What the Angola visa rules mean for Sri Lanka travellers
Sri Lanka citizens need a visa issued in advance by an embassy or consulate of Angola. Start the application several weeks before departure: you will typically need a passport valid for six months with blank pages, a completed application form, passport photos, a travel itinerary, proof of accommodation and of sufficient funds, and sometimes an invitation letter or bank statements.
The main option is the Tourism visa (applied for through the portal), which costs 36,600 AOA.
Documents to prepare
Whatever your visa status, Angola applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
- Passport validity: The SME eVisa FAQ's tourism-visa requirements ask for a passport with at least 6 months validity, and its form instructions ask for a passport valid for a minimum of one year with at least 4 empty pages. The UK Foreign …
- Blank passport pages: Your passport needs at least 4 blank pages.
- Vaccinations: Yellow fever: WHO lists Angola as requiring proof of yellow fever vaccination from all travellers aged 9 months or over.
- Vaccinations: Malaria prophylaxis: The US CDC recommends that travellers to Angola take prescription medicine to prevent malaria, and WHO says malaria risk exists throughout the year in the entire country.
Angola entry rules compared
Angola lets 100 passports in without a visa and requires an embassy visa from 98. Sri Lanka citizens are treated the same way as Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Brunei. Overall the Sri Lanka passport ranks #174 in the world with 19 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Africa? With a Sri Lanka passport you can also visit 2 countries in the region without a visa, including Lesotho and Sierra Leone.
In the other direction, Angola citizens need eta to visit Sri Lanka.