Kiribati visitor visa

Citizens of countries listed in the Immigration Entry and Visa Exemption Order 2023 do not need a visa or a transit visa for stays of up to 90 days in any 12-month period. The list includes the Pacific Island countries, Australia, New Zealand, EU states, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway, the United States, Canada, China, Japan, South Korea, India, Indonesia, the Gulf states named in it and many African and Latin American countries.

Everyone else needs a visitor visa. The form offers the categories tourist, guardian, business, dependent child and limited purpose or event.

All applicants provide the completed, signed form, the fee, two passport-sized colour photos and the passport or travel document of everyone in the application, medical certificates if required, police certificates if required, evidence of financial support (a Sponsorship Form for Temporary Entry or funds in your own name), and evidence of the means to leave Kiribati (the sponsorship form, a pre-purchased ticket or funds to buy one).

Tourists and family visitors add evidence that they are genuine visitors who will return home. Business visitors add evidence of their employment and of the business they will do in Kiribati. Partners and children need proof of the relationship.

Send photocopies rather than originals, since copies are not returned; the Immigration Division will ask for originals if needed. Contact the visa officer for the fee and payment method, submit the application through the approved channel and wait for official confirmation before finalising travel. Immigration also uses the information to send a boarding message to the airline.

Applicants declare that they will leave Kiribati before the visa expires and that they will pay for any health care they need if they are not entitled to free care. Anyone who stays past the expiry date may be deported, and holders of a limited visa who do not leave may be deported immediately without a right of appeal.