Visafar / Kenya
Kenya visa requirements by passport
198 passports can visit Kenya without applying for a visa (121 of them need an online travel authorisation first). Find yours below, then how to apply if you need a visa. Every passport here was checked at Kenya's official sources.
Visa-free 77
- 🇩🇿 Algeria60 days
- 🇦🇴 Angola60 days
- 🇧🇸 Bahamas90 days
- 🇧🇧 Barbados90 days
- 🇧🇿 Belize90 days
- 🇧🇯 Benin60 days
- 🇧🇼 Botswana90 days
- 🇧🇳 Brunei90 days
- 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso60 days
- 🇧🇮 Burundi180 days
- 🇨🇲 Cameroon60 days
- 🇨🇻 Cape Verde60 days
- 🇨🇫 Central African Republic60 days
- 🇹🇩 Chad60 days
- 🇰🇲 Comoros90 days
- 🇨🇬 Congo90 days
- 🇨🇾 Cyprus90 days
- 🇩🇯 Djibouti60 days
- 🇩🇲 Dominica90 days
- 🇨🇩 DR Congo180 days
- 🇪🇬 Egypt60 days
- 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea60 days
- 🇪🇷 Eritrea90 days
- 🇸🇿 Eswatini90 days
- 🇪🇹 Ethiopia90 days
- 🇫🇯 Fiji90 days
- 🇬🇦 Gabon60 days
- 🇬🇲 Gambia90 days
- 🇬🇭 Ghana90 days
- 🇬🇩 Grenada90 days
- 🇬🇳 Guinea60 days
- 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau60 days
- 🇬🇾 Guyana90 days
- 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast60 days
- 🇯🇲 Jamaica90 days
- 🇰🇮 Kiribati90 days
- 🇱🇸 Lesotho90 days
- 🇱🇷 Liberia60 days
- 🇲🇬 Madagascar60 days
- 🇲🇼 Malawi90 days
- 🇲🇾 Malaysia90 days
- 🇲🇻 Maldives90 days
- 🇲🇱 Mali60 days
- 🇲🇷 Mauritania60 days
- 🇲🇺 Mauritius90 days
- 🇲🇦 Morocco60 days
- 🇲🇿 Mozambique90 days
- 🇳🇦 Namibia90 days
- 🇳🇷 Nauru90 days
- 🇳🇪 Niger60 days
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria60 days
- 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea90 days
- 🇷🇼 Rwanda180 days
- 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis90 days
- 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia90 days
- 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines90 days
- 🇼🇸 Samoa90 days
- 🇸🇲 San Marino90 days
- 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe60 days
- 🇸🇳 Senegal60 days
- 🇸🇨 Seychelles60 days
- 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone90 days
- 🇸🇬 Singapore90 days
- 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands90 days
- 🇿🇦 South Africa90 days
- 🇸🇸 South Sudan180 days
- 🇸🇩 Sudan60 days
- 🇹🇿 Tanzania180 days
- 🇹🇬 Togo60 days
- 🇹🇴 Tonga90 days
- 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago90 days
- 🇹🇳 Tunisia60 days
- 🇹🇻 Tuvalu90 days
- 🇺🇬 Uganda180 days
- 🇻🇺 Vanuatu90 days
- 🇿🇲 Zambia90 days
- 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe90 days
Electronic travel authorisation 121
- 🇦🇫 Afghanistan
- 🇦🇱 Albania
- 🇦🇩 Andorra
- 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- 🇦🇲 Armenia
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- 🇦🇹 Austria
- 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
- 🇧🇭 Bahrain
- 🇧🇩 Bangladesh
- 🇧🇾 Belarus
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- 🇧🇹 Bhutan
- 🇧🇴 Bolivia
- 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
- 🇰🇭 Cambodia
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- 🇨🇱 Chile
- 🇨🇳 China
- 🇨🇴 Colombia
- 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
- 🇭🇷 Croatia
- 🇨🇺 Cuba
- 🇨🇿 Czechia
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
- 🇪🇨 Ecuador
- 🇸🇻 El Salvador
- 🇪🇪 Estonia
- 🇫🇮 Finland
- 🇫🇷 France
- 🇬🇪 Georgia
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- 🇬🇷 Greece
- 🇬🇹 Guatemala
- 🇭🇹 Haiti
- 🇭🇳 Honduras
- 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
- 🇭🇺 Hungary
- 🇮🇸 Iceland
- 🇮🇳 India
- 🇮🇩 Indonesia
- 🇮🇷 Iran
- 🇮🇶 Iraq
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- 🇮🇱 Israel
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- 🇯🇴 Jordan
- 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
- 🇽🇰 Kosovo
- 🇰🇼 Kuwait
- 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
- 🇱🇦 Laos
- 🇱🇻 Latvia
- 🇱🇧 Lebanon
- 🇱🇾 Libya
- 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein
- 🇱🇹 Lithuania
- 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
- 🇲🇴 Macau
- 🇲🇹 Malta
- 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- 🇫🇲 Micronesia
- 🇲🇩 Moldova
- 🇲🇨 Monaco
- 🇲🇳 Mongolia
- 🇲🇪 Montenegro
- 🇲🇲 Myanmar
- 🇳🇵 Nepal
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- 🇳🇮 Nicaragua
- 🇰🇵 North Korea
- 🇲🇰 North Macedonia
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- 🇴🇲 Oman
- 🇵🇰 Pakistan
- 🇵🇼 Palau
- 🇵🇸 Palestine
- 🇵🇦 Panama
- 🇵🇾 Paraguay
- 🇵🇪 Peru
- 🇵🇭 Philippines
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- 🇵🇹 Portugal
- 🇶🇦 Qatar
- 🇷🇴 Romania
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
- 🇷🇸 Serbia
- 🇸🇰 Slovakia
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia
- 🇸🇴 Somalia
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- 🇸🇷 Suriname
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- 🇸🇾 Syria
- 🇹🇼 Taiwan
- 🇹🇯 Tajikistan
- 🇹🇭 Thailand
- 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste
- 🇹🇷 Türkiye
- 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine
- 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- 🇺🇸 United States
- 🇺🇾 Uruguay
- 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
- 🇻🇦 Vatican City
- 🇻🇪 Venezuela
- 🇻🇳 Vietnam
- 🇾🇪 Yemen
How to apply: Kenya Electronic Travel Authorisation (eTA)
For every nationality not exempt under Kenya's 2025 immigration rules.
Apply online on Kenya's official eTA website before you travel. Applications are usually processed in 3 days, with an urgent service available; apply at least 2 weeks ahead. An eTA is permission to travel; admission is decided at the border.
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Documents
- A passport valid at least 6 months, with at least one blank page
- A selfie or passport-type photo
- Your email address and phone number
- Your travel itinerary (arrival and departure)
- Your accommodation booking confirmation
- A payment card
- For some purposes, more: a hospital referral, conference invitation or employment contract
Source: etakenya.go.ke ↗, read 10 November 2026.
Validity and stay
- eTA: valid Set on the eTA, Set at the border
Fee: Shown on the eTA website when you apply; not stated on its general information page.
Processing time
Usually 3 days; an urgent service is available. Apply at least 2 weeks before you travel.
Plan the trip to Kenya
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Not travel advice. Rules change and the border officer decides; confirm at Kenya's official sources before you travel. Updated 2026-11-10.