REPUBLIC OF KIRIBATI

Legal Notice No. 17

VISA REGULATIONS
made under Section 20 Of the Passports Act Cap. 66A

Subsidiary Legislation

Regulations under section 20.
LN. NO.

VISA REGULATIONS

Commencement:
1982

PART I
Preliminary

Short title

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Visa Regulations.

PART II

Visa Applications

2 (l) In this regulation, 'visa' means an entry or note on a passport, certificate, or other official document signifying that it has been examined and found correct.

(2) Application for a visa shall be made by or on behalf of the person requiring such visa to the Passport Officer in .the appropriate form.

(3) The application shall be forwarded with the applicant's passport.

(4) No fees is required for such application.

(5) The Passport Officer may, in his discretion, after satisfying himself that he had obtained all the necessary information and that there is no reasonable ground for the application to be refused, issue the visa by making an appropriate entry in the applicant's passport.

(6) A visa may be issued for a single entry only or for multiple entries; within a specific period of time. The maximum period for which a visa may be issued shall be three years if the applicant's passport remains current and valid during that period.

(7) In these regulations "Passport Officer" shall have the meaning assigned in Section 3 of the Act (Cap.66A) and shall include an overseas representative or such other person as may be authorised by the Minister to issue visas on behalf of the Government of Kiribati.

Made this 5th day of April 1982.

TEATAO TEANNAKI 
Minister for Home Affairs