Chinese Embassy in Kiribati

Ambassador: Mr. Zhou Limin
Address: Bairiki, Tarawa, Kiribati
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 30, Bairiki, Tarawa, Kiribati
Email: chinaemb_ki@mfa.gov.cn
Tel: 686-72022008
 

As the Chinese Embassy in Kiribati has not fully opened the visa service, currently the Chinese Embassy in Fiji assists in issuing the visa. The application procedures are as follows.
 1. Preparing application materials.
2. Sending all your materials to the Embassy in Kitibati via chinaemb_ki@mfa.gov.cn for qualification verifying. Your email will be replied within 3 working days.
3. After receiving the email from the Embassy with approval, fill out the visa application form online, print out and sign it.
4. Take the application materials to the Embassy in Kiribati for assessment on the date provided by the Embassy.
5. Submit the visa application to the consular office of Chinese Embassy in Fiji in person.
6. The regular processing usually takes 4 working days and rush service usually takes no more than 3 working days. 
 

1. Original passport with at least six months of validity and blank visa pages.
2. Visa Application Form with a recently-taken color passport photo (bare-head, full face).
3. Photocopy of previous Chinese passports or previous Chinese visas if any.
4. Documents showing the itinerary including air ticket booking record (round trip) and proof of a hotel reservation, etc. or an invitation letter issued by a relevant entity or individual in China.
The invitation letter should contain:
Information on the applicant.
Information on the planned visit (arrival and departure dates, destinations, etc.)
Information on the inviting entity or individual (name, contact telephone number, address, official stamp, signature of the legal representative or the inviting individual)
 

Please refer to the Chinese Embassy in Fiji
 

Situated in central Pacific Ocean, Kiribati is near to the junction of the equator and International Date Line. It has totally three coral inland groups and a volcano inland group that scattering all over the 5,000,000 square kilometers (1,930,511 square miles) waters. Nauru and Tuvalu are its near neighbors respectively located to its west and south.   
Capital: Bairiki in Tarawa     
Time: It is 12 hours earlier than GMT and 4 hours earlier than Beijing Time. 
Official Language: English (Kiribati/Gilbertese is also widely used)
Major Religions: Roman Catholic, Kiribati Protestant
Currency: cent, Australian dollar
 

New Year Day (January 1-2)
Women's Day (March 6)
Easter Holiday (at least four days from Good Friday to Easter Monday)
National Health Day (April 21)
Gospel Day (or Christian Churches Day)
National Independence Day (July 11-12)
Unimwane & Unaine (Elderly Men and Women) Day (July 13-14)
Youth Day (August 7)
Human Rights/Peace Day (December 11)
Christmas Day (December 25)
 

1. Citizens from other countries must hold a valid passport, onward ticket and proof of sufficient funds to support their staying in Kiribati.
2. If the intended stay duration in the country is 30 days or les, Chinese citizens are exempted from obtaining a visa before entering the nation.
3. Visitors can apply for the visitor's permit upon arrival, entitling them to stay longer. Fees of AUD70 for a single visa and AUD70 for a multiple visa should be paid for the issuing of the visa.
4. The principal Immigration Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, P.O. Box 68, Bairiki Tarawa can issue a visa it can be made in Kiribati honorable consulate office in Suva of Fiji, Rose Bay NSW of Australia and other foreign cities.

 Related China Embassies in Oceania: Micronesia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea