What sponsor, authority, nomination, certification, evidence or other step must occur before the status can be obtained?
Before grant, the applicant’s sending State must request the visa from an immigration officer. The application must identify the person, citizenship, diplomatic mission or consular post, designation, diplomatic/official passport, assignment and any recognised accompanying household dependants. The 2020 manual exempts this class from listed ordinary fee, form, funds/sponsor, onward-travel, health and character requirements.
See recorded sources
Limits of the record- The claim is documented in the official 2020 Immigration Procedures manual. Its present legal effect and any later amendments are not established by the current generic immigration portal.
- https://www.mfa.gov.ki/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Immigration-Procedures-2020.pdf
Applications for visas for diplomatic, consular and official staff and accompanying
dependents must be made at the request of the applicant’s sending State to an
immigration officer.
- https://www.mfa.gov.ki/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Immigration-Procedures-2020.pdf
Applicants must meet the bona fide applicant requirements, but are exempt from:
a. lodging requirements
b. providing an application fee
c. providing an application in the prescribed form
d. meeting funds or sponsorship requirements
e. meeting onward travel requirements
f. health and character requirements.
Applications must include the following:
a. full names
b. date and place of birth
c. gender
d. country/countries of citizenship
e. physical address of diplomatic mission or consular post
f. diplomatic designation
g. type, number and expiry date of passport (diplomatic/official)
h. expected arrival date in Kiribati (if applicable)
i. approximate duration of assignment in Kiribati
j. name of person being replaced (if applicable)
k. details of the official recognised members of the diplomatic, consular or official
staff member’s family who form part of the household in Kiribati.
