COUNTRIES WHOSE NATIONALS DO NOT REQUIRE A VISA TO GO TO KENYA

Persons that DO NOT Require a Visa to Enter Kenya

Nationals of the following countries do not require visas to enter Kenya:

The Bahamas, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Barbados, Malaysia(if not more than 30 days), Malta,Singapore, Botswana, Burundi, Maldives Solomon Islands, Brunei, Darussalam, Mauritius, Swaziland, Cyprus, Mozambique,Tanzania, Fiji Islands,  Namibia, Tonga, The Gambia, Nauru, Trinidad & Tobago, Ghana, Papua, New Guinea,Tuvalu, Grenada,  Rwanda, St.Lucia, Uganda, Jamaica,  St.Vincent & Grenadines,  Vanuatu, BKiribati,  Samoa,  Zambia, Lesotho, Seychelles,  Zimbabwe.

*NOTE: THE ABOVE LIST IS SUBJECT TO CHANGES.

4. EXEMPTIONS

The following group of people is exempted from obtaining visas to enter Kenya:

• Holders of valid re-entry pass for Kenya.

• Citizens of those countries with whom Kenya has a reciprocal Visa abolition Agreement ( Ethiopia, Rwanda, Marino, Turkey and Uruguay)

• All passengers arriving and leaving by the same ship, and who do not disembark from the ship

• All passengers in transit though Kenya, who are arriving and leaving by the same aircraft or transferring to another aircraft and do not leave the International Transit Lounges of the airports

• Holders of United Nations Laissez-Passer whilst on official UN business

• Holders of Organization of African Union Laissez-Passer while on official OAU business

• Holders of African Development Bank Laissez-Passer whilst on official ADB business

5. COUNTRIES WHOSE NATIONALS REQUIRE REFERRED VISAS

Authority for issue of visas to Nationals of the following Countries is only granted by the Office of The Director of Immigration Services - Nairobi. Subsequently, Nationals of these countries are advised to refer their Visa enquiries to this office prior to finalizing plans for travel to Kenya:

Afghanistan Armenia Nigeria (if applied outside Nigeria)

Iraq Tajikistan Cameroon

Lebanon Senegal Azerbaijan

Mali Somalia Jordan

North Korea Syria Oman

STATELESS PERSONS NOT HOLDING VALID PASSPORTS OR OTHER TRAVEL DOCUMENTS ISSUED BY THEIR OWN COUNTRY OF NATIANALITY. THIS INCLUDES RECOGNISED REFUGEES – HOLDERS OF THE UNITED NATIONS REFUGEE TRAVEL DOCUMENT.

*NOTE: THE ABOVE LIST IS SUBJECT TO CHANGES.

The period for processing of these visas varies between 6-8 weeks.

NATIONALS OF ANY OTHER COUNTRY WHICH DOES NOT APPEAR ABOVE MAY OBTAIN A VISA ON APPLICATION

EITHER AT THE MISSION OR ANY KENYA PORT OF ENTRY SUBJECT TO FULFILMENT OF THE NORMAL REQUIREMENTS.