๐ฐ๐ฎ Kiribati
Kiribati's 2023 visa exemption order lists the nationalities that need no visa.
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Explore Kiribati: things to do, shopping, food and getting around
A short guide based on UNESCO's World Heritage listings.
Places to visit
Phoenix Islands Protected Area
Phoenix Islands
A 408,250 sq km marine protected area around the remote Phoenix Islands, with about 200 coral and 500 fish species.
Source: UNESCO World Heritage Centre โ Phoenix Islands Protected Area
Summarised in our own words from the linked pages, official tourism boards and transport authorities first; items marked "Not official" come from other guides. Prices and opening times change, so check the source before you go. Last checked 24 Oct 2026.
Common tourist traps and how to avoid them
Scams and risky spots named in official travel advice for Kiribati, in our own words.
Official travel advice for Kiribati doesn't name specific tourist scams. Normal precautions apply.
Official advice: FCDO: no areas advised against.
Paraphrased from official travel advice: FCDO travel advice โ Safety and security ยท FCDO travel advice โ Warnings and insurance ยท FCDO travel advice โ Getting help (emergency numbers) ยท FCDO page updated 19 Oct 2026 ยท Last checked 24 Oct 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Cash you can bring in and take out
Customs rules for banknotes and other cash when you enter or leave Kiribati.
Not yet confirmed โ check the official customs page of Kiribati.
Kiribati visa rules by passport
The general rule for each passport, from official sources. Open a passport to see conditions and options that depend on where you live.
Visa-free120 passports
- ๐บ๐ธ American
- ๐ฆ๐ฌ Antiguan and Barbudan
- ๐ฆ๐ท Argentine
- ๐ฆ๐บ Australian
- ๐ฆ๐น Austrian
- ๐ง๐ธ Bahamian
- ๐ง๐ฉ Bangladeshi
- ๐ง๐ง Barbadian
- ๐ฑ๐ธ Basotho
- ๐ง๐ช Belgian
- ๐ง๐ฟ Belizean
- ๐ง๐ด Bolivian
- ๐ง๐ผ Botswanan
- ๐ง๐ท Brazilian
- ๐ฌ๐ง British
- ๐ง๐ณ Bruneian
- ๐ง๐ฌ Bulgarian
- ๐จ๐ฒ Cameroonian
- ๐จ๐ฆ Canadian
- ๐จ๐ฑ Chilean
- ๐จ๐ณ Chinese
- ๐จ๐ด Colombian
- ๐จ๐ท Costa Rican
- ๐ญ๐ท Croatian
- ๐จ๐บ Cuban
- ๐จ๐พ Cypriot
- ๐จ๐ฟ Czech
- ๐ฉ๐ฐ Danish
- ๐ฉ๐ด Dominican
- ๐ฉ๐ฒ Dominican (Dominica)
- ๐ณ๐ฑ Dutch
- ๐ช๐ฌ Egyptian
- ๐ฆ๐ช Emirati
- ๐ช๐ช Estonian
- ๐ซ๐ฏ Fijian
- ๐ต๐ญ Filipino
- ๐ซ๐ฎ Finnish
- ๐ซ๐ท French
- ๐ฌ๐ฆ Gabonese
- ๐ฌ๐ฒ Gambian
- ๐ฉ๐ช German
- ๐ฌ๐ญ Ghanaian
- ๐ฌ๐ท Greek
- ๐ฌ๐ฉ Grenadian
- ๐ฌ๐น Guatemalan
- ๐ฌ๐พ Guyanese
- ๐ญ๐น Haitian
- ๐ญ๐ณ Honduran
- ๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Konger
- ๐ญ๐บ Hungarian
- ๐ฎ๐ธ Icelandic
- ๐ฎ๐ณ Indian
- ๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesian
- ๐ฎ๐ช Irish
- ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israeli
- ๐ฎ๐น Italian
- ๐ฏ๐ฒ Jamaican
- ๐ฏ๐ต Japanese
- ๐ฐ๐ช Kenyan
- ๐ฐ๐ณ Kittitian and Nevisian
- ๐ฑ๐ฎ Liechtensteiner
- ๐ฑ๐บ Luxembourgish
- ๐ฒ๐ด Macanese
- ๐ฒ๐ผ Malawian
- ๐ฒ๐พ Malaysian
- ๐ฒ๐ป Maldivian
- ๐ฒ๐ญ Marshallese
- ๐ฒ๐บ Mauritian
- ๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexican
- ๐ซ๐ฒ Micronesian
- ๐ฒ๐ฆ Moroccan
- ๐ฒ๐ฟ Mozambican
- ๐ณ๐ฆ Namibian
- ๐ณ๐ท Nauruan
- ๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand
- ๐ป๐บ Ni-Vanuatu
- ๐ณ๐ฌ Nigerian
- ๐ณ๐ด Norwegian
- ๐ต๐ผ Palauan
- ๐ต๐ฆ Panamanian
- ๐ต๐ฌ Papua New Guinean
- ๐ต๐พ Paraguayan
- ๐ต๐ช Peruvian
- ๐ต๐ฑ Polish
- ๐ต๐น Portuguese
- ๐ถ๐ฆ Qatari
- ๐ท๐ด Romanian
- ๐ท๐บ Russian
- ๐ท๐ผ Rwandan
- ๐ฑ๐จ Saint Lucian
- ๐ธ๐ป Salvadoran
- ๐ผ๐ธ Samoan
- ๐ธ๐ฆ Saudi
- ๐ธ๐จ Seychellois
- ๐ธ๐ฑ Sierra Leonean
- ๐ธ๐ฌ Singaporean
- ๐ธ๐ฐ Slovak
- ๐ธ๐ฎ Slovenian
- ๐ธ๐ง Solomon Islander
- ๐ฟ๐ฆ South African
- ๐ฐ๐ท South Korean
- ๐ช๐ธ Spanish
- ๐ฑ๐ฐ Sri Lankan
- ๐ธ๐ท Surinamese
- ๐ธ๐ฟ Swazi
- ๐ธ๐ช Swedish
- ๐จ๐ญ Swiss
- ๐น๐ฟ Tanzanian
- ๐น๐ญ Thai
- ๐น๐ฑ Timorese
- ๐น๐ฌ Togolese
- ๐น๐ด Tongan
- ๐น๐น Trinidadian and Tobagonian
- ๐น๐ป Tuvaluan
- ๐บ๐ฌ Ugandan
- ๐บ๐ฆ Ukrainian
- ๐บ๐พ Uruguayan
- ๐ป๐ช Venezuelan
- ๐ป๐จ Vincentian
- ๐ฟ๐ฒ Zambian
Embassy visa78 passports
- ๐ฆ๐ซ Afghan
- ๐ฆ๐ฑ Albanian
- ๐ฉ๐ฟ Algerian
- ๐ฆ๐ฉ Andorran
- ๐ฆ๐ด Angolan
- ๐ฆ๐ฒ Armenian
- ๐ฆ๐ฟ Azerbaijani
- ๐ง๐ญ Bahraini
- ๐ง๐พ Belarusian
- ๐ง๐ฏ Beninese
- ๐ง๐น Bhutanese
- ๐ฌ๐ผ Bissau-Guinean
- ๐ง๐ฆ Bosnian
- ๐ง๐ซ Burkinabรจ
- ๐ง๐ฎ Burundian
- ๐จ๐ป Cabo Verdean
- ๐ฐ๐ญ Cambodian
- ๐จ๐ซ Central African
- ๐น๐ฉ Chadian
- ๐ฐ๐ฒ Comorian
- ๐จ๐ฉ Congolese (DR Congo)
- ๐จ๐ฌ Congolese (Republic of the Congo)
- ๐ฉ๐ฏ Djiboutian
- ๐ช๐จ Ecuadorian
- ๐ฌ๐ถ Equatorial Guinean
- ๐ช๐ท Eritrean
- ๐ช๐น Ethiopian
- ๐ฌ๐ช Georgian
- ๐ฌ๐ณ Guinean
- ๐ฎ๐ท Iranian
- ๐ฎ๐ถ Iraqi
- ๐จ๐ฎ Ivorian
- ๐ฏ๐ด Jordanian
- ๐ฐ๐ฟ Kazakhstani
- ๐ฝ๐ฐ Kosovar
- ๐ฐ๐ผ Kuwaiti
- ๐ฐ๐ฌ Kyrgyzstani
- ๐ฑ๐ฆ Lao
- ๐ฑ๐ป Latvian
- ๐ฑ๐ง Lebanese
- ๐ฑ๐ท Liberian
- ๐ฑ๐พ Libyan
- ๐ฑ๐น Lithuanian
- ๐ฒ๐ฌ Malagasy
- ๐ฒ๐ฑ Malian
- ๐ฒ๐น Maltese
- ๐ฒ๐ท Mauritanian
- ๐ฒ๐ฉ Moldovan
- ๐ฒ๐จ Monรฉgasque
- ๐ฒ๐ณ Mongolian
- ๐ฒ๐ช Montenegrin
- ๐ฒ๐ฒ Myanmar
- ๐ณ๐ต Nepali
- ๐ณ๐ฎ Nicaraguan
- ๐ณ๐ช Nigerien
- ๐ฐ๐ต North Korean
- ๐ฒ๐ฐ North Macedonian
- ๐ด๐ฒ Omani
- ๐ต๐ฐ Pakistani
- ๐ต๐ธ Palestinian
- ๐ธ๐ฒ Sammarinese
- ๐ธ๐น Sรฃo Tomรฉan
- ๐ธ๐ณ Senegalese
- ๐ท๐ธ Serbian
- ๐ธ๐ด Somali
- ๐ธ๐ธ South Sudanese
- ๐ธ๐ฉ Sudanese
- ๐ธ๐พ Syrian
- ๐น๐ผ Taiwanese
- ๐น๐ฏ Tajikistani
- ๐น๐ณ Tunisian
- ๐น๐ท Turkish
- ๐น๐ฒ Turkmen
- ๐บ๐ฟ Uzbekistani
- ๐ป๐ฆ Vatican
- ๐ป๐ณ Vietnamese
- ๐พ๐ช Yemeni
- ๐ฟ๐ผ Zimbabwean
Verified rules for Kiribati: 120 of 198 passports; awaiting verification: 78; not yet covered: 0. A rule that is awaiting verification or not yet covered is not a negative visa decision: it only means we haven't confirmed it on an official source yet.
โ Unofficial sources: 78 rules for Kiribati are not from an official Kiribati government source (based on other governments' travel advice or secondary research). They are labelled on each page, are not counted as verified above, and should be confirmed with the embassy before travel.
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