Kenya: passport and entry requirements
Kenya needs six months' validity on every passport and an online travel authorisation, called an eTA, for each member of the family before you fly.
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Your passport
Each passport needs to be valid for at least six months after the day you arrive, with at least two blank pages for the entry stamps. Renew a nearly full passport before you travel so there's room.
Check the whole family's passports when you book. Children's are the ones most likely to be close to expiry, since they're renewed more often than an adult's, so an early check leaves time to renew any that are short.
Getting in
Everyone needs an eTA, an electronic travel authorisation. It's a quick online approval linked to your passport that you sort before you travel, and it has replaced the old visa on arrival, so there's no visa to buy at the airport and no sticker in your passport now. It costs about $30 a person (about £24, last checked August 2026). Apply through the official Kenyan government portal at etakenya.go.ke, and do it at least a couple of weeks before you fly to leave time for approval.
Use the official portal and nothing else. Lookalike sites turn up in search results and charge more for the same approval, so check you're on the etakenya.go.ke address before you pay. A yellow fever certificate only comes into it if you're arriving from a country where the disease is a risk, not on a direct flight from the UK.
Every child needs their own passport, from birth, valid as long as the adults' and with two blank pages. Each one also needs their own approved eTA, a separate application at the full adult fee.
Official sources
Last checked 11 August 2026. Passport and entry rules change, so always confirm on GOV.UK before you book or travel.
