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Kenya visa requirements

Current entry categories for 199 passport nationalities, paired with official evidence as it is reviewed.

Access data checked October 8, 20264 official sources collected
Citizenship1Visa-free77ETA121
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199 passports

Citizenship

1

Visa-free

77

ETA

121
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One group agreement or destination policy can support many passport relationships. Dates are recorded only when an official source establishes them.

  1. Visa-free

    Saint Kitts and Nevis nationals: Kenya 90-day eTA exemption

    Kenya's current legal eTA-exemption schedule places the uniquely identifiable Saint Kitts and Nevis nationality in its 90-day cohort, despite the recurring one-letter misspelling 'Navis'.

    • The exemption applies to nationals of Saint Kitts and Nevis for a stay not exceeding 90 days.
    • The official schedule says 'St. Kitts and Navis'. No country or passport issuer named Navis exists, and the uniquely identifying St. Kitts prefix makes this an unambiguous spelling error rather than a successor-state or document ambiguity.
    • The traveller is exempt from Kenya's eTA requirement; normal passport validity, purpose-of-stay and final-admission rules continue to apply.
    • Work, study, residence, diplomatic, official, service and other special-document treatment remain outside scope.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    St. Kitts and Nevis

    Official sourceNational Council for Law Reporting: Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Regulations, consolidated through Legal Notice 93 of 2025
  3. Visa-free

    East African Partner State citizens are ETA-exempt

    Citizens of the six named East African Partner States are exempt from Kenya's ETA requirement.

    • The exemption applies for stays not exceeding 180 days.
    • This visitor-access classification does not establish residence, work, or special-document rights.
    6 passport nationalities covered

    Burundi, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda

    Official sourcesNational Council for Law Reporting: Kenya Citizenship and Immigration (Amendment) Rules, 2025Kenya Directorate of Immigration Services: Kenya and East African Partner State ETA exemptions
  4. Visa-free

    Listed nationals are ETA-exempt for up to 90 days

    Kenya's current official guidance exempts the listed nationalities from ETA for stays not exceeding 90 days.

    • The exemption applies for stays not exceeding 90 days.
    • The Gazette contains apparent country-name and duration typographical errors; the current operational list is used where it resolves them.
    42 passport nationalities covered

    Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Cyprus, Dominica, Eritrea, eSwatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malaysia, Maldives, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Comoro Islands, Samoa, San Marino, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Congo (Rep.), Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe

    Official sourcesNational Council for Law Reporting: Kenya Citizenship and Immigration (Amendment) Rules, 2025Kenya Directorate of Immigration Services: Kenya ETA application and exemption guidance
  5. Visa-free

    Listed African nationals are ETA-exempt for up to 60 days

    Kenya's current official guidance exempts the listed African nationalities from ETA for stays not exceeding 60 days.

    • The exemption applies for stays not exceeding 60 days.
    • The Gazette also places Seychelles in its 90-day list; the current operational guidance places it in the 60-day list.
    28 passport nationalities covered

    Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde Islands, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia

    Official sourcesNational Council for Law Reporting: Kenya Citizenship and Immigration (Amendment) Rules, 2025Kenya Directorate of Immigration Services: Kenya ETA application and exemption guidance
  6. ETA

    Other ordinary-passport visitors require a Kenya ETA

    Visitors outside the official nationality and document exemptions must obtain an approved electronic travel authorisation before beginning their journey.

    • An ETA is not final authority to enter Kenya.
    • Separate exemptions apply to qualifying permit, re-entry, transit, crew, laissez-passer, diplomatic, official, service, special-passport, and British-military travellers.
    • Saint Kitts and Nevis remains excluded from this policy pending an official correction of the published name 'St. Kitts and Navis'.
    Broad nationality coverage

    The official rule is not limited to a named passport list; individual exemptions and easier access can still apply.

    Official sourcesNational Council for Law Reporting: Kenya Citizenship and Immigration (Amendment) Rules, 2025Kenya Directorate of Immigration Services: Kenya ETA application and exemption guidance