Visitors to Kenya are required by law to have passports with validity of not less than six months and prerequisite visas.

The government of the Republic of Kenya has fully automated the issuance of visa with effect from January 1, 2021. In this regard, all passengers travelling to Kenya from countries that require visas to enter Kenya shall be required to apply and obtain eVisa before boarding an aircraft as no visas will be issued on arrival.

Applying for evisa to visit Kenya involves three simple steps:

1. Create an account at evisa.go.ke

2. Fill the application form, upload the requirements and pay

3. Download the eVisa PDF from your account once it is approved.

For further inquiries contact: evisa(at)immigration.go.ke

Visas are issued in the following categories:

• Single Entry Visa for Kenya Holders of passports from the following countries: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Democratic Republic of Korea (Formerly N.Korea), Eritrea, Iraq, Jordan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Palestine, Somalia, Syria, Tajikistan, Yemen, as well as Refugee and EU Travel Documents require a Referred Visa and the processing period is at least 4 weeks.
• Courtesy/Diplomatic Visa
• East Africa Tourist Visa
• Multiple Entry Visa (Only for frequent trips in a calender year)
• Transit Visa
• 5 Year Multiple Entry Visa for USA citizens only 

Travel To Kenya

COVID- 19 TRAVEL MEASURES

1. All travellers arriving into Kenya through any point of entry must have a certificate of COVID-19 vaccination. The following categories of travellers are exempt from the requirement:

• Travelers with medical conditions precluding vaccination. Such persons shall be required to provide a letter from a recognized medical practitioner detailing the medical reason precluding vaccination.

• Travelers who have recovered from an active COVID-19 infection or received convalescent plasma in the preceding 90 days. Such persons shall be required to provide a letter from a recognized medical practitioner showing that the person may have recovered from an active infection in the preceding 90 days.

•  Returning unvaccinated Kenyans who have difficulty accessing vaccines in their current country of residence. Such persons must be prepared to be vaccinated immediately upon arrival and must register for vaccination on Chanjo-Ke platform before departure. Proof of registration shall be required before entry in to the country.

2. All travellers coming to Kenya who are fully vaccinated shall be exempt from the requirement of a PCR test.

3. All eligible unvaccinated travellers arriving at any port of entry into Kenya, must be in possession of a valid COVID-19 negative PCR test certificate conducted within 72 hours before departure regardless of the route of entry. Children below the age of five (5) years are exempt from this requirement.

4. Unvaccinated travellers arriving at any point of entry shall be subjected to rapid antigen test at their own cost of 30 USD. Any person who test positive on antigen RDT will be subjected to PCR test at their own further cost of 50 USD and self-isolate. Travelers below the age of five (5) years are exempt from this testing requirement.

5. There will be no paper verification of COVID-19 test results and vaccination certificates upon arrival into Kenya. Airlines should ensure that all travellers have uploaded both documents into global haven before boarding via www.globalhaven.org

6. Operating crew are exempt from COVID-19 test when on a layover between flights. They must adhere to COVID-19 protocols from airport to hotel/residence and back to airport.

7. All travellers will be expected to fill the passenger locator form on the “jitenge” platform.

8. Passengers travelling out of Kenya will be required to abide by the particular travel, health and COVID-19 related requirements of the destination country.

9. Pre-departure testing may be considered at the discretion of any of the airlines departing from or terminating in Kenya.

10. All travellers to countries requiring antigen testing hours before travel will be required to undertake pre-travel rapid antigen test at the MOH Port Health facility at the airport and the results uploaded to the Trusted Travel platform.

All passengers must have a Trusted Travel code (TT code) when entering the Republic of Kenya. Due to the absence of such codes in some countries' certificates, passengers must validate their tests in order to generate a TT code. More information can be found at:

TT CODE