Embassy of the United States in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Address

Contact

Phone

+94 (11) 202-8500

Website

lk.usembassy.gov ↗

Facebook

www.facebook.com/Colombo.USembassy ↗

Instagram

www.instagram.com/usembsl ↗

Twitter

x.com/USEmbSL ↗

Office hours

Closed: Saturday, Sunday

Consular services

• Process visa applications
• Notarize certain documents
• Issue first-time passports
• Renew expired passports
• Amend passports to show change of name, validity, or to correct errors
• Selective Service registration
• Renunciation of U.S. nationality
• Consular Report of Birth Abroad of a Citizen of the United States of America (CRBA)
• Provide emergency assistance for U.S. citizens traveling abroad

Visa

If you hold a Sri Lankan passport, you are required to apply for a paper visa to enter the United States.

• Nonimmigrant Visas Business/Tourist visa Work visa Student visa Exchange visitor visa Transit/Ship crew visa Religious worker visa Domestic employee visa Journalist and media visa Treaty traders and treaty investors visa
• Business/Tourist visa
• Work visa
• Student visa
• Exchange visitor visa
• Transit/Ship crew visa
• Religious worker visa
• Domestic employee visa
• Journalist and media visa
• Treaty traders and treaty investors visa
• Immigrant Visas Family-based immigration Fiancé(e) visa (K-1) Religious workers visa Employment-based immigration Diversity visa (DV) Returning resident visa (SB-1)
• Family-based immigration
• Fiancé(e) visa (K-1)
• Religious workers visa
• Employment-based immigration
• Diversity visa (DV)
• Returning resident visa (SB-1)

Holidays observed

• November 24Ill Poya Day
• November 26Thanksgiving Day
• December 23Unduvap Poya Day
• December 25Christmas Day

Nearby landmarks

• Ratmalana International Airport (RML) 10.96 km away
• Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) 30.00 km away
• Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (HRI) 157.28 km away