Officers of the American Embassy in Suva, Fiji, are concurrently accredited to Kiribati and make periodic visits.

[1] The U.S. Peace Corps, an independent United States federal agency, had maintained a program in Kiribati since 1967.

However, the Corps announced plans to pull out of Kiribati in November 2008 after 35 years of working in the country.

[2] Michael Koffman, the Peace Corps Country Director for Kiribati, cited the frequently cancelled and erratic air service in the country as the main reason the Peace Corps was leaving Kiribati.

[2] In 2023, the United States announced plans to open up an embassy in Kiribati, as part of a larger regional push to strengthen ties in the Pacific.