what kind of problems have you faced while travelling with a sri lankan passport ?

ShiningStar

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    we all know we got one of the worst passports in the world. what kind of problems have you faced while travelling with a sri lankan passport ?
     
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    ShiningStar

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    sri lankans need a visa to transit through some countries even if they dont go out of the airport.
     
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    shiwankaswe

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    we all know we got one of the worst passports in the world. what kind of problems have you faced while travelling with a sri lankan passport ?

    No any issues faced, traveled to 5 countries multiple times...(all are asian)
    I am a proud Sri Lankan and true gentlemen. I am bringing that to everywhere that I travel, no any issues...
    This year plan for the Office tour to few EU countries and will share you the experience with that later
     

    Emios

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    No issues other than the color of the passport itself.I hate it.Would be cool if it's black
     

    ShiningStar

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    No any issues faced, traveled to 5 countries multiple times...(all are asian)
    I am a proud Sri Lankan and true gentlemen. I am bringing that to everywhere that I travel, no any issues...
    This year plan for the Office tour to few EU countries and will share you the experience with that later

    awesome!
     

    SL Hypocrite

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    No issue.. I’ve travelled to UK,US, Japan, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Nepal, UAE without a hitch. Some places number of times. All occasions with proper documentation
     

    malakadss

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    Not a single issue so far. Traveled to France, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand and Malaysia and all the officials were okay.
    Only issue I had is inside Sri Lanka Airport. Sri Lankan Airlines buggers gave a hard time to me once.


    No issue but Sri Lankan Airlines buggers gave a hard time. :yes::yes:
     

    dayt0na

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    Not a single issue so far. Traveled to France, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand and Malaysia and all the officials were okay.
    Only issue I had is inside Sri Lanka Airport. Sri Lankan Airlines buggers gave a hard time to me once.

    can you elaborate?
     

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    have travelled to USA, singapore, malaysia, thailand and indonesia without issues.

    but one big problem compared to other passports (mostly developed and other asian couuntries) is the process of getting visa is usually difficult with lot of documents required - employment confirmation details, bank statements etc etc. Visa fees are also higher and online eVisa options are mostly not available for us.

    there's also racism... even in most east asian countries, white people and other east asians are treated better than south asians in general
     
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    ShiningStar

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    have travelled to USA, singapore, malaysia, thailand and indonesia without issues.

    but one big problem compared to other passports (mostly developed and other asian couuntries) is the process of getting visa is usually difficult with lot of documents required - employment confirmation details, bank statements etc etc. Visa fees are also higher and online eVisa options are mostly not available for us.

    there's also racism... even in most east asian countries, white people and other east asians are treated better than south asians in genera
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    thanks for being honest! this is exactly what we wanted to know. some members here talk like they own the best passport in the world. they dont understand the problem here. i wont see so many threads about aussie and new zealand migration in elakiri if our countries passport is powerful as their passports. browse around and check how many of them want to migrate.

    we should understand there is a reason for them call our passport one of the worst passports in the world. sri lankan passport is one of the worst passports in the world. only limited countries give visa free access to sri lankan passport holders. seems like most sri lankans dont see document work and embassy work as a problem because they're used to it. try to ask from someone who comes from stable country whether he loves to stay in an embassy queue early in the morning ? ask a foreigner whether he loves to take sponsor letters and bank balance proof just to go on a holiday trip ? the answer will be no. our sri lankans are used to this until they dont feel this is a problem
     
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    woha... Convenient to Travel Around the World . There are certain countries that allow the Sri Lankan passport holders to travel through the visa waiver program, which does not require the traveler to obtain a visa.

    No need visa for Auz , USA , Europe . on arrival denawa.
     

    ShiningStar

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    woha... Convenient to Travel Around the World . There are certain countries that allow the Sri Lankan passport holders to travel through the visa waiver program, which does not require the traveler to obtain a visa.

    No need visa for Auz , USA , Europe . on arrival denawa.

    unfortunately some members here think its so easy to travel the world with a sri lankan passport
     

    ShiningStar

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    because some of our sri lankans believe personality matters more than the power of passport i dont think our foreign service have to put their effort on improving the status of our passport. why would you fix something when people feel nothing is broken ? why would you fix something people are already satisfied with ?
     

    Lalakajee

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    because some of our sri lankans believe personality matters more than the power of passport i dont think our foreign service have to put their effort on improving the status of our passport. why would you fix something when people feel nothing is broken ? why would you fix something people are already satisfied with ?

    :yes::yes::yes:
     
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    ShiningStar

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    Getting tourist visa to Australia was hard as a sri lankan :(

    meke inna ayage tharakayata anuwa pahasuwen yanna bari wena eka personality prashnayak. passport eke prashnayak newei. mun kiyana widihata gentleman wage palayan! ethakota umbawa athulata gani. :(
     
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    shiwankaswe

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    unfortunately some members here think its so easy to travel the world with a sri lankan passport

    meke inna ayage tharakayata anuwa pahasuwen yanna bari wena eka personality prashnayak. passport eke prashnayak newei. mun kiyana widihata gentleman wage palayan! ethakota umbawa athulata gani. :(

    Don't be trying to idiot...

    Passport is not an issue as long as you have to have things that you want to get Visa

    Always think positive, you born in this amazing land and you have to respect that...
     
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