What the Ecuador visa rules mean for Sri Lanka travellers
Sri Lanka citizens need a visa issued in advance by an embassy or consulate of Ecuador. 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 Temporary visitor visa – tourist, 90 days (Visa de visitante de turismo).
Documents to prepare
Whatever your visa status, Ecuador applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
- Passport validity: The UK Foreign Office tells British nationals that, to enter Ecuador, their passport must have an expiry date at least 6 months after the date they arrive.
- Blank passport pages: Your passport needs at least 1 blank page.
- Vaccinations: Yellow fever: Ecuador's Ministry of Public Health said on 28 August 2025 that it had modified the requirement to present a yellow fever vaccination certificate to enter the country from Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil: instead of …
- Travel insurance: The UK government tells British travellers that to enter Galápagos they must have travel health insurance, which it says is mandatory for foreign tourists. No official source we could read states an insurance requiremen…
Ecuador entry rules compared
Ecuador lets 151 passports in without a visa, issues eVisas to 1 and requires an embassy visa from 46. Sri Lanka citizens are treated the same way as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, India and Iran. 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, Ecuador citizens need eta to visit Sri Lanka.