|
ABOUT THAT VISA
|
Last updated 05-2016 by Cecily Breeding
Because your stay with us in Kenya will be 3 months or more, you have three options (listed below) to ensure you are in Kenya legally for the duration of your time with MITS.
Because your stay with us in Kenya will be 3 months or more, you have three options (listed below) to ensure you are in Kenya legally for the duration of your time with MITS.
1. APPLY & PAY ONLINE FOR A SINGLE-ENTRY 90-DAY VISA & LEAVE KENYA BEFORE IT EXPIRES
Follow these instructions in the Visitor Manual for purchasing your 90-day tourist visa before you travel to Kenya. If you are working with MITS for 90 days or less, the single-entry 90-day visa is all you need.
Follow these instructions in the Visitor Manual for purchasing your 90-day tourist visa before you travel to Kenya. If you are working with MITS for 90 days or less, the single-entry 90-day visa is all you need.
2. APPLY & PAY ONLINE FOR A SINGLE-ENTRY 90-DAY VISA & PAY TO RENEW IT
Follow these instructions in the Visitor Manual for purchasing your 90-day tourist visa before you travel to Kenya.
If you are working with MITS for longer than 90 days, you will need to visit Nyayo House in Nairobi to renew the visa before it expires. This will be an experience similar to the DMV in the United States. Bring money, all the proper documents and snacks. Lots of snacks. As of April 2016, the renewal fee is $20.
Follow these instructions in the Visitor Manual for purchasing your 90-day tourist visa before you travel to Kenya.
If you are working with MITS for longer than 90 days, you will need to visit Nyayo House in Nairobi to renew the visa before it expires. This will be an experience similar to the DMV in the United States. Bring money, all the proper documents and snacks. Lots of snacks. As of April 2016, the renewal fee is $20.
3. APPLY & PAY BY MAIL BEFORE YOUR TRIP FOR A SINGLE-ENTRY 6-MONTH VISA
This must be done by mail at least 4 weeks before your departure to Kenya, via the Kenyan embassy in Washington D.C. It costs $50 (the same as the 90-day visa). Because all the countries in East Africa share a visa, this "single-entry 6-month visa" will allow you to travel between Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi & Rwanda while the visa is valid.
Please see the photos and information below to guide you through the steps. All this information can be found in greater detail on the Kenya Embassy website (www.kenyaembassy.com)
This must be done by mail at least 4 weeks before your departure to Kenya, via the Kenyan embassy in Washington D.C. It costs $50 (the same as the 90-day visa). Because all the countries in East Africa share a visa, this "single-entry 6-month visa" will allow you to travel between Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi & Rwanda while the visa is valid.
Please see the photos and information below to guide you through the steps. All this information can be found in greater detail on the Kenya Embassy website (www.kenyaembassy.com)
|
|
You must complete the visa application in your browser at www.kenyaembassy.com and then print the document. For full names and addresses of friends in Kenya, please provide Charles Coulston's contact information:
Charles & Darlene Coulston P.O. Box 631-00520 Ruai, Nairobi Telephone/Cell no.: 0731 538 169 Email: charles@madeinthestreets.org |
|
DO NOT forget to sign your application.
|
|
|
Include your passport and 2 passport photos.
Make sure your passport will not expire during the 6-month visa period. The embassy will not issue you a visa if your passport will expire during that time. |
|
A $50 money order or cashiers check can be purchased from your local post office. The money order or cashiers check must be payable to The Embassy of the Republic of Kenya 2249 R Street N.W. Washington, D.C. 20008.
|
|
Print the web page or email from your travel agent that shows your detailed itinerary with entry AND exit from Kenya. This means you will have to have purchased a flight out of Kenya.
The Kenyan embassy needs to be certain you will leave East Africa within 6 months. |
|
|
Mail everything listed above, along with a stamped, self-addressed return envelope (FedEx, Certified, Express or Priority mail only) to the Kenya Embassy:
Embassy of The Republic of Kenya, Washington, D.C. 2249 R. Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20008 |
|
Please allow at least 4 weeks for processing. If you have followed all of the above requirements, your passport with a 6-month visa inside will be returned to you by mail within 4 weeks.
|
