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Practical guides: Kenya

Entry and residence

Visa, passport, vaccination required at the border, customs and consular assistance. Rules depend on your nationality: each point says who it applies to.

Visa

  • Entry requires an electronic travel authorisation (eTA) obtained before departure on the official etakenya.go.ke site; it is checked at boarding. Use only the official site to avoid fraud. The 3-month tourist stay can be extended by 3 months at immigration (50 USD).

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    France Diplomatie, Travel advice: Kenya, entry and residenceGovernment of Canada, Travel advice: Kenya

  • Working, even as a volunteer, requires a permit; checks are frequent. A "Class N - Digital Nomad" permit allows remote work for a foreign company.

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    France Diplomatie, Travel advice: Kenya, entry and residence
  • Passport: United States

    An electronic travel authorization (eTA) is required before entry. Passport valid for 6 months with two blank pages; proof of yellow fever vaccination if arriving from an endemic country.

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    U.S. Department of State, Kenya International Travel Information
  • Passport: Germany

    No visa is needed since the introduction of the electronic travel authorization (eTA), which is mandatory.

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    Auswärtiges Amt, Kenia: Reise- und Sicherheitshinweise
  • Passport: Spain

    No visa for tourism or business since January 2024, but an electronic travel authorisation (eTA) is required before departure, minors included, applied for only on the official website. Passport valid for 6 months after arrival, with one blank page.

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    Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores (España), Recomendaciones de viaje: Kenia
  • Passport: Burundi, Congo - Kinshasa, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda

    No visa and no electronic travel authorisation (eTA) needed, according to the official list: stay of up to 180 days.

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    Directorate of Immigration Services (Kenya), eTA: informations générales
  • Passports of 43 countries (see the list)Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Comoros, Congo - Brazzaville, Cyprus, Dominica, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, San Marino, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe

    No visa and no electronic travel authorisation (eTA) needed, according to the official list: stay of up to 90 days.

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    Directorate of Immigration Services (Kenya), eTA: informations générales
  • Passports of 28 countries (see the list)Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia

    No visa and no electronic travel authorisation (eTA) needed, according to the official list: stay of up to 60 days.

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    Directorate of Immigration Services (Kenya), eTA: informations générales
  • Passports of 155 countries (see the list)Afghanistan, Albania, American Samoa, Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands, Chile, China, Colombia, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Czechia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Georgia, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong SAR China, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao SAR China, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niue, North Korea, North Macedonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestinian Territories, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Réunion, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, St. Barthélemy, St. Helena, St. Martin, St. Pierre & Miquelon, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Turks & Caicos Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis & Futuna, Western Sahara, Yemen

    An electronic travel authorisation (eTA) is required, applied for online before departure.

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    Directorate of Immigration Services (Kenya), eTA: informations générales

Passport and documents

Vaccination required at entry

Customs and currency

Residence permit

  • Beyond 90 days, you must register your residence and apply for a Foreign National Certificate ("Alien Card") from the immigration services.

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    Living in Kenya

Useful contacts

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