Kenya

Electronic travel authorisation · Kenya

Eligibility depends on your passport and circumstances. The authorities decide whether documents are issued and entry is granted.

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Apply for your Electronic travel authorisation · Kenya

Answer a few questions, add your documents and follow your file from your account.

Three steps

  1. Tell us about your trip and travellers
  2. Add the documents listed for your profile
  3. Review your file, then track its status

What you get

  • Guided form, saved as you go
  • Document checklist matched to your profile
  • Itemised price shown before any commitment
  • Status tracking in your account
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Independent private service. The authority alone decides on issuance and entry. No real payment is taken at this stage.

Electronic travel authorisation

An electronic authorisation can be a pre-travel requirement for specified travellers. It is not interchangeable with a visa.

Original product name (French source)
Autorisation électronique de voyage du Kenya — eTA
Destination
Kenya

Sources and review status

Review date recorded; current rules still need confirmation.

Dates describe an editorial record, not a live check or legal validity. Review is due after 90 days; rules can change sooner. Open the linked source before relying on this guide.

Recorded review date
  • Immigration kenyane — eTA et exemptions de 2025

    Recorded review date:

    Review date recorded; current rules still need confirmation.

    Check the source's passport, residence, travel purpose and territorial scope; this link alone does not establish that it covers your case.

Still to establish

  • No passport list is encoded for comparison. Check your passport with the authority; omission does not mean exclusion or exemption.
  • No stay limit is encoded for comparison. Confirm the permitted stay, how days are counted and any cumulative limits.

Travel purposes recorded in this source

The listed purposes do not establish permission to work or undertake other activities.

  • Tourism

Prepare and verify

  1. Check whether your passport, journey and transit arrangements fall within the official authorisation scheme.
  2. Apply through the official channel when required and confirm the decision, passport link and validity before travelling.

Your next checks

  1. Write down the passport you will use and its type, your country of residence and your planned activities. Residence and interface language do not replace passport nationality.
  2. List arrival and departure dates, transit stops and entry points. Check each leg separately, including whether you pass immigration during transit.
  3. Open the official instructions for that profile. Record the required documents, submission window, fees and processing guidance; mark anything the source does not confirm as unresolved.
  4. If a condition is unclear, contact the competent authority with your passport country, residence, purpose and dates. Recheck before departure and after a passport or itinerary change.
What else should I know?

An authorisation does not guarantee boarding or entry. A new passport or changed circumstances may require a new application; check the scheme's rules.

Who can apply

Eligibility depends on your passport and circumstances. The authorities decide whether documents are issued and entry is granted.

The source guide below is currently available in French.

Autorisation électronique de voyage du Kenya — eTA

Autorisation de voyager au Kenya pour les personnes qui n’entrent pas dans une exemption.

Consulter la liste officielle actualisée : des exemptions dépendent de la nationalité, de la durée ou d’un titre kenyan. Ne pas supposer que tous les étrangers ont besoin d’une eTA.

  1. Vérifier votre exemption éventuelle dans General Information.
  2. Si nécessaire, déposer la demande sur le portail officiel avec les pièces requises.
  3. Attendre le résultat avant le voyage et conserver l’approbation.
  • L’eTA autorise le voyage ; l’immigration décide de l’admission à l’arrivée.
  • Les exemptions à durée limitée ne doivent pas être traitées comme des droits de séjour illimités.
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Official sources

Advice from a foreign government may be intended for its own nationals. Check the destination authority's requirements for your passport and circumstances; an advisory is not a universal eligibility decision.