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    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2021-03-19</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001414932</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>OCSL</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001720536</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Zimmerman Bruce</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O OAKTREE SPECIALTY LENDING CORP</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, 28TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LOS ANGELES</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>90071</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2021-03-19</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>20390</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>57390</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Acquired upon the completion of and pursuant to the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 28, 2020 (the &quot;Merger Agreement&quot;), by and among the Issuer, Oaktree Strategic Income Corporation (&quot;OCSI&quot;), Lion Merger Sub, Inc. and Oaktree Fund Advisors, LLC (for the limited purposes set forth therein), in exchange for 15,250 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share of OCSI. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each share of OCSI's common stock, having a market value of $8.51 per share at the close of trading on March 18, 2021, was converted into the right to receive 1.3371 shares of the Issuer's common stock, par value $0.01 per share, having a market value of $6.16 per share at the close of trading on March 18, 2021. The acquisition reported in this Form 4 is an exempt transaction.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Mary Gallegly, attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-03-23</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
