Kenya Visa Guide

A Kenya visa in a valid passport are required documents for entering the country. If you arrive without a valid travel visa, you will not be allowed to enter, may be fined and will be immediately deported at your own expense. Click here to apply for your Kenya visa online.

If you plan to leave Kenya and then return, you need to get a Kenya visa that allows for multiple entries.

Kenya Visa Requirements

For a Kenya travel visa request, Kenya Embassy and Consulates require the following:

• a valid passport with 6 months validity remaining;
• two recent passport photos;
• a valid round trip ticket or letter from your travel agent verifying your travel plans;
• completed Kenya visa application form;
• payment (money order);
• a self-addressed prepaid return envelope with postage (Priority Mail, Express Mail, FedEx, UPS, Airborne Express, or DHL only);

Kenya travel visas are affixed in your passport on the pages specifically marked for them. Countries require that visa stamps be placed on those pages that do not contain any other stamps

Kenya Visa Application Form

There is only one Kenya visa application form for every type of travel visa. All applications for a visa to Kenya must now be completed online.

Kenya Visa Application Form
Kenya Visa Application Form

After filling out the Kenya visa application form and gathering the appropriate documents, you need to choose how to process your visa.

The Kenya Embassy and consulate-General have both a walk-in and a mail-in service. Processing your Kenya visa takes 4 business days for regular service and 1 business day for rush service for walk-ins. By mail, processing your Kenya travel visa can take 7-10 business days or more.

Click here to apply online for your Kenya visa.

Kenya Tourist Visa

A single entry Kenya tourist visa is valid for up to 30 days from the day of entry. A multiple entry visa is valid for six months with each stay being up to 30 days.

Upon arrival, your documents will be examined by an inspection agent. If everything is correct, they will be stamped with an entry seal.

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Kenya Business Visa

Kenya Business Visas are also valid for 6 months with a duration of 30 days for each entry.

To apply for a single or multiple entry business visa, you must include a Business letter written on your company’s stationary. It must be addressed to the Embassy or Consulate of Kenya. The letter should include your name, position in the company, nature of business to be conducted in Kenya, name and address of contact in Kenya, length of stay and the number of entries requested. It must also declare that the company will be financially responsible for your living expenses including roundtrip transportation. The letter should be signed by someone other than yourself.

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Kenya Visa Service Online

If you don´t live in either the Washington D.C. or Los Angeles area, you might want to contract a travel visa expediting service. They will verify your visa application before it is ever sent, thereby avoiding unnecessary delays or rejections. They will also personally walk your application through each step guaranteeing timely and efficient processing of your Kenya visa.

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