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Do you need to visit Kenya for business? Here is what you need to know about the Business Visa

Immigration & Global Mobility

Do You Need To Visit Kenya For Business? Here Is What You Need To Know About The Business Visa

A business visa allows a foreigner to attend business meetings, prospect potential opportunities, negotiate contracts and even execute the negotiated contracts while holding the Business Visa. ...

Have You Replaced Your Old Generation Passport?

Immigration & Global Mobility

Have You Replaced Your Old Generation Passport?

The Government of Kenya, through the Ministry of Interior & Co-ordination of National Government, has recently shared a press release reminding all Kenyans that by 1st December 2022, Kenya will migrat...

Application for Kenyan Citizenship by a Foreign Male Spouse

Immigration & Global Mobility

Application For Kenyan Citizenship By A Foreign Male Spouse

The promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya (2010) brought to an end the discriminatory provisions under the repealed Constitution of 1969 regarding the acquisition of citizenship by marriage....

Seeking Asylum in Kenya

Immigration & Global Mobility

Seeking Asylum In Kenya

The Refugees Act, 2021 Laws of Kenya (hereinafter the “Refugee Act”) defines asylum as the protection granted to a person in Kenya who is outside his or her country of nationality or habitual resi...

Rights and Obligations of Refugees in Kenya

Immigration & Global Mobility

Rights And Obligations Of Refugees In Kenya

Refugees are as matter of fact vulnerable individuals forced to escape from their country of origin or habitual residence on apprehension/threat of or actual persecution on political, social, economic...

Registration of a Marriage between a Kenyan Citizen and a Foreign National

Immigration & Global Mobility

Registration Of A Marriage Between A Kenyan Citizen And A Foreign National

The Marriage Act, 2014 laws of Kenya (the “Act”) consolidated all the laws on marriage and divorce in Kenya. It recognizes five types of marriages namely Christian marriages, civil marriages, cust...

Further Extension of The Deadline for Migration to New Generation E-Passports

Immigration & Global Mobility

Further Extension Of The Deadline For Migration To New Generation E-passports

Further to our alert on 20th of January 2021, the Government of Kenya through the Ministry of Interior & Co-ordination of National Government has further extended the deadline for the replacement of t...

Transition from the Old Generation Passports to the New Generation E-Passports in Kenya

Immigration & Global Mobility

Transition From The Old Generation Passports To The New Generation E-passports In Kenya

The decision to migrate from the old passport to the new e-passport was first made public in April 2015 and the launch was scheduled to be in December 2016. This was pursuant to an agreement between t...

The Immigration Status in Kenya of a Foreign Dependant Widow/Widower upon the Demise of their Spouse

Immigration & Global Mobility

The Immigration Status In Kenya Of A Foreign Dependant Widow/widower Upon The Demise Of Their Spouse

The Citizenship and Immigration Act, 2011 laws of Kenya (the “Act”) defines a dependant as a person who by reason of age, disability or any status of incapacity is unable to maintain himself or he...


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