• In person VISA Applications will be handled on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, from 9am to 12.30pm.
  • Processed Visas will be collected in the afternoon, from 2pm to 4pm.
  • VISA Processing takes 48 hours.

  • Effective 1st February 2016, children under 16 years are exempted from VISA regulations, and as a result do not require a VISA to enter Kenya.

Yellow Fever:

Any person entering Kenya must be in possession of a valid International Certificate of Vaccination against Yellow Fever.

Download this form to apply for a VISA.

Visa Application Form

VISA Requirements:

Nationals of the following countries require a visa to travel to Kenya. click here

The following countries have concluded visa abolition agreement with Kenya:

  1. Ethiopia
  2. San Marino

Nationals (Passport holders) of the following countries do not require visas to enter Kenya:

Barbados
Maldives
St. Lucia
Belize Swaziland
Botswana Mauritius Seychelles
Brunei Darussalam Namibia The Gambia
Burundi Nauru Tanzania
Cyprus Papua New Guinea The Bahamas
Dominica Rwanda Tonga
Fiji Island Trinidad and Tobago
Ghana Samoa Tuvalu
Grenada St. Kitts and Navis Uganda
Jamaica  Sierra Leona Vanuatu
Kiribati  Singapore Zambia
Lesotho  Solomon Islands Zimbabwe
Malawi South Africa (For less than 30 days stay) St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Malaysia (For less than 30 days stay)

REFERRED VISA

Holders of U.S Refugee Travel Documents issued by the Department of Homeland Security (Greencard holders/Permanent residents) and Nationals (Passport holders) of the following countries shall have their visa applications referred to the Director of Immigration Services, Nairobi for approval. The processing varies from case to case. No expedited services for Referred visa applications.

Afghanistan Iraq Senegal
Azerbaijan Kosovo Somalia
Armenia Lebanon Syria
Cameroon Libya Palestine
Eritrea Mali Tajikistan
Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (Formerly North Korea)