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Sri Lanka visa for citizens of Kiribati

Citizens of Kiribati get a Sri Lanka 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 — Colombo: ≈ 10,330 km, about 13.5 hours of flying.

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

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Can I travel to Sri Lanka 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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Sri Lanka 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; Sri Lanka passport: 18.
Citizens of Kiribati and Sri Lanka can travel together visa-free to 14 countries, for example: Micronesia, Vanuatu, Singapore, Bahamas, Haiti, Seychelles, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Lesotho, Malawi, Rwanda, and Gambia.
Citizens of Sri Lanka, in turn, don’t need a visa for Kiribati. Kiribati visa for citizens of Sri Lanka

Travelling to Sri Lanka: good to know

South Tarawa — Colombo: about 10,330 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 13.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −7.5 hours.
Local time: South Tarawa 12:00 — Colombo 04:30.
Local currency: Sri Lankan Rupee.
Languages: Sinhala and Tamil.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ LKR 330.
Sri Lanka is the 36th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Kiribati.