How to appy for a passport in Kenya

Requirements for application

1. Download and fille a passport application form, click here to download.
2. You must have ocumentary evidence of Kenyan citizenship i.e. Original & copies of birth Certificate and National Identity Card, or a Certificate of naturalization or registration and Renunciation Certificate of former citizenship.

3. Three passport size photographs.
4. If yor are below the age of eighteen years, the parents or legal guardian’s written consent must be provided.
5. For applicants who are adopted, the original adoption certificate, clearance letter from the children’s department, and or, the Court ruling or award.
6. A certified copy of the ID of the person recommending the applicant.

Application form

1. If married married you must complete section 3 and also produce evidence of the same.
2. The application must be recommended in section 7 by a citizen of Kenya who is a Minister of Religion, a Medical or Legal practitioner, an established Civil Servant or Bank Official personally acquainted with the applicant. The person recommending the applicant must not be an immediate relative.

Phohotographs

1. Passport photographs must be three in number.
2. Be taken full face without a hat.
3. Must not be mounted.
4. Size must not be more than 2½ inches by 2 inches or less than 2 inches by 1½ inches.
5. The photographs must be printed on normal thin photographic paper and must not be glazed on the reverse side.
6. The person recommending the applicant is required to endorse the reverse side of one copy of the photographs with the words: “I certify that this is a true likeness of the applicant Mr. (Mrs. or Miss) …………..” and add his signature.

Kenyan offices where to apply for passport

Applications for a passport must be submitted personally to the following Passport Control Offices:
1. Nairobi: Ground Floor (North Wing), Nyayo House – Tel :+254- 20-2222022
2. Mombasa: PC’s Office Building – Tel:+254-41-2222676
3. Kisumu: New Provincial Headquarters – Tel:+254-057-2024935/2025438/0700596071
4. Eldoret: Public works building – Tel: +254-53-6337
5. Garissa: Telefax:0462102140
6. Embu
7. Nakuru
8. Kenya Embassy, Washington D.C: 2249 R Street,N.W.Washinton D.C 20008 U.S.A – Tel:+12023876101 – www.kenyaembassy.com
9. Kenya High Commision, London: 45 Portland place London WIBISIAS United Kingdom – Tel:+442076368364 – www.kenyahighcommission.net

Kenyan Passport Fees

A series: 32 pages – Kshs. 4,500
B series: 48 pages – Kshs. 6,000
C series: 64 pages – Kshs. 7,500