Sri Lanka Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA)

Yes! Even when your nationality is included in Sri Lanka's 40-country Tourist ETA Fee Waiver scheme (which includes the UK, US, Canada, Australia, EU states, India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Japan), obtaining an approved online ETA prior to boarding your flight remains strictly mandatory. The waiver reduces the government visa fee to $0 USD, while our low service fee covers full concierge filing and verification.

A standard Sri Lanka Tourist ETA grants double entry for up to 30 days. This means that after your initial arrival at Colombo Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB), you can take a short side trip (for example, to the Maldives or India) and re-enter Sri Lanka a second time within 30 calendar days from your first date of entry.

No commercial agency or private facilitator can guarantee ETA approval. Sovereign entry decisions rest exclusively with the Department of Immigration and Emigration of Sri Lanka. NomadicMart is an independent application concierge service not affiliated with the Government of Sri Lanka or eta.gov.lk.

Every Sri Lanka ETA applicant must confirm that they do not currently hold a valid Sri Lankan visa or ETA, do not hold a Sri Lankan resident visa, and do not hold an active multiple-entry visa to Sri Lanka. Answering 'Yes' to any of these three declarations triggers an immediate block on the electronic portal.

Yes. Under official Sri Lankan immigration guidelines, children under 12 years of age of all eligible nationalities are exempt from the government ETA fee ($0 USD government fee), though each child traveling on their own passport must still hold an individually approved Sri Lanka ETA prior to travel.