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Conditions apply

Visa, stay set by the visa

Before you travel: you need a visa from an embassy or consulate.

How long you may stay is set by your visa.

Entry rule for 12 September 2026 Source checked 20 August 2026

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Entry and stay only. What this covers

Entry conditions1 to check

Short-term visa applications by nationals of Cameroon, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Afghanistan, Ghana and Syria must be made through a Sri Lankan sponsor at the Head Office of the Department of Immigration & Emigration; the ETA/on-arrival route is not available to them.

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Open source document

Afghanistan passport → Sri Lanka
Entry date: 2026-09-12

Visa, stay set by the visa
Before you travel: you need a visa from an embassy or consulate.
How long you may stay is set by your visa.

Conditions:
- Short-term visa applications by nationals of Cameroon, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Afghanistan, Ghana and Syria must be made through a Sri Lankan sponsor at the Head Office of the Department of Immigration & Emigration; the ETA/on-arrival route is not available to them.

Source: https://www.slembassy-qatar.com/notice-to-all-eta-applicants/
Source checked: 2026-08-20
Data snapshot: 2026-09-10

This establishes the recorded entry rule and stay allowance, not admission, work permission, residence rights or a tax position.
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Official wording

All passengers from Cameroon, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Afghanistan Ghana and Syria intending to visit should apply their short-term visa applications through a Sri Lankan sponsor at the Head Office of the Department of Immigration & Emigration, Sri Lanka.

Aevamo’s reading

Regulation 2 of the Immigrants and Emigrants Regulations 1956, made under section 48 of the Immigrants and Emigrants Act No. 20 of 1948, requires every person to whom section 10 of the Act applies to hold a visa to enter Sri Lanka; that is the instrument that creates the visa obligation which the Department's ETA system and the 2026 fee-waiver scheme implement and apply.

The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Qatar's notice requires nationals of Cameroon, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Afghanistan, Ghana and Syria to apply for short-term visas through a Sri Lankan sponsor at the Head Office of the Department of Immigration & Emigration, so these nationalities must arrange their visa in advance (a consular/sponsor route), not on arrival.

Source details

Source checked: 20 August 2026
Data snapshot: 10 September 2026
Publisher: Notice to all ETA Applicants | Embassy of Sri Lanka - Qatar … 20/02/2026
Reference ID: qatar-embassy-notice

How the documents behind this regime are dated

immigration-notice: 'With effect from 25.05.2026', page footer 'Last Update : 2026-08-20'; eta-fees: 'With effect from 25.05.2026'; qatar-embassy-notice: dated 20/02/2026; immigrants-regulations: reprint of the 1956 regulations with amendments.

What this answer covers Limits & assumptions

Work and residence rights are separate from this check. This is the entry rule and the length of stay the instrument grants. It is not a decision about you: the officer at the border decides admission, and we do not evaluate the purpose of your trip, your passport's remaining validity, an onward ticket, funds, insurance or health requirements.

Informational planning, not legal or immigration advice. The source is linked so you can check our reading.