burma)eVisa28 days
NepalOn arrival90 days
North KoreaVisa required
OmanVisa-free14 days
PakistaneVisa90 days
PalestineVisa-free
PhilippinesVisa-free30 days
QatarVisa-free90 days
Saudi ArabiaOn arrival90 days
SingaporeVisa-free90 days
South KoreaVisa-free90 days
SyriaOn arrival30 days
TaiwanVisa-free90 days
TajikistanVisa-free30 days
ThailandVisa-free60 days
Timor-LesteVisa-free90 days
TürkiyeVisa-free90 days
TurkmenistanVisa required
United Arab EmiratesVisa-free90 days
UzbekistanVisa-free30 days
VietnamVisa-free45 days
YemenVisa required