Visa Information

Overview

A Business Visa is given those who are doing business in Lebanon such as making sales or establishing contacts on behalf of a company outside Sri Lanka

Visa Fees

Documents Required

Documents to be submitted with a visa application form- Click Here

Please click here for the checklist

For all visa category additional set of documents are required.

To Download a Form:

• Click on the form link
• When the form opens, save the form on your computer.

OR

• Press the right button on your mouse on the required link.
• Select Save Target As from the list
• Save the form on your computer.

Photo Specifications

Photograph Quality

The photographs must be:

• No more than 6-months old
• 35-40mm in width
• Close up of your head and top of your shoulders so that your face takes up 70 -80% of the photograph
• In sharp focus and clear
• Of high quality with no ink marks or creases

The photographs must be:

• Show you looking directly at the camera
• Show your skin tones naturally
• Have appropriate brightness and contrast
• Be printed on high quality paper, and at high resolution Photographs taken with a digital camera must be high quality colour and printed on photo-quality paper.

Style and lighting

The photographs must be:

• Be colour neutral
• Show your eyes open and clearly visible-no hair across your eyes
• Show you facing square on to the camera, not looking over one shoulder (portrait style) or tilted, and showing both edges of your face clearly
• Be taken with a plain light-coloured background
• Be taken with uniform lighting and not show shadows or flash reflections on your face and no red eye

Glasses and head covers

If you wear glasses:

• Be colour neutral
• The photograph must show your eyes clearly with no flash reflection off the glasses, and no tinted lenses (if possible, avoid heavy frames - wear lighter framed glasses if you have them)
• Make sure that the frames do not cover any part of your eyes.

Head coverings :

Are not permitted except for religious reasons, but your facial features from bottom of chin to top of forehead and both edges of your face must be clearly shown.

Expression and frame

Your photographs must:

Show you alone (no chair backs, toys or other people visible), looking at the camera with a neutral expression and your mouth closed.

Processing Time

Decisions about Lebanon visa applications must normally be made within 15 days. In some cases applications will require further enquiry. In these cases, the maximum processing time is 30 days. In exceptionally difficult cases the processing time can be up to 60 days

Download Forms

Application Form.

Overview

Tourist Visa is given to those visiting Lebanon for tourism or other non-business related purposes.

Visa Fees

Documents Required

Documents to be submitted with a visa application form- Click Here

Please click here for the checklist

For all visa category additional set of documents are required.

To Download a Form:

• Click on the form link
• When the form opens, save the form on your computer.

Photo Specifications

Photograph Quality

The photographs must be:

• No more than 6-months old
• 35-40mm in width
• Close up of your head and top of your shoulders so that your face takes up 70 -80% of the photograph
• In sharp focus and clear
• Of high quality with no ink marks or creases

The photographs must be:

• Show you looking directly at the camera
• Show your skin tones naturally
• Have appropriate brightness and contrast
• Be printed on high quality paper, and at high resolution Photographs taken with a digital camera must be high quality colour and printed on photo-quality paper.

Style and lighting

The photographs must be:

• Be colour neutral
• Show your eyes open and clearly visible-no hair across your eyes
• Show you facing square on to the camera, not looking over one shoulder (portrait style) or tilted, and showing both edges of your face clearly
• Be taken with a plain light-coloured background
• Be taken with uniform lighting and not show shadows or flash reflections on your face and no red eye

Glasses and head covers

If you wear glasses:

• Be colour neutral
• The photograph must show your eyes clearly with no flash reflection off the glasses, and no tinted lenses (if possible, avoid heavy frames - wear lighter framed glasses if you have them)
• Make sure that the frames do not cover any part of your eyes.

Head coverings :

Are not permitted except for religious reasons, but your facial features from bottom of chin to top of forehead and both edges of your face must be clearly shown.

Expression and frame

Your photographs must:

Show you alone (no chair backs, toys or other people visible), looking at the camera with a neutral expression and your mouth closed.

Processing Time

Decisions about Lebanon visa applications must normally be made within 15 days. In some cases applications will require further enquiry. In these cases, the maximum processing time is 30 days. In exceptionally difficult cases the processing time can be up to 60 days

Download Forms

Application Form.

Overview

This Visa is granted for those who want to do an internship in Lebanon

Visa Fees

Documents Required

Documents to be submitted with a visa application form- Click Here

For all visa category additional set of documents are required.

To Download a Form:

• Click on the form link
• When the form opens, save the form on your computer.

OR

• Press the right button on your mouse on the required link.
• Select Save Target As from the list
• Save the form on your computer.

Photo Specifications

The photographs must be:

• No more than 6-months old
• 35-40mm in width
• Close up of your head and top of your shoulders so that your face takes up 70 -80% of the photograph
• In sharp focus and clear
• Of high quality with no ink marks or creases

The photographs must be:

• Show you looking directly at the camera
• Show your skin tones naturally
• Have appropriate brightness and contrast
• Be printed on high quality paper, and at high resolution Photographs taken with a digital camera must be high quality colour and printed on photo-quality paper.

Style and lighting

The photographs must be:

• Be colour neutral
• Show your eyes open and clearly visible-no hair across your eyes
• Show you facing square on to the camera, not looking over one shoulder (portrait style) or tilted, and showing both edges of your face clearly
• Be taken with a plain light-coloured background
• Be taken with uniform lighting and not show shadows or flash reflections on your face and no red eye

Glasses and head covers

If you wear glasses:

• Be colour neutral
• The photograph must show your eyes clearly with no flash reflection off the glasses, and no tinted lenses (if possible, avoid heavy frames - wear lighter framed glasses if you have them)
• Make sure that the frames do not cover any part of your eyes.

Head coverings :

Are not permitted except for religious reasons, but your facial features from bottom of chin to top of forehead and both edges of your face must be clearly shown.

Expression and frame

Your photographs must:

Show you alone (no chair backs, toys or other people visible), looking at the camera with a neutral expression and your mouth closed.

Processing Time

Decisions about Lebanon visa applications must normally be made within 15 days. In some cases applications will require further enquiry. In these cases, the maximum processing time is 30 days. In exceptionally difficult cases the processing time can be up to 60 days

Download Forms

Application Form.

Overview

Airport Transit Visa application is applicable in case you have to change flights without leaving the airport. An airport transit visa entitles the holder to enter the international transit area of the airport, but not the territory of the Lebanon

Visa Fees

Documents Required

Documents to be submitted with a visa application form- Click Here

For all visa category additional set of documents are required.

To Download a Form:

• Click on the form link
• When the form opens, save the form on your computer.

OR

• Press the right button on your mouse on the required link.
• Select Save Target As from the list
• Save the form on your computer.

Photo Specifications

Photograph Quality

The photographs must be:

• No more than 6-months old
• 35-40mm in width
• Close up of your head and top of your shoulders so that your face takes up 70 -80% of the photograph
• In sharp focus and clear
• Of high quality with no ink marks or creases

The photographs must be:

• Show you looking directly at the camera
• Show your skin tones naturally
• Have appropriate brightness and contrast
• Be printed on high quality paper, and at high resolution Photographs taken with a digital camera must be high quality colour and printed on photo-quality paper.

Style and lighting

The photographs must be:

• Be colour neutral
• Show your eyes open and clearly visible-no hair across your eyes
• Show you facing square on to the camera, not looking over one shoulder (portrait style) or tilted, and showing both edges of your face clearly
• Be taken with a plain light-coloured background
• Be taken with uniform lighting and not show shadows or flash reflections on your face and no red eye

Glasses and head covers

If you wear glasses:

• Be colour neutral
• The photograph must show your eyes clearly with no flash reflection off the glasses, and no tinted lenses (if possible, avoid heavy frames - wear lighter framed glasses if you have them)
• Make sure that the frames do not cover any part of your eyes.

Head coverings :

Are not permitted except for religious reasons, but your facial features from bottom of chin to top of forehead and both edges of your face must be clearly shown.

Expression and frame

Your photographs must:

Show you alone (no chair backs, toys or other people visible), looking at the camera with a neutral expression and your mouth closed.

Processing Time

Decisions about Lebanon visa applications must normally be made within 15 days. In some cases applications will require further enquiry. In these cases, the maximum processing time is 30 days. In exceptionally difficult cases the processing time can be up to 60 days

Download Forms

Application Form.