🇰🇪Kenya Visa for Portuguese Citizens2026 Requirements, Fees & Documents

Electronic Travel Authorisation (eTA) - standard processing

USD 32.5

Electronic Travel Authorisation (eTA)

Tourism, business visits, transit

Transit Electronic Travel Authorisation (Transit eTA)

Travellers connecting through Kenya to a third country, for a stay of up to 72 hours

Work Permit Class D (Employment)

Foreign employees offered specific employment by a specific employer for skills not available in Kenya

Work Permit Class C (Prescribed Profession)

Members of a prescribed profession (e.g. medicine, law, engineering) intending to practise it in Kenya

Work Permit Class G (Specific Trade, Business or Consultancy)

Foreign nationals establishing or running a specific trade, business, consultancy or profession in Kenya (self-employment/investor)

Work Permit Class B (Agriculture and Animal Husbandry)

Investors engaging in agriculture or animal husbandry in Kenya

Work Permit Class F (Specific Manufacturing)

Investors engaging in a specific manufacturing activity in Kenya

Work Permit Class A (Prospecting and Mining)

Foreign nationals engaging, alone or in partnership, in prospecting for minerals or mining in Kenya

Work Permit Class I (Approved Religious and Charitable Activities)

Missionaries and staff of approved religious or charitable (non-profit) organisations

Work Permit Class K (Ordinary Residents)

Financially independent residents aged 35+ living on assured non-employment income (pension/annuity) - Kenya's retirement/passive-income residence permit

Class N Digital Nomad Work Permit

Remote workers and freelancers earning income from companies or clients registered outside Kenya

Special Pass

Short-term (up to 6 months) work, trade or professional engagement, often as a bridge while a work permit is processed

Student's Pass

Foreign nationals accepted or admitted to study at a Kenyan academic or training institution

Internship/Research Pass

Foreign nationals undertaking an internship or academic research in Kenya

Dependant's Pass

Spouses, children and other dependants of Kenyan citizens, permit holders, permanent residents or exempted persons

Work Permit Class M (Refugees)

Persons granted refugee status in Kenya, and their spouses, wishing to take up a specific occupation, trade, business or profession