No visa needed

Do citizens of Costa Rica need a visa for Kiribati?

Citizens of Costa Rica don’t need a visa for Kiribati and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Costa Rica: the passport opens 90 countries visa-free; San José — South Tarawa: ≈ 11,400 km, about 15 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Kiribati without a visa on a Costa Rica passport?

Yes, citizens of Costa Rica don’t need a visa for Kiribati for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Kiribati visa rules at a glance

With a Costa Rica passport you can visit 90 countries visa-free, 31 with a visa on arrival and 48 with an e-visa; 29 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Costa Rica passport ranks 67th of 199.
Costa Rica passport: visa-free access to 90 countries; Kiribati passport: 79.
Citizens of Costa Rica and Kiribati can travel together visa-free to 64 countries, for example: Panama, Belize, Jamaica, Ecuador, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Peru, Barbados, and Iceland.
Citizens of Kiribati, in turn, don’t need a visa for Costa Rica. Costa Rica visa for citizens of Kiribati

Travelling to Kiribati: good to know

San José — South Tarawa: about 11,400 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 15 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +19 hours.
Local time: San José 12:00 — South Tarawa 07:00.
Local currency: Australian Dollar and KID.
Languages: English and Gilbertese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ A$1.42.
Kiribati is the 113th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Costa Rica.