Diplomatic & Official/Service  passport holders from the following countries are exempted from the ETA processing fee and the ETA procedures for their official and private visits to Sri Lanka. A visit visa will be issued on arrival to Sri lanka for passport holders of these countries.
                                                                     
                                                                        |    Country | 
                                                                          Type of Passport | 
                                                                          Duration of the Visa period | 
                                                                    
                                                                     
                                                                        |   Socialist Republic of Vietnam | 
                                                                          Diplomatic, Official | 
                                                                          90 Days | 
                                                                    
                                                                     
                                                                        |   Republic of Cuba | 
                                                                          Diplomatic | 
                                                                          90 Days | 
                                                                    
                                                                     
                                                                        |   Republic of Indonesia | 
                                                                          Diplomatic, Official, Service | 
                                                                          30 Days | 
                                                                    
                                                                     
                                                                        |   Union of Myanmar | 
                                                                          Diplomatic, Official, Service | 
                                                                          30 Days | 
                                                                    
                                                                     
                                                                        |   Islamic Republic of Pakistan | 
                                                                          Diplomatic, Official | 
                                                                          30 Days | 
                                                                    
                                                                     
                                                                        |   Federative Republic of Brazil | 
                                                                          Diplomatic, Official, Service | 
                                                                          90 Days | 
                                                                    
                                                                     
                                                                        |   Republic of Chile | 
                                                                          Diplomatic, Official | 
                                                                          90 Days | 
                                                                    
                                                                    
                                                                     
                                                                        |   Republic of Seychelles | 
                                                                          Diplomatic, Official, Ordinary | 
                                                                          60 days at each visit and cumulative duration of 90 days in a year | 
                                                                    
                                                                     
                                                                        |   Peoples Republic of China (PRC) | 
                                                                          Diplomatic, Official, Service, Public Affairs | 
                                                                          Up to 30 days | 
                                                                    
                                                                    
                                                                     
                                                                        |   Kingdom of Thailand | 
                                                                          Diplomatic, Official | 
                                                                          Not exceeding 90 days | 
                                                                    
                                                                     
                                                                        |   Republic of Kenya | 
                                                                          Diplomatic, Official | 
                                                                          Up to 30 days | 
                                                                    
                                                                     
                                                                        |   Republic of Belarus | 
                                                                          Diplomatic, Official | 
                                                                          Up to 30 days | 
                                                                    
                                                                     
                                                                        |   Islamic Republic of Iran | 
                                                                          Diplomatic, Official, Service | 
                                                                          Up to 30 days | 
                                                                    
                                                                     
                                                                        |   Republic of Maldives | 
                                                                          Diplomatic, Official, Ordinary | 
                                                                          Exemption of Ninety days Visa fee | 
                                                                    
                                                                     
                                                                        |   Republic of Singapore | 
                                                                          Diplomatic, Official, Ordinary | 
                                                                          Up to 30 days | 
                                                                    
                                                                     
                                                                        |   Republic of India | 
                                                                          Diplomatic, Official (for diplomatic and official visits only) (If employed by an International body or agency, Visa/ETA should be obtained for official and private visits) | 
                                                                          30 days | 
                                                                    
                                                                    
                                                                        |   Russian Federation | 
                                                                          Diplomatic, Official, Service | 
                                                                          30 days | 
                                                                    
                                                                     
                                                                        |   Republic of Philippines | 
                                                                          Diplomatic, Official | 
                                                                          30 days | 
                                                                    
                                                                     
                                                                        |   Republic of Kazakhstan  | 
                                                                          Diplomatic, Service | 
                                                                          30 days | 
                                                                    
                                                                     
                                                                        |   Government of Georgie | 
                                                                          Diplomatic, Official/Service | 
                                                                          Not exceeding 90 days in any 180 days period | 
                                                                    
                                                                     
                                                                        |   Republic of Romania | 
                                                                          Diplomatic | 
                                                                          Not exceeding 90 days within any 180 days | 
                                                                    
                                                                     
                                                                        |   Hong Kong SAR | 
                                                                          Citizens of Hong Kong SAR  | 
                                                                          30 days | 
                                                                    
                                                                      
                                                                        |   Bangladesh | 
                                                                          Diplomatic, Official | 
                                                                          30 days | 
                                                                    
                                                                    
                                                                      
                                                                        |   State of Qatar | 
                                                                          Diplomatic and Special passport Holders | 
                                                                          Up to 30 days | 
                                                                    
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                    
                                                                        |   Sultanate of Oman | 
                                                                          Diplomatic, Special or Service | 
                                                                          Not exceeding ninety (90) days and during a period of 180 days from first entry | 
                                                                    
                                                                    
                                                                        |   Kingdom of Bahrain | 
                                                                          Diplomatic or Special | 
                                                                          Not exceeding ninety (90) days during a period of 180 days from first entry | 
                                                                    
                                                                    
                                                                        |   Ukrain | 
                                                                          Diplomatic, Service, and Official | 
                                                                          Not exceeding 30 days within 60 days | 
                                                                    
                                                                    
                                                                        |   Kingdom of Cambodia | 
                                                                          Diplomatic, Official/Service | 
                                                                          30 days |