Sri Lanka Visa Cost Calculator

Sri Lanka prices its single-entry tourist visa at $40, covering tourism, family visits and short unpaid business meetings. At $60, the multi-entry option suits anyone whose Sri Lanka trip is really two trips — one border hop in the middle changes the math fast. Work-adjacent travel — meetings, contract negotiation, site visits — falls under the business visa, priced at $100 for Sri Lanka and documented with a host letter.

A $12 transit endorsement legalises a short Sri Lanka layover — typically 24–72 hours — without a full application behind it. Check the eVisa queue first: where your passport qualifies, Sri Lanka's online route usually beats the consulate visit on total cost once photos, postage and courier fees are counted.

Four inputs drive a Sri Lanka application: a passport valid six months beyond your stay, one compliant photo, proof of accommodation, and evidence you can fund the trip. Even the simplest route wants the core kit in digital form: Sri Lanka's online portal takes the same documents a consulate would, as scans instead of paper. The $40 base fee is payable by card on Sri Lanka's portal, or in LKR equivalent where the application is made in person.

Some Sri Lanka missions add a biometric appointment; if yours does, book it the day you file, because appointment queues usually outlast processing queues. Late bookers pay the express premium — half as much again on the fee to compress Sri Lanka's decision from weeks to days.

The passport rules are absolute — 6 months' validity beyond your Sri Lanka exit date and two clean pages for the visa itself. One photo on a white background, recent, taken to standard passport specification — Sri Lanka enforces this more strictly than most. Sri Lanka officers look for steady balances rather than lump sums, so statements covering 90 days beat a fresh deposit every time.

Hotel bookings and the return ticket close the loop; Sri Lanka cross-checks the dates across all of them. An invitation letter from a registered Sri Lanka company is the business-visa keystone; transit files live or die on the onward booking.

The standard Sri Lanka decision typically lands within 5–15 business days, and seasonal backlogs push it to the top of that band. Express handling compresses the wait to 1–3 business days and multiplies the fee by 1.5 — $60 instead of $40 for a tourist visa to Sri Lanka.

Incomplete files, not bad histories, cause the bulk of Sri Lanka rejections — one missing night of lodging is enough. Fix-then-refile is the normal path after a Sri Lanka denial; the fee is due again, so get the file right the second time. eVisa decisions for Sri Lanka often arrive inside 72 hours, making it the de facto express lane at standard price where your nationality qualifies.