Country's borders status
Coronavirus information
Those who in the past 14 days have been in or transited through Angola, Argentina, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Eswatini, French Guiana, Guyana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Paraguay, Peru, South Africa, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zambia or Zimbabwe must have an authorization obtained by sending emails to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: entry.permission@mfa.gov.lk and to the Ministry of Health: dghs@health.gov.lk.
Arriving people must have authorization obtained by sending an email to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: entry.permission@mfa.gov.lk.
This doesn’t apply to:
- citizens of Sri Lanka;
- people arriving via “Sri Lanka Tourism” route.
People arriving via “Sri Lanka Tourism” route must have an Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) obtained here before departure. This doesn’t apply to citizens and residents of Sri Lanka.
Citizens and residents of Sri Lanka arriving via “Sri Lanka Tourism” route must have a confirmed hotel booking.
Upon arrival passengers must present a completed “Health Declaration Form” that can be obtained here or upon arrival.
Arriving people must have a printed negative COVID-19 PCR test result in English of a test taken not more than 72 hours before departure from the first embarkation point. This doesn’t apply to children under 2.
Citizens of Sri Lanka must have:
- a printed negative COVID-19 PCR test result in English of a test taken not more than 96 hours before departure from the first embarkation point; or
- a printed rapid antigen test result in English of a test taken not more than 48 hours before departure from the first embarkation point.
Arriving people are subject to a COVID-19 PCR test upon arrival.
This doesn’t apply to children under 2.
Arriving people are subject to quarantine for 14 days.
This doesn’t apply to:
- holders of a COVID-19 vaccination certificate in English showing that they were fully vaccinated at least 2 weeks before departure, if the result of the COVID-19 PCR test upon arrival is negative. They must not arrive from Angola, Argentina, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Eswatini, French Guiana, Guyana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Paraguay, Peru, South Africa, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zambia or Zimbabwe;
- holders of a positive COVID-19 NAAT test result in English of a test taken at least 28 days and at most 90 days before departure and a COVID-19 vaccination certificate in English showing that they received at least one dose 14 days after the positive test and at least 14 days before departure.