What the Cuba visa rules mean for Sri Lanka travellers
Sri Lanka citizens need a visa issued in advance by an embassy or consulate of Cuba. 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.
Documents to prepare
Whatever your visa status, Cuba applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
- Passport validity: The UK Foreign Office says your passport must have an expiry date at least 6 months after the date you arrive in Cuba and 3 months after your planned departure date.
- Vaccinations: Yellow fever: WHO lists Cuba as requiring proof of yellow fever vaccination from travellers aged 9 months or over arriving from countries at risk of yellow fever transmission, including travellers who transited more than 12 hours thr…
- Travel insurance: Canada's travel advice says you must be able to show proof of medical insurance on entry to Cuba, and that if you have none, or the Cuban immigration authorities are not satisfied with the proof you show, you may have t…
- Return or onward ticket: The UK government tells British visitors they must also show proof of onward or return travel.
Cuba entry rules compared
Cuba lets 20 passports in without a visa, issues eVisas to 160 and requires an embassy visa from 18. Sri Lanka citizens are treated the same way as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iraq, Nepal and Pakistan. Overall the Sri Lanka passport ranks #174 in the world with 19 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Americas? With a Sri Lanka passport you can also visit 7 countries in the region without a visa, including Barbados, Bahamas, Dominica, Grenada, Haiti, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Venezuela.
In the other direction, Cuba citizens need eta to visit Sri Lanka.