Do you love traveling and dream of visiting a safari at least once in your life? Do you particularly like African culture and would you like to go there for a discovery visit? Look no further and plan your trip to Kenya now, in fact, in recent years, this country has further encouraged the tourism economy and made it easier to obtain a visa with simplified online procedures. In our article we are going to talk about the steps to follow and everything there is to know about obtaining your visa to Kenya especially for French and European residents, so without further ado we wish you good luck journey !
New procedures to obtain your visa to Kenya
For citizens French and Belgian the procedure to follow to obtain your visa has been simplified for the year 2022/2023. In fact, you can now make your online visa application without going to the embassy and just following these simple steps:
- submit your visa application in addition to the required documents in electronic format and online;
- pay visa fees online via your bank card;
- an online visa will be issued to you.
In case your visa application had a favorable outcome, your visa will be assigned online in the form of an e-visa which you will come to print in paper format. It is therefore this document in addition to the plane ticket and the passport that you will present at the control counter at the airport so that you can cross the borders in a completely legal manner. And so you will have all the elements in hand to finally benefit from vacation without program in Kenya which will do you the greatest good and which will change your daily routine.
What are the requirements to obtain a visa to Kenya?
Indeed, to be able to benefit from a visa in Kenya two types of conditions must be taken into consideration by the future traveler:
- the application conditions for the visa;
- the conditions of application for the stay once on site.
Regarding the first conditions, it concerns everything related to the validity of the traveler’s passportr, the arrival permit on Kenyan territory, the dates of arrival and departure as well as accommodation and finally all the supporting copies of the aforementioned documents.
As for the application conditions for the stay in Kenya, it is regulations that you must respect once you are on Kenyan territory, namely:
- your visa provides you with a single right of entry into the territory and only for a period of 90 days;
- your visa does not authorize you to take up employment or find employment in the territory;
- Children under the age of 15 will not need a visa to enter Kenyan territory.
It should be noted that stopovers in Kenya do not require a visa provided, of course, that you do not leave the airport while waiting for your next flight.
How long does it take to obtain a visa to Kenya?
Generally, your visa application to Kenya will be processed within 7 days of the request in question, it is therefore at the end of this period that the electronic visa will be granted. You should know that this is a request that you can make at any moment online and on site requestvisa.fr/kenya in which you will find the different detailed information concerning the documents to provide and the deadlines to respect in order to obtain your Kenya visa.
How much does your visa cost in Kenya?
After making your online request, the step will come payment of your visa. As for the price, it is an amount of approximately 75 euros per person that you will have to pay online and thus several payment options will be made available to you:
- mastercard;
- paypal;
- visa card and other bank cards.
It is important to remember that in this time of pandemic, it will be compulsory for any potential traveler to Kenya from the age of 6 to carry out a PCR test which must be negative against the Covid-19 virus (the test must be carried out at least 96 hours in advance and it must be written in English). In this same perspective of the “health” component, you will have to complete a health monitoring form online to be sure that you have all the necessary vaccinations before your departure, you must also have a travel code issued by the CACPM (African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and this for the sole purpose of ensuring your safety .