Entry rules · Saint Lucia passport

Do Saint Lucia passport holders need a visa for Kenya?

No visa needed for a short visit. Saint Lucia passport holders can stay in Kenya visa-free for up to 90 days.

Checked against official sources on 31 Oct 2026. Two independent checks agreed.

The rule

Entry
Visa-free. No visa needed for a short visit.
Stay
Up to 90 days
Status
Verified 31 Oct 2026
Official source
Directorate of Immigration Services, Republic of Kenya
Applies to
A short tourist visit with an ordinary Saint Lucia passport.

What the official sources say

The passages the two checks relied on, with where they come from. Quotes are shown as published, in the source’s language.

Entry: visa-free

🇱🇨 St. Lucia ETA not required

Directorate of Immigration Services, Republic of Kenya · Country list · Government page, retrieved 31 Oct 2026

The principal Regulations are amended by deleting regulation 18.

Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration, Kenya Gazette Supplement No. 1, Legal Notice No. 1 of 2 January 2024 (copy on the Directorate of Immigration Services Border Management site) · 6 · Law, retrieved 31 Oct 2026

The category of persons set out in the Seventeenth Schedule are exempted from the requirement of obtaining eTA before travelling into the country.

Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration, Kenya Gazette Supplement No. 75, Legal Notice No. 93 of 30 May 2025 (copy on the website of the Embassy of Kenya in Rome) · 15G · Law, retrieved 31 Oct 2026
More quotes (12)

Nationals of the following Countries for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days- Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Cyrus, Dominica, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji Island, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malaysia, Maldives, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Union of Comoros, Samoa, San Marino, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, St. Kitts and Navis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Swaziland, Seychelles, The Bahamas, The Gambia, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, The Republic of Congo (Brazaville), Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration, Kenya Gazette Supplement No. 75, Legal Notice No. 93 of 30 May 2025 (copy on the website of the Embassy of Kenya in Rome) · Seventeenth Schedule, 4 · Law, retrieved 31 Oct 2026

Made on the 30th May, 2025.

Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration, Kenya Gazette Supplement No. 75, Legal Notice No. 93 of 30 May 2025 (copy on the website of the Embassy of Kenya in Rome) · Law, retrieved 31 Oct 2026

Countries Exempt from eTA Search Country 🇧🇸 Bahamas 🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇼 Botswana 🇧🇳 Brunei 🇧🇮 Burundi 🇰🇲 Comoros 🇨🇬 Congo 🇨🇾 Cyprus 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇪🇷 Eritrea 🇸🇿 Eswatini 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇬🇭 Ghana 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇰🇪 Kenya 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇱🇸 Lesotho 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇾 Malaysia 🇲🇻 Maldives 🇲🇺 Mauritius 🇲🇿 Mozambique 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇷 Nauru 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 🇬🇲 Republic of The Gambia 🇷🇼 Rwanda 🇼🇸 Samoa 🇸🇲 San Marino 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 🇸🇬 Singapore 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇸🇸 South Sudan 🇰🇳 St. Kitts & Nevis 🇱🇨 St. Lucia 🇻🇨 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 🇹🇴 Tonga 🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 🇺🇬 Uganda 🇹🇿 United Republic of Tanzania 🇻🇺 Vanuatu 🇿🇲 Zambia 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Directorate of Immigration Services, Republic of Kenya · Countries Exempt from eTA · Government page, retrieved 31 Oct 2026

All foreign visitors except citizens of EAC member States planning to travel to the Republic of Kenya are required to submit Immigration forms in compliance with Section 48 of the Kenya Citizenship & Immigration Act (No. 12 of 2011).

Directorate of Immigration Services, Republic of Kenya · Start your trip to Kenya · Government page, retrieved 31 Oct 2026

the Mandatory Travel Health Insurance has now been operationalized with effect from 5th October 2026.

High Commission of the Republic of Kenya in London · MANDATORY INBOUND TRAVEL INSURANCE · Government page, retrieved 31 Oct 2026

The application portal is www.etakenya.go.ke for countries requiring eTa and https://insurance.ecitizen.go.ke for eTa exempt countries for both applications and payments.

High Commission of the Republic of Kenya in London · Government page, retrieved 31 Oct 2026

Persons who are exempt from obtaining the Electronic Travel Authorisation (eTA) as per the KENYA CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION(AMMENDEMENT) RULES, 2025

Directorate of Immigration Services, Republic of Kenya · Government page, retrieved 31 Oct 2026

Nationals of the following Countries for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days

Directorate of Immigration Services, Republic of Kenya · Government page, retrieved 31 Oct 2026

Nationals of the following Countries for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days- Barbados Belize Botswana Brunei Cyprus Dominica Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Island Gambia Ghana Grenada Guyana Jamaica Kiribati Lesotho Malaysia Maldives Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Nauru Papua New Guinea Union of Comoros Samoa San Marino Sierra Leone Singapore Solomon Islands South Africa St. Kitts and Navis St. Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines The Bahamas The Gambia Tonga Trinidad and Tobago The Republic of Congo Tuvalu Vanuatu Zambia Zimbabwe

Directorate of Immigration Services — official Kenya eTA portal · Persons who are exempt from obtaining the Electronic Travel Authorisation (eTA) as per the KENYA CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION(AMMENDEMENT) RULES, 2025 · Government page, retrieved 31 Oct 2026

15G. The category of persons set out in the Seventeenth Schedule are exempted from the requirement of obtaining eTA before travelling into the country.

Kenya Gazette — Government Printer, published by Embassy of Kenya in Italy · Persons exempted from eTA. · Law, retrieved 31 Oct 2026

4. Nationals of the following Countries for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days- Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Cyrus, Dominica, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji Island, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malaysia, Maldives, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, 1086 Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2025 Union of Comoros, Samoa, San Marino, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, St. Kitts and Navis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Swaziland, Seychelles, The Bahamas, The Gambia, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, The Republic of Congo (Brazaville), Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Kenya Gazette — Government Printer, published by Embassy of Kenya in Italy · PERSONS EXEMPTED FROM OBTAINING eTA · Law, retrieved 31 Oct 2026

ELECTRONIC TRAVEL AUTHORISATION (ETA), KENYA. On 1st January, 2024, The Republic of Kenya initiated the process towards the implementation of a Visa Free Regime. Therefore, we would like to inform that the State Department for Immigration and Citizen Services, Kenya has finalized the development of a Digital Platform www.etakenya.go.ke to ensure that all travelers to Kenya are identified in advance through an Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) system. In view of the above, all visitors coming to Kenya, shall henceforth be required to have an ETA before entering the Republic of Kenya.

Embassy of the Republic of Kenya in Ankara · ELECTRONIC TRAVEL AUTHORISATION (ETA), KENYA. · Government page, retrieved 31 Oct 2026

Stay: up to 90 days

Made on the 30th May, 2025.

Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration, Kenya Gazette Supplement No. 75, Legal Notice No. 93 of 30 May 2025 (copy on the website of the Embassy of Kenya in Rome) · Law, retrieved 31 Oct 2026

Persons who are exempt from obtaining the Electronic Travel Authorisation (eTA) as per the KENYA CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION(AMMENDEMENT) RULES, 2025

Directorate of Immigration Services, Republic of Kenya · Government page, retrieved 31 Oct 2026

Nationals of the following Countries for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days

Directorate of Immigration Services, Republic of Kenya · Government page, retrieved 31 Oct 2026
More quotes (4)

Nationals of the following Countries for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days- Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Cyrus, Dominica, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji Island, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malaysia, Maldives, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Union of Comoros, Samoa, San Marino, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, St. Kitts and Navis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Swaziland, Seychelles, The Bahamas, The Gambia, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, The Republic of Congo (Brazaville), Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration, Kenya Gazette Supplement No. 75, Legal Notice No. 93 of 30 May 2025 (copy on the website of the Embassy of Kenya in Rome) · Seventeenth Schedule, 4 · Law, retrieved 31 Oct 2026

Nationals of the following Countries for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days- Barbados Belize Botswana Brunei Cyprus Dominica Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Island Gambia Ghana Grenada Guyana Jamaica Kiribati Lesotho Malaysia Maldives Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Nauru Papua New Guinea Union of Comoros Samoa San Marino Sierra Leone Singapore Solomon Islands South Africa St. Kitts and Navis St. Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines The Bahamas The Gambia Tonga Trinidad and Tobago The Republic of Congo Tuvalu Vanuatu Zambia Zimbabwe

Directorate of Immigration Services — official Kenya eTA portal · Persons who are exempt from obtaining the Electronic Travel Authorisation (eTA) as per the KENYA CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION(AMMENDEMENT) RULES, 2025 · Government page, retrieved 31 Oct 2026

15G. The category of persons set out in the Seventeenth Schedule are exempted from the requirement of obtaining eTA before travelling into the country.

Kenya Gazette — Government Printer, published by Embassy of Kenya in Italy · Persons exempted from eTA. · Law, retrieved 31 Oct 2026

4. Nationals of the following Countries for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days- Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Cyrus, Dominica, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji Island, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malaysia, Maldives, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, 1086 Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2025 Union of Comoros, Samoa, San Marino, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, St. Kitts and Navis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Swaziland, Seychelles, The Bahamas, The Gambia, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, The Republic of Congo (Brazaville), Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Kenya Gazette — Government Printer, published by Embassy of Kenya in Italy · PERSONS EXEMPTED FROM OBTAINING eTA · Law, retrieved 31 Oct 2026

Kenya for other passports

Visa-freeUp to 90 days
Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Comoros, Cyprus, Dominica, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Congo, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Visa-freeUp to 60 days
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia
Visa-freeUp to 180 days
Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
eTA
Afghanistan, Albania, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czechia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen
eTAUp to 90 daysPublic data
Taiwan

How this rule was checked

On 31 Oct 2026 we checked this rule against the official sources that govern entry to Kenya, chiefly Directorate of Immigration Services, Republic of Kenya. Two independent checks reached the same result.

Public visa data (as of 17 Feb 2026) said the same; the check confirmed it.

See this check in the log of checks and changes, and how verification works in the methodology.

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Government travel advice for Kenya

United States
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
United Kingdom
Advises against all travel to some areas and all but essential travel to others
Canada
Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)

What these governments tell their own citizens about travel to Kenya as a whole, as of 30 Sept 2026. It is not about visas, and it reflects each government’s relations and consular reach as well as conditions on the ground.

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This page answers whether you need a visa and how long you can stay on a short tourist visit. It does not cover passport validity, other documents or permission to work. Entry rules change, sometimes without notice, and border officials make the final decision: confirm the requirements for your trip with the official immigration website or embassy of Kenya.