{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"LY","name":"Libya","slug":"libya"},"destination":{"code":"LK","name":"Sri Lanka"},"status":"eta","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-20","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"sri-lanka-other-ordinary-passports-standard-eta","title":"Other ordinary passports: standard short-visit ETA","summary":"The current Department default requires a standard ETA for every other catalog foreign ordinary-passport code; the source does not create a nationality-wide visa-free complement.","status":"eta","conditions":["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.","Apply electronically through the official ETA portal. The 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-die-2026-free-eta-notice","sri-lanka-eta-official-overview","sri-lanka-eta-current-application-methods","sri-lanka-eta-application-terms"],"application":{"url":"https://eta.gov.lk/etaslvisa/etaNavServ","label":"Sri Lanka ETA application","steps":["Submit the short-visit ETA application electronically before travel and await approval or a referral notice.","Carry the ETA approval and the required valid passport, return ticket, and funds to the port of entry."]}}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"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-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-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"}]}