Sri Lanka Consulate Valletta

About the honorary consulate in Valletta

The honorary consulate represents Sri Lanka in Malta. No opening hours are published; arrange a visit in advance. To do so, call +356 2123 6206 and e-mail tonio@dingli.com.mt.

The office is in Malta’s capital, Valletta, about 6 km from Malta International Airport in Luqa.

Citizens of Sri Lanka need a Schengen visa for short stays in Malta, as Sri Lanka is listed in Annex I of Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 (consolidated version of 30 December 2025).

Which Sri Lankan office issues passports and visas?

Passports and other formal consular services for Sri Lankan citizens are handled by the Sri Lankan High Commission in Rome (accredited to Malta).

Sri Lanka has no embassy in Malta. According to the diplomatic list of the Maltese Ministry for Foreign Affairs (4 August 2026), the mission accredited to Malta is the High Commission of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka in Rome. It is headed by Satyajit Rodrigo (high commissioner, credentials presented on 8 October 2025).

Contact details of the Sri Lankan Embassy in Rome, as listed on its page in this directory:

• Address: Via Adige, 2, 00198 Rome, Italy
• Telephone: +39 06 8554560068840801
• Email: slemb.rome@mfa.gov.lk
• Website: www.srilankaembassyrome.org

What can an honorary consul do?

An honorary consul is not a career diplomat but a local resident – often a business person or lawyer – appointed by Sri Lanka and approved by the host country. Depending on the powers granted, the honorary consul can help Sri Lankan citizens in an emergency (lost passport, accident, arrest), pass on applications and documents to the embassy, and certify signatures or life certificates. Passports and visas are not issued by an honorary consulate; they remain the responsibility of the embassy or a career consulate.

Other consulates and embassies in Valletta

21 other countries are represented in Valletta, among them: Austria (honorary), Azerbaijan (honorary), Bahamas (honorary), Belarus (honorary), Belgium (honorary), Botswana (honorary), Canada (honorary), Denmark (honorary), Ecuador (honorary), France (embassy), Jamaica (honorary), Luxembourg (honorary), Malawi (honorary), Mozambique (honorary), Panama (honorary), South Korea (honorary), Sweden (honorary), Switzerland (honorary), Uganda (honorary), Zambia (honorary). The full list of all 22 missions is on the overview page for Malta.

Closing days

Malta has 14 public holidays: New Year’s Day (1 January), St Paul’s Shipwreck (10 February), St Joseph (19 March), Freedom Day (31 March), Good Friday, Workers’ Day (1 May), Sette Giugno (7 June), St Peter and St Paul (29 June), the Assumption (15 August), Victory Day (8 September), Independence Day (21 September), the Immaculate Conception (8 December), Republic Day (13 December) and Christmas Day (25 December). Holidays that fall on a weekend are not moved to a weekday; Good Friday 2027 is on 26 March. The honorary consulate may also close on Sri Lanka’s national day (4 February).

Sri Lankan missions in Malta

• Rome – High Commission of Sri Lanka (accredited to Malta, no resident embassy in Malta)
• Valletta – Honorary Consulate (this page)