You can apply for a Sri Lanka visa for Canadian citizens through an ETA Portal. The ETA visa is an official document that allows travelers to visit Sri Lanka either for business, tour, or transit purposes. If you plan to travel to Sri Lanka for tourism purposes, you must apply for a tourist ETA visa. But, if you want to visit Sri Lanka for business purposes, then you must apply for a business ETA visa. The ETA visa will permit you to enter the country for double entry, in which you can stay for 30 days. But this visa can extend for up to a maximum of 180 days.

Visa Requirements for Sri Lanka

If you are holding a Canadian passport and want to apply for an E-visa for a Sri Lankan visa, you will need several visa requirements that as mentioned below:

·      A Canadian passport which should be valid for a minimum of 6 months.

·     You must have a valid email address from which you are applying.

·      The means of payments should be valid and legal., like a Credit card or PayPal account.

·       Full Vaccination against Covid-19.

Apply an E-Visa for Sri Lanka

The Canadian citizens can apply for Sri Lanka, an e-visa for tourists as well as business and transit purposes. The ETA visa is an online procedure to apply for a Sri Lanka visa or Canadian passport. You need to apply via your valid email. After applying, you will need an online application form within the next few minutes. You have to fill out the application with all the required information and submit the form online.

Also, for applying for an ETA visa for Sri Lanka from Canada, you have to mention the purpose of the visit. According to the option that you have selected, you need to pay the fees. The tourist, business, and transit purposes require different visa fees.

Sri Lanka visa Fees

Each purpose for a Sri Lanka visa for a Canadian passport costs different. If you are applying an E-visa for tourist purposes, you need to pay 80.00 USD for the regular procedure. And you will get your approved visa within the next 24 hours after your application gets accepted. You can also choose other options to apply for a tourist visa for Sri Lanka from Canada, which will cost differently according to the time of application approval.

Moreover, if you are applying for a Sri Lanka visa for business purposes, it is more than a tourist ETA visa. The Sri Lanka visa Fee for business purposes is 100.00 USD, and you can also choose an option to apply for an urgent visa, but it will cost more than a regular procedure. After applying for a regular procedure, you will get your visa within 24 hours.

Besides, when you visit Sri Lanka for Transit purposes, this visa will cost less than a business visa. The Sri Lanka visa cost for transit purposes is 40 USD. After paying all its fees and after the arrival of your application, you will get your transit visa within the next 24 hours.

if you have applied for a Sri Lanka visa for any purpose, you do not need to visit an embassy, the whole procedure is online. Form the day you applied for an E-visa to your visa approval. It will take at least 3 to 4 working days.

Extendable Sri Lanka visa

Now, if you have got a Sri Lanka visa for Canadian citizens for any purpose, you will be able to stay for 30 days. But, if you want to stay for more days and want to extend your visa, then you need to visit the Sri Lankan embassy. You can visit Sri Lanka Immigration Office and need to get the application for an extended visa. After that, you would have to fill it with the required information. 

Also, for extending any type of visa, though tourist, business, or transit visa, you need to pay an additional fee. After the whole procedure has been done, the Sri Lankan government will permit you more than 150 days. But this process is only eligible for those who had applied for an ETA visa.