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Timor-Leste visa for citizens of Kiribati

Citizens of Kiribati get a Timor-Leste visa on arrival at passport control. You don’t apply in advance, but border officers check your passport, return ticket and accommodation. Visago checks your documents before you travel. It costs $19.

For citizens of Kiribati: the passport opens 79 countries visa-free; South Tarawa — Dili: ≈ 5,370 km, about 7 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

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Can I travel to Timor-Leste without a visa on a Kiribati passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Kiribati get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

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Timor-Leste visa rules at a glance

With a Kiribati passport you can visit 79 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 41 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Kiribati passport ranks 79th of 199.
Kiribati passport: visa-free access to 79 countries; Timor-Leste passport: 55.
Citizens of Kiribati and Timor-Leste can travel together visa-free to 50 countries, for example: Micronesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Ecuador, Haiti, Iceland, Finland, Estonia, Sweden, Latvia, Norway, Seychelles, Lithuania, Denmark, and Poland.
Citizens of Timor-Leste, in turn, don’t need a visa for Kiribati. Kiribati visa for citizens of Timor-Leste

Travelling to Timor-Leste: good to know

South Tarawa — Dili: about 5,370 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 7 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −4 hours.
Local time: South Tarawa 12:00 — Dili 08:00.
Local currency: US Dollar.
Languages: Portuguese and Tetum.
Timor-Leste is the 15th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Kiribati.