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Visa requirements for Kenya passport holders
Citizens of Kenya can visit 38 of 170 destinations visa-free and 59 more with an eTA, eVisa or visa on arrival.
Last checked . Policies change. Confirm with the embassy or official visa portal before you travel.
38
Visa-free
2
eTA
18
Visa on arrival
2
Pre-approval + VOA
37
eVisa
1
eVisa + biometrics
72
Embassy / VFS
Visa-free
No visa needed — just go- Antigua and Barbuda180 days
- Bahamas90 days
- Barbados180 days
- Benin90 days
- Botswana90 days
- Burundi90 days
- Cuba90 days
- Dominica21 days
- DR Congo
- Eritrea
- Eswatini30 days
- Ethiopia
- Fiji90 days
- Gambia90 days
- Ghana60 days
- Grenada
- Haiti90 days
- Jamaica180 days
- Kiribati30 days
- Lesotho14 days
- Malawi30 days
- Malaysia30 days
- Mauritius90 days
- Micronesia30 days
- Mozambique30 days
- Namibia90 days
- Philippines59 days
- Rwanda180 days
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines30 days
- Singapore30 days
- South Africa90 days
- South Sudan90 days
- Tanzania90 days
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Uganda
- Vanuatu120 days
- Zambia90 days
- Zimbabwe90 days
eTA
Electronic travel authorization (online)Visa on arrival
Get your visa at the borderPre-approval + VOA
Approve online, collect at arrivaleVisa
Fully online — no office visit- Afghanistan30 days
- Bahrain14 days
- Bhutan30 days
- Burkina Faso30 days
- Cameroon30 days
- Chad30 days
- Colombia90 days
- Ecuador90 days
- Gabon30 days
- Georgia30 days
- India60 days
- Iraq
- Kazakhstan30 days
- Kuwait30 days
- Kyrgyzstan30 days
- Laos30 days
- Liberia30 days
- Libya
- Mauritania
- Moldova
- Mongolia30 days
- Morocco30 days
- Myanmar28 days
- New Zealand270 days
- Pakistan30 days
- Papua New Guinea30 days
- Russia16 days
- São Tomé and Príncipe30 days
- Somalia90 days
- Suriname90 days
- Syria
- Tajikistan30 days
- Thailand60 days
- Türkiye30 days
- United Arab Emirates30 days
- Venezuela30 days
- Vietnam90 days
eVisa + biometrics
Apply online, then a biometrics appointmentEmbassy / VFS
In-person at an embassy or visa center- Algeria
- Andorra90 days
- Angola30 days
- Argentina90 days
- Armenia90 days
- Austria90 days
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh30 days
- Belarus90 days
- Belgium90 days
- Belize
- Brunei30 days
- Bulgaria90 days
- Canada180 days
- Central African Republic30 days
- Chile90 days
- China30 days
- Croatia90 days
- Cyprus90 days
- Denmark90 days
- Egypt30 days
- Estonia90 days
- Finland90 days
- France90 days
- Germany90 days
- Guyana30 days
- Honduras30 days
- Hungary90 days
- Iceland90 days
- Israel
- Japan90 days
- Latvia90 days
- Lebanon
- Liechtenstein90 days
- Lithuania90 days
- Luxembourg90 days
- Malta90 days
- Marshall Islands90 days
- Mexico30 days
- Montenegro30 days
- Nauru
- Netherlands90 days
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- North Korea30 days
- North Macedonia90 days
- Norway90 days
- Oman30 days
- Paraguay90 days
- Peru
- Poland90 days
- Portugal90 days
- Republic of the Congo
- Romania90 days
- San Marino90 days
- Saudi Arabia90 days
- Serbia90 days
- Slovakia90 days
- Slovenia90 days
- Solomon Islands30 days
- South Korea30 days
- Sweden90 days
- Switzerland90 days
- Tonga30 days
- Tunisia90 days
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine15 days
- United States180 days
- Uruguay30 days
- Uzbekistan30 days
- Vatican City90 days
- Yemen30 days
What the categories mean
- Visa-freeNo visa needed — just go
- eTAElectronic travel authorization (online)
- Visa on arrivalGet your visa at the border
- Pre-approval + VOAApprove online, collect at arrival
- eVisaFully online — no office visit
- eVisa + biometricsApply online, then a biometrics appointment
- Embassy / VFSIn-person at an embassy or visa center
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