Kiribati Guyana

Guyana Visa Requirements for Kiribati Citizens

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Kiribati passport holders need an eVisa for Guyana, applied for online before travel.

Source: Passport Index dataset — not yet confirmed against an official source.

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What the Guyana visa rules mean for Kiribati travellers

Kiribati passport holders need an eVisa to enter Guyana. You apply online, upload a passport scan and a photo, pay the fee and receive the visa by email. Apply at least one to two weeks before your trip and print the approval — some airlines and border officers ask to see it on paper.

Documents to prepare

Whatever your visa status, Guyana applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:

Passport validity: The UK government says that to enter Guyana your passport must have an expiry date at least 6 months after the date you arrive.
Blank passport pages: Your passport needs at least 1 blank page.
Vaccinations: Yellow fever: WHO lists Guyana as requiring proof of yellow fever vaccination from travellers aged 1 year or over arriving from countries at risk of yellow fever transmission, including travellers who transited more than 4 hours thro…
Vaccinations: Malaria prophylaxis: Not an entry requirement. The UK government lists malaria in the interior of the country among the health risks in Guyana.

Guyana entry rules compared

Guyana lets 61 passports in without a visa, issues eVisas to 36 and requires an embassy visa from 101. Kiribati citizens are treated the same way as Fiji, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Solomon Islands. Overall the Kiribati passport ranks #83 in the world with 79 visa-free destinations.

More travel options

Planning a longer trip in Americas? With a Kiribati passport you can also visit 16 countries in the region without a visa, including Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic and Ecuador.

In the other direction, Guyana citizens can visit Kiribati visa-free for up to 90 days.

Entry requirements for Guyana

Passport validity

6 months

The UK government says that to enter Guyana your passport must have an expiry date at least 6 months after the date you arrive.

UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Guyana travel advice (entry requirements)✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Blank passport pages

1 blank page

Your passport needs at least 1 blank page.

U.S. Department of State — Guyana international travel information✓ Checked 4 Oct 2026

Vaccinations: Yellow fever

1 year

WHO lists Guyana as requiring proof of yellow fever vaccination from travellers aged 1 year or over arriving from countries at risk of yellow fever transmission, including travellers who transited more than 4 hours through the airport of such a country. Guyana is itself on WHO's list of countries at risk of yellow fever transmission.

WHO, International Travel and Health, Annex 1 — countries requiring proof of vaccination against yellow fever✓ Checked 2 Oct 2026

Vaccinations: Malaria prophylaxis

Not an entry requirement. The UK government lists malaria in the interior of the country among the health risks in Guyana.

UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Guyana travel advice (health)✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Travel insurance

No official source we could read states a travel insurance requirement for entering Guyana. The UK government advises checking that you have appropriate travel insurance for local treatment or unexpected medical evacuation, and says medical facilities are very limited, even in Georgetown.

UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Guyana travel advice (health)✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Return or onward ticket

No official source we could read states an onward or return ticket requirement for Guyana.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Guyana — criteria for visas on arrival (lists sponsor, hotel and funds; no ticket requirement)✓ Checked 7 Oct 2026

Proof of funds

30 days

The Foreign Ministry's advisory says visitors who receive a visa on arrival must provide, on arrival, evidence of finances to cover expenses for 30 days and the name and address of their inviter or sponsor, or of their hotel if they are tourists. No official source we could read states a sum.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Guyana — Advisory on visas on arrival and visa fees✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Overstay penalties

Under the Immigration Act, a person granted a temporary permit, including as a visitor, who does not leave Guyana by the end of the permitted period, unless it was extended, is deemed a prohibited immigrant. An immigration officer may then order them to leave immediately or within a set period, or have them arrested and brought before a magistrate's court for removal.

Ministry of Legal Affairs, Guyana — Laws of Guyana, Immigration Act Cap. 14:02 (L.R.O. 1/2012)✓ Checked 12 Oct 2026

Customs allowances

US$10,000

Guyana's Financial Intelligence Unit says travellers carrying foreign currency amounting to more than US$10,000 or its equivalent into or out of Guyana must make a foreign currency declaration, on forms available at all international airports and border and ferry crossings, including Lethem and the Guyana/Suriname ferry. Failure to declare, or knowingly making an untrue declaration, is an offence; the penalties listed are a fine of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, imprisonment for six months and forfeiture of the undeclared currency.

Financial Intelligence Unit of Guyana — What is a foreign currency declaration report?✓ Checked 2 Oct 2026

Frequently asked questions

Do Kiribati citizens need a visa for Guyana?