Kenya Visa - For all Matters 'Visa Kenya'

A Kenya visa is required for visitors from nearly all countries but first, a note about passports.

All visitors to Kenya, save those from Uganda and Tanzania require passports to enter Kenya.

Passports MUST have at least 1 blank page (to facilitate issuance of the visa) and must be valid for at least 3 months from date of entry.

The ease with which a visa to Kenya is obtained depends on your nationality so read on to find out the requirements for your situation...

A national of any of the following countries does not require a visa to enter Kenya:

Bahamas	Grenada	Namibia	Swaziland
Barbados	Ghana	Nauru	Tanzania
Botswana	Jamaica	Papua NG	Tonga
Brunei	Lesotho	St. Lucia	Trin. and Tob.*
Cyprus	Malawi	Samoa	Tuvalu
Dominica	Mauritius	Seychelles	Uganda
Fiji	Maldives	Singapore	Zambia
Gambia	Maura	Sierra Leone	Zimbabwe

*Trinidad and Tobago.

Nationals of the following countries may be issued with visas upon arrival at a Kenyan port of entry:

Albania	Denmark	Liberia	Romania
Angola	Djibouti	Libya	Russia
Algeria	DRC	Liechtenstein	Rwanda (gratis)
Australia	Dominican Rep.	Luxembourg	Salvador
Argentina	Egypt	Lithuania	Sao Tome
Bahrain	Ecuador	Macedonia	Saudi Arabia
Belarus	Equat. Guin.	Madagascar	Slovak
Belgium	Estonia	Malagasy	Spain
Bhutan	France	Malta	Sri Lanka
Bolivia	Hong Kong	Mauritius	Sudan
Bos. Herz.*	Georgia	Mexico	Switzerland
Brazil	Germany	Moldavia	Sweden
Bulgaria	Greece	Monaco	Thailand
Burk. Faso	Greenland	Mongolia	Uganda
Fiji	Maldives	Singapore	Togo
Burma	Guinea	Morocco	Tunisia
Benin	Guatemala	Mozambique	Turkey
Burundi	Guin. Bissau	Niger	Turkmenistan
Bangladesh	Haiti	Nepal	UK
Cambodia	Hungary	Netherlands	UAE
Canada	Iceland	Nicaragua	Ukraine
CAR	Indonesia	Norway	USA
Chad	Ireland	Panama	Uzbekistan
Chile	Israel	Paraguay	Vatican
China	Italy	Pakistan	Venezuela
Colombia	Ivory Coast	Peru	Vietnam
Comoros	Japan	Philippines	Yemen
Congo Braz.	Kazakhstan	Portugal	Yugoslavia
Costa Rico	South Korea	Poland
Czech	Kuwait	Qatar
Cuba	Laos	Reunion

*Bosnia-Herzegovina

A single entry visa (valid for three months from date of issue) will cost US$ 50. A transit visa costs US$ 20.

Nationals of the following countries need to have a referral visa (namely; they must possess an entry visa prior to arrival in Kenya):

Afghanistan	Ivory Coast	Mali	Somalia
Armenia	Iraq	Nigeria*	Syria
Azerbaijan	Jordan	North Korea	Tajikistan
Cameroon	Lebanon	Senegal

* Residing outside Nigeria.

It is advisable to obtain the visa from the Kenyan Embassy/High Commission in your country prior to departure.

Allow at least 6 weeks for processing of this visa class as applications have to be referred to Nairobi before a decision is made.

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