No visa needed

Do citizens of Panama need a visa for Kiribati?

Citizens of Panama 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 Panama: the passport opens 88 countries visa-free; Panama City — South Tarawa: ≈ 11,900 km, about 15.5 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 Panama passport?

Yes, citizens of Panama 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 Panama passport you can visit 88 countries visa-free, 31 with a visa on arrival and 46 with an e-visa; 33 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Panama passport ranks 69th of 199.
Panama passport: visa-free access to 88 countries; Kiribati passport: 79.
Citizens of Panama and Kiribati can travel together visa-free to 61 countries, for example: Costa Rica, Ecuador, Jamaica, Belize, Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Peru, Iceland, and Portugal.
Citizens of Kiribati, in turn, don’t need a visa for Panama. Panama visa for citizens of Kiribati

Travelling to Kiribati: good to know

Panama City — South Tarawa: about 11,900 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 15.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +18 hours.
Local time: Panama City 12:00 — South Tarawa 06:00.
Local currency: Australian Dollar and KID.
Languages: English and Gilbertese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ A$1.42.
Kiribati is the 122nd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Panama.