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Specific Purpose or Event Work Visa — Extended Business Visitor

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

The current linked Work Visa form lists this Specific Purpose or Event work route is for people who meet the business-visitor criteria but need to stay in Kiribati for more than 3 months a year.

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  • The official Work Visa form is currently linked by the Kiribati Immigration Division, but its PDF path dates to 2020. Current detailed legal requirements and later amendments to the procedures manual are not established by this form.

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

The 2020 specific-purpose row asks an extended business visitor for evidence of the time needed and business activities; its general test requires an approved sponsor only if applicable. The current work-visa form asks whether there is a Kiribati job offer but its checklist separately lists one for all applicants. Whether an offer or sponsor is required for this subcategory remains unresolved.

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  • The current form has a Yes/No job-offer question and a general all-applicant offer checklist. Its application to this specific subcategory and the current legal effect of detailed 2020 manual conditions are not fully reconciled.
  • https://www.mfa.gov.ki/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Immigration-Procedures-2020.pdf
    People who meet the Evidence of the time Up to 12 months No further Special business visitor visa needed to be in Purpose or Event visa in criteria but need to Kiribati a 12-month period stay in Kiribati for more Evidence of business than 3 months a year. activities in Kiribati
  • https://www.mfa.gov.ki/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Work-Visa-FINAL.pdf
    F1. Do you have a job offer in Kiribati? Yes □ No □ Go to Section G ‘Declaration by applicant’
  • https://www.mfa.gov.ki/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Work-Visa-FINAL.pdf
    All applicants must provide: • Completed, signed application form □ • Appropriate fee (Contact visaofficer@mfa.gov.ki for details on payment, or go to www.mfa.gov.ki/immigration for more information). □ • Two passport-sized colour photographs □ • Passport or travel document □ • Medical certificates if required □ • Police certificates if required □ • A job offer, including a job description, details of pay, and conditions of the proposed employment □ • Evidence of qualifications relevant to the job offer □ • Evidence of work experience relevant to the job offer
  • https://www.mfa.gov.ki/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Immigration-Procedures-2020.pdf
    15. Specific Purpose or Event work visa Applicants may be granted a Specific Purpose or Event work visa and entry permission if the immigration officer is satisfied: a. the applicant will be in Kiribati to complete a specific purpose of event described in Column A in the table on the next page b. the applicant has demonstrated that they meet the requirements set out in Column B in the table on the next page c. the work is time-bound (not permanent or open) d. the applicant is suitably qualified to undertake the work e. the applicant has an approved sponsor (if applicable)

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

The 2020 specific-purpose table describes a person meeting business-visitor criteria who needs more than three months in Kiribati in a year; that row does not list a separate occupational, award or investment threshold. Current application of the old business-visitor criteria is unresolved.

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Limits of the record
  • These category-specific conditions are stated in the official 2020 procedures manual. The current immigration portal and linked work form do not establish their present legal effect or all later amendments.
  • The evidence is the official Kiribati Immigration Procedures manual (2020). The supplied official material does not establish whether later amendments or operational guidance changed this rule by 2026-09-25.

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

The 2020 specific-purpose rule requires a time-bound purpose, and the extended-business-visitor row concerns evidenced business activities. The table does not establish general open employment or family-accompaniment rights.

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Limits of the record
  • These category-specific conditions are stated in the official 2020 procedures manual. The current immigration portal and linked work form do not establish their present legal effect or all later amendments.
  • The evidence is the official Kiribati Immigration Procedures manual (2020). The supplied official material does not establish whether later amendments or operational guidance changed this rule by 2026-09-25.
  • https://www.mfa.gov.ki/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Immigration-Procedures-2020.pdf
    People who meet the Evidence of the time Up to 12 months No further Special business visitor visa needed to be in Purpose or Event visa in criteria but need to Kiribati a 12-month period stay in Kiribati for more Evidence of business than 3 months a year. activities in Kiribati
  • https://www.mfa.gov.ki/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Immigration-Procedures-2020.pdf
    15. Specific Purpose or Event work visa Applicants may be granted a Specific Purpose or Event work visa and entry permission if the immigration officer is satisfied: a. the applicant will be in Kiribati to complete a specific purpose of event described in Column A in the table on the next page b. the applicant has demonstrated that they meet the requirements set out in Column B in the table on the next page c. the work is time-bound (not permanent or open) d. the applicant is suitably qualified to undertake the work e. the applicant has an approved sponsor (if applicable) f. the applicant meets health and character requirements.

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

The initial visa may last up to 12 months, with no further Specific Purpose or Event visa in a 12-month period under this row.

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Limits of the record
  • These category-specific durations and further-visa limits are from the official 2020 procedures manual. The current immigration portal lists a general Work Visa renewal fee but does not confirm these detailed limits or later amendments. Present legal effect is unresolved.
  • A direct longer-term residence progression for this particular work subcategory is not established.
  • The evidence is the official Kiribati Immigration Procedures manual (2020). The supplied official material does not establish whether later amendments or operational guidance changed this rule by 2026-09-25.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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