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Visa Requirements for Kenya Passport Holders (2026)

A Kenya passport gives visa-free access to 70 of 198 destinations (visa-free, visa on arrival, or eTA). Full breakdown by entry type below.

Visa-free39
Visa on arrival29
eTA2
e-Visa33
Visa required95

Visa-free destinations (39)

Antigua and Barbuda (180d), Bahamas (90d), Barbados (180d), Benin (90d), Botswana (90d), Burundi (90d), Cuba (90d), Dominica (180d), Eritrea, Ethiopia (360d), Fiji (120d), Gambia (90d), Ghana (60d), Grenada (90d), Haiti (90d), Hong Kong (90d), Jamaica, Kiribati (90d), Lesotho (90d), Malawi (90d), Malaysia (30d), Mauritius (90d), Micronesia (30d), Namibia (90d), Philippines (30d), Rwanda (180d), Saint Kitts and Nevis (90d), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (90d), Seychelles (90d), Singapore (30d), South Africa (90d), South Sudan, Swaziland (30d), Tanzania (90d), Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda (90d), Vanuatu (120d), Zambia (90d), Zimbabwe (90d)

Visa on arrival (29)

Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Comoros, DR Congo, Djibouti, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Laos, Macao, Madagascar, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nepal, Nigeria, Palau, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu

eTA required (2)

Ivory Coast, Papua New Guinea

e-Visa required (33)

Albania, Australia, Bahrain, Bhutan, Cameroon, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Georgia, Guinea, India, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Moldova, Mongolia, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia, South Korea, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Togo, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam

Visa required in advance (95)

Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican, Venezuela, Yemen

Passports with similar entry access

Armenia · Tunisia · Dominican Republic · Morocco · Swaziland · Malawi

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Data source: Passport Index dataset (CC-BY). Retrieved & last verified June 26, 2026. Visa rules change frequently — always confirm with the destination’s embassy or official immigration website before you book. See our methodology.