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FCDO travel advice for Sri Lanka. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

• Updated: 6 February 2025

• Warnings and insurance

  Before you travel No travel can be guaranteed safe. Read all the advice in…

• Entry requirements

  This information is for people travelling on a full ‘British citizen’…

• Safety and security

  This guide also has safety advice for regions of Sri Lanka. Terrorism…

• Regional risks

  Northern Sri Lanka There is a visible military presence across the north.…

• Health

  Before you travel check that: your destination can provide the healthcare…

• Getting help

  The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) cannot provide…

Information for British citizens moving to or living in Sri Lanka, including guidance on residency, healthcare and passports.

• Updated: 27 January 2022

Information on security and political risks which UK businesses may face when operating in Sri Lanka.

• Updated: 19 June 2023

Apply for a transit visa if you stop at a UK airport on your way to another destination - types of visas, cost, documents, how to apply

The UK has today sanctioned figures responsible for serious human rights violations and abuses during the civil war in Sri Lanka.

• Updated: 24 March 2025

Sri Lanka Statement at the 58 Human Rights Council during the Item 2 General Debate. Delivered by UK Ambassador for Human Rights to the UN, Eleanor Sanders, on behalf of the Core Group on Sri Lanka.

• Updated: 3 March 2025

• Updated: 8 April 2025

Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients from Sri Lanka for healthcare practitioners.

• Updated: 18 April 2016

Check which rates of Air Passenger Duty you need to pay if you’re a plane operator, and how to fill in your return to HMRC.

• Updated: 1 April 2025

Updates, news and events from the UK government in Sri Lanka

• Updated: 15 August 2017