VISA INFORMATION

Country-Specific Advisory on Visas to Kenya

The Kenya visa regime is governed under The Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Regulations, 2012. Administration of visas is classified into three broad categories as listed below:

  1. Category One: Nationals and persons who do not require visa to enter Kenya
  2. Category Two: Nationals and persons who may obtain visas on application through online visa-application portal.
    APPLY HERE for a Single Entry Visa https://evisa.go.ke/evisa.html
  3. Category Three: Nationals and persons whose applications are referred to the Immigration Headquarters in Nairobi for processing and approval

CATEGORY 1:
Countries Whose Nationals Do Not Require Visa To Enter Kenya.
Barbados Belize Botswana Brunei Burundi Cyprus Dominica Fiji Island Guyana Ghana Grenada Jamaica Jordan Kiribati Lesotho Malawi Malaysia (For less than 30 days stay) Maldives Mali Mauritius Namibia Nauru Papua New Guinea Rwanda Samoa Senegal Sierra Leone Singapore Solomon Islands South Africa St. Kitts and Navis St. Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines Swaziland Seychelles Tanzania The Bahamas The Gambia Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tuvalu Uganda Vanuatu Zambia Zimbabwe

CATEGORY 2:
Countries Whose Nationals May Be Issued With Visa upon Online Application.
Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua Azerbaijan & Bermuda Argentina Australia Austria Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cambodia Canada Cape Verde Central African Rep. Chad Chile (Nationalist) China (China Peoples Republic) Colombia Comoros Congo Brazzaville Costa Rica Cote d’ Ivoire/ Ivory Coast Croatia Cuba Czech Republic Denmark ` Djibouti Dominican Rep DRC East Timor Egypt El Salvador Ecuador Equatorial Guinea Estonia Finland France French Guyana Gabon Georgia Germany Greece Greenland Guatemala Guinea Guinea Bissau Haiti Herzegovina Holders of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Korea (South) Kuwait Laos Latvia Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Madagascar Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mexico Micronesia Moldavia Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (formally Burma) Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Pacific Isles Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Salvador Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Southern Sudan Spain Sri Lanka St. Christopher Cape Sudan Surinam Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Timor-East Togo Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan U.S.A. Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Uruguay Uzbekistan Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam Yemen

CATEGORY 3:
Countries Whose Nationals Are Subjected To Referred Visa Regime.
Their Visa Applications are referred to HQ Nairobi for Processing and Approval.
Afghanistan Armenia Cameroon Democratic Republic of Korea (Formerly N. Korea) Iraq Kosovo Lebanon Libya Palestine Somalia Syria Tajikistan