Visas
An entry Visa is required by all foreign nationals seeking to travel to Kenya with the exception of persons in the following categories:
An entry Visa is required by all foreign nationals seeking to travel to Kenya with the exception of persons in the following categories:
Persons in possession of valid permit or pass.
Ship's passengers arriving and departing by the same ship, and who do not leave the ship.
Aircraft passengers transiting through Kenya, and who do not leave the international transit area of the international airport in Kenya.
Holders of a laissez-passer issued by one of the organizations listed here below (a-q), while on official business for the organization in question, and upon presentation of an official document from this organization:
United Nations (UN)
African Union (AU)
African Development Bank (AfDB)
Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA)
International Red Locust Control Organization for Central and Southern Africa (IRLCO-CSA)
Desert Locust Control Organization (DLCO)
Common Market for Eastern & Southern Africa (COMESA)
International Monetary Fund and World Bank (IMF/World Bank)
Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
African Airlines Travel Association (IATA)
Environment Liaison Centre International (ELCI)
Union of Radio, Television Network of Africa (URTNA)
International Labor Organization (ILO)
Preferential Trade Area/Common Market of East & Southern African Bank (PTA/COMESA)
European Union (EU)
International Potato Centre (CIP)
African Reinsurance Corporation (ARC)
Diplomatic and Service Passports from The Islamic Republic of Iran for a period not exceeding (30) Days stay.
Diplomatic, Official, Special, and Service Passports, from The Republic of Turkey and members of their families holding valid Diplomatic, Official, Special, and Service Passports, while on Transit or Stay not exceeding ninety (90) days.
Diplomatic, Official or Service Passports from the Federal Republic of Brazil for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days.
Serving Members of the British Military (are exempted from visa formalities).
The manifested crew of ships and aircraft passing through or stopping in Kenya for periods not exceeding seven (7) days in the case of air crew and fourteen (14) days for ship's crew.
Owners of private aircraft stopping over for refueling in Kenya and who do not leave the precincts of the airport.
* PERSONS HOLDING PASSPORTS OF THE COUNTRIES LISTED BELOW
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Bahamas Barbados Belize Botswana Brunei Darussalam Burundi Cyprus Dominica Eritrea Ethiopia Fiji Island Gambia Ghana Grenada Jamaica |
Kiribati Lesotho Malawi Maldives Mauritius Namibia Nauru Papua New Guinea Rwanda Samoa San Marino Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore |
Solomon Islands South Africa South Sudan St. Lucia St. Vincent & the Grenadines Swaziland Tanzania Tonga Trinidad & Tobago Tuvalu Uganda Uruguay Vanuatu Zambia Zimbabwe |
Please note:
Nationals of countries marked * do not require visas for a period of stay up to 30 days stay.
A stay of more than 30 days would require to obtain visa on application
Nationals who require visa to enter Kenya:
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Albania Algeria; Andorra Angola Antigua & Bermuda Argentina Australia Austria Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia & Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Rep. Chad Chile China (People's Republic) Columbia Comoros Congo, Republic of the (Congo Brazzaville) Costa Rica Cote d' Ivoire/ Ivory Coast Croatia Cuba Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep Congo, Democratic Republic of the (Congo Kinshasa) East Timor Egypt El Salvador Ecuador Equatorial Guinea Estonia Finland France |
Guyana Gabon Georgia Germany Greece Greenland Guatemala Guinea Guinea Bissau Haiti Hong Kong (SAR) MACAU (SAR) Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Ireland Israel Italy Japan Jordan Kampuchea Kazakhstan Kirghistan Korea (South) Kosovo Kuwait Laos Lativia Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Madagascar Malagasy Mali Malta Mauritania Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (formally Burma) Nepal Netherlands New Zealand |
Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Reunion Romania Russia Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Surinam Sweden Switzerland Taiwan (Endorsement made on a paper visitor's pass) Thailand Togo Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan United States of America Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Uruguay Uzbekistan Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam West Sahara Yugoslavia-and also Former States of Yugoslavia |
Countries whose nationals are REFFERED to the Director of Immigration Services, Nairobi, for approval:
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Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Iraq |
Lebanon Libya North Korea Palestine |
Somalia Syria Tajikistan Yemen |
All visa applications should be done online through: http://evisa.go.ke or http://ecitizen.go.ke.
These are the only official government websites to apply for Kenyan visas online.
Go to either www.evisa.go.ke or www.ecitizen.go.ke and click on create eVisa Account.
Once Logged in, Select Department of Immigration Services.
Select submit Application,
Select Kenyan Visa.
Select the type of Visa and read the Instructions Carefully.
Fill in the application form.
Pay using visa card, MasterCard and or debit cards and exit.
After a few days, please “sign-in” again to your evisa account, check your visa status then download the approval and print.
Present your printed eVisa to the immigration officer at the port of entry.