{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"CI","name":"Côte d'Ivoire","slug":"cote-d-ivoire"},"destination":{"code":"LK","name":"Sri Lanka"},"status":"eta","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-20","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"sri-lanka-sponsored-eta-nationalities","title":"Five named ordinary passports: sponsor-submitted ETA","summary":"Afghanistan, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Nigeria may apply for ETA through a Sri Lankan sponsor at the Department head office, rather than receiving an unrestricted online ordinary-visitor outcome.","status":"eta","conditions":["A Sri Lankan sponsor must submit the request, sponsor affidavit, certified sponsor ID/passport copy, applicant police-clearance report, applicant passport copy, and accommodation proof to the Department head office for consideration.","This is an advance, sponsor-mediated ETA route. The alert identifies this special process but does not independently state the nationality scope of the BIA limited facility.","The Department states that all foreign nationals, including the 40 fee-waiver nationalities and Maldives, Seychelles, and Singapore, require an ETA before arrival; this policy therefore does not treat a waived fee as visa-free entry.","The sponsor-submitted ETA must be used to enter within three months of issue; tourist ETA is initially up to 30 days from arrival and may be extended up to six months.","At entry, ETA holders need a passport valid at least six months from arrival, a confirmed return ticket, and sufficient funds. ETA is not admission; false information, security/admissibility findings, or a referral can result in refusal.","ETA holders must not undertake paid or unpaid employment, trade, or business beyond the granted ETA purpose. Residence, work, longer stay, transit, crew, diplomatic, official, service, UN, special-document and diplomatic-mission rules are separate.","The official application page retains a limited BIA-only, additional-fee ETA-on-arrival facility for travellers without prior approval. It remains an approval-contingent airport fallback, not a nationality-wide visa-free rule; the published standard is ETA before travel."],"sourceIds":["sri-lanka-eta-current-nationality-alerts","sri-lanka-eta-official-overview","sri-lanka-die-2026-free-eta-notice","sri-lanka-eta-current-application-methods","sri-lanka-eta-application-terms"],"application":{"url":"https://eta.gov.lk/slvisa/","label":"Sri Lanka ETA portal and restricted-nationality notice","steps":["Arrange for a Sri Lankan sponsor to lodge the required documents at the Department of Immigration and Emigration head office.","Await consideration and ETA approval before travel; the special alert does not establish this sponsor route as an airport process."]}}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"sri-lanka-eta-current-nationality-alerts","title":"ETA portal: current nationality alerts","url":"https://eta.gov.lk/slvisa/","publisher":"Department of Immigration and Emigration","jurisdiction":"Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka","kind":"official-portal","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-20"},{"id":"sri-lanka-eta-official-overview","title":"Electronic Travel Authorization official overview","url":"https://www.eta.gov.lk/slvisa/visainfo/center.jsp?locale=en_US","publisher":"Department of Immigration and Emigration","jurisdiction":"Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka","kind":"official-portal","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-20"},{"id":"sri-lanka-die-2026-free-eta-notice","title":"Special Notice to Short-Term Visitors: free Tourist Visa (ETA) for 40 countries","url":"https://www.immigration.gov.lk/pages_e.php?id=60","publisher":"Department of Immigration and Emigration","jurisdiction":"Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-20"},{"id":"sri-lanka-eta-current-application-methods","title":"How to submit an ETA application","url":"https://eta.gov.lk/slvisa/visainfo/apply.jsp?aoo=current&locale=en_US","publisher":"Department of Immigration and Emigration","jurisdiction":"Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka","kind":"official-portal","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-20"},{"id":"sri-lanka-eta-application-terms","title":"ETA application terms and conditions","url":"https://eta.gov.lk/etaslvisa/etaNavServ","publisher":"Department of Immigration and Emigration","jurisdiction":"Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka","kind":"official-portal","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-20"}]}