Kiribati visa and entry requirements

Kiribati's Entry and Visa Exemption Order 2023 requires visa-exempt visitors to hold a passport valid for not less than six months on the day of departure from Kiribati. The UK government says that to enter Kiribati, your passport must have an expiry date at least 6 months after the date you arrive and have at least 2 blank pages.

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No official source we read lists a vaccination certificate required for entry.

No official source we could read states a travel-insurance requirement for visitors to Kiribati. The UK government says that if you need any non-basic medical treatment you will usually need medical evacuation from Kiribati, and to make sure you have adequate travel health insurance and accessible funds to cover evacuation by air ambulance plus the cost of medical treatment abroad and repatriation.

The UK government says you must hold a ticket for return or onward travel and enough funds for your stay. Kiribati's Immigration Procedures say arriving non-citizens must produce, if required by an immigration officer, travel tickets or evidence of onward travel arrangements, and that visitor visa applicants are required to have the means to leave Kiribati, such as actual travel tickets out of Kiribati to a country they have a right of entry to.

Kiribati's Immigration Procedures say arriving non-citizens must produce, if required by an immigration officer, evidence of funds for maintenance or of sponsorship, and that visitor visa applicants must meet the funds or sponsorship requirements. The UK government says you must have enough funds for your stay. No official source we could read states an amount.

• Arrival Card, Customs and Quarantine Declaration — Kiribati's Immigration Procedures say arriving non-citizens present themselves to an immigration officer with a completed arrival card, thereby making an application for entry permission and a visa (if a visa waiver applies). The UK government says there is a strict quarantine regime for importing food, plant and animal (including fish) products to Kiribati. (on arrival)

A former holder of a temporary or limited visa who remains in Kiribati after the visa expires may be in Kiribati unlawfully. A person unlawfully in Kiribati is liable for deportation and is obliged to leave unless later granted a visa, whether or not they know it. A person unlawfully in Kiribati may not apply for a temporary visa.

• Departure tax — 20 Australian dollars, according to the UK government and Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs.

  The UK government and Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs say you must pay a 20 Australian dollar departure tax at the airport.

• The UK government says there is a strict quarantine regime for importing food, plant and animal (including fish) products.
• Canada's travel advice says importing firearms, ammunition, explosives, counterfeit money and goods, knives and pornography is strictly prohibited.