Non-exempt ordinary passports: advance visitor visa
None of these ordinary-passport nationalities appears in the current Visa Exemption Order 2023 schedule. Kiribati Immigration expressly requires non-exempt visitors to apply in advance.
- The Order applies its named nationality waiver to ordinary/normal, official/service, and diplomatic ICAO-compliant passports or travel documents. None of this residual ordinary-passport cohort is named, so no listed-document waiver is carried into this baseline; it does not establish special-document treatment.
- The current Immigration page requires a passport valid at least six months beyond departure, confirmed onward or return travel, and evidence of sufficient funds.
- Visitor-visa processing is an advance route: download the Visitor Visa Application Form, email it with scanned documents to visaofficer@mfa.gov.ki, then follow the visa officer's payment instructions. It is not an eVisa or an unrestricted visa on arrival.
Official sourcesKiribati Immigration Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Immigration: Kiribati Immigration Division: Visas & EntryKiribati Immigration Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Immigration: Kiribati Immigration Division: About the DivisionMinistry of Foreign Affairs & Immigration, Government of Kiribati: Kiribati Visa Exemption Order 2023