From January 2024, Kenya will be a visa-free country. The new entry requirements to visit Kenya apply to all travellers, including infants and children (except citizens of Kenya and East African Community partner states). Visitors arriving in Kenya are required to apply for Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) online prior to their arrival.
REQUIREMENTS - ALL TRAVELLERS
Valid passport (at least six (6) months validity after your journey ends, with a minimum of four blank pages) for entry and exit stamps.
Passport-style photo
Contact information (home address, email address and phone number)
Itinerary details
Accommodation booking confirmation
Credit card, debit card, Apple pay for payment of $34 per person
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS - DEPENDING ON COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE / TRAVEL HISTORY
- Yellow Fever certificate (if arriving from a Yellow Fever endemic country)
- Additional vaccinations
Travellers are eligible to apply for ETAs within 3 months of their arrival date in Kenya. Following the application, a confirmation will be sent to the email address submitted in the application. Upon approval, the ETA will be sent to the same email address.
Standard processing time for ETAs is three working days and the status of applications can be checked at any time on the ETA website using the ETA reference number.
All previous visa entry requirements for Kenya are now replaced by the requirement of ETAs. All e-visas currently in process will be issued and travellers with existing e-visas will be granted access to Kenya within the validity period of 90 days, without the additional requirement of an ETA.
Some exemptions apply and can be found in full on the website of the Kenyan Civil Aviation Authority.
Further information on immigration requirements can be found on the Kenyan Department of Immigration and the Kenyan Civil Aviation Authority.
TRAVELLERS’ TO KENYA CLEARANCE INFORMATION
Outlined below is essential information from Customs Kenya as you plan your travel to and from Kenya:
Items intended to be returned to Kenya should be declared upon exit (Temporary export) including but not limited to: Cameras, and accessories for filming, Sporting equipment, Items exported for repair or alterations and Musical instruments.
All arriving passengers are required to make declarations using the prescribed Passenger Declaration Form(s) (Form F88).
Passengers with accompanied luggage are exempted on their used personal items. However, used goods imported for commercial purposes attract taxes.
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Prohibited and restricted goods which include but are not limited to narcotic drugs, firearms, counterfeit currency, shisha are not allowed.
CustomsOfficersarepermittedbythelawtoexaminepassenger’sluggageand conduct body searches based on intelligence and profiled security information possessed by Customs officers. However, in the process of the body search, the officer will observe high standards of human dignity.
Any foreign currency and monetary instruments exceeding 10,000 USD or its equivalent must be declared at Customs upon arrival and before departure.
For more details on the passenger terminal clearance process in Kenya click here