Kenya Visa Cost Calculator

Most leisure travellers need only Kenya's single-entry tourist visa — the $30 baseline everything else is measured against. Travellers who expect to cross a border and return — regional side trips, contiguous-country loops — take the multi-entry visa at 1.5× base, $45 for Kenya. Kenya's business category runs $75 and asks for an invitation from the company you are visiting — budget for the letter as well as the fee.

A $9 transit endorsement legalises a short Kenya layover — typically 24–72 hours — without a full application behind it. Kenya's eVisa fee is paid by card at application time; if your nationality does need a consular visa, budget the same $30 base plus any courier or service charges.

The document set for Kenya is short but strict — valid passport, photo, where you are staying, and proof of funds for the stay. Kenya accepts the online authorisation from anywhere with a scanner; keep the approval printout beside your passport for check-in and immigration. Payment timing varies by channel: online by card for the Kenya eVisa/ETA, or at application time by card or money order where a consulate handles the file.

Expect silence rather than updates: Kenya rarely confirms receipt mid-review, so screenshot every submission page as you go. Late bookers pay the express premium — half as much again on the fee to compress Kenya's decision from weeks to days.

The passport rules are absolute — 6 months' validity beyond your Kenya exit date and two clean pages for the visa itself. Photos fail applications quietly: print two spares, keep the digital originals, and use a likeness from the last six months for Kenya's file. Show roughly $50–100 USD per day of stay in bank statements — for a 10-day Kenya trip that means $500–1,000 visible and recent.

A booked (not necessarily paid) return ticket and accommodation covering every night in Kenya complete the core file. Business applicants add the Kenya host company's invitation; transit applicants add the confirmed onward ticket — those two categories fail on missing paperwork more than fee errors.

The standard Kenya decision typically lands within 5–15 business days, and seasonal backlogs push it to the top of that band. The express lane at Kenya costs half the base fee extra and returns decisions in 1–3 business days.

Incomplete files, not bad histories, cause the bulk of Kenya rejections — one missing night of lodging is enough. Fix-then-refile is the normal path after a Kenya denial; the fee is due again, so get the file right the second time. eVisa decisions for Kenya often arrive inside 72 hours, making it the de facto express lane at standard price where your nationality qualifies.