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Classes of entry permits
Class A:
A person who is offered specific employment by a
specific employer who is qualified to undertake that
employment, and
whose engagement in that
employment will be of benefit to Kenya.
Class B:
A person who is offered
specific employment by the Government of Kenya, the East
African Community or any other person or authority under
the control of the Government or the Community, and
whoso engagement in that employment will be of benefit
to Kenya.
Class
C:
A person who is offered
specific employment under an approved technical aid
scheme under the United Nations Organization or some
other approved agency (not being an exempted person
under section 4 (3) of this Act) and whose engagement in
that employment will be of benefit to Kenya.
Class D:
A person being the holder
of a dependant’s pass, who is offered specific
employment by specific employer, whose engagement in
that employment will be or benefit to Kenya.
Class E:
A person who is a member
or a missionary society approved by the Government of
Kenya, and whoso presence in Kenya will be of benefit to
Kenya.
Class
F
A person who intends to
engage, whether alone or in partnership, in the business
of agriculture or animal husbandry in Kenya and who-
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has acquired, or has received all
permission that may be necessary in order to
acquire, an interest in land of sufficient size and
suitability for the purpose; and
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has in his own right
and at his full and free disposition sufficient
capital and other
resources for the purpose, and whose engagement in
that business will be of benefit to Kenya.
Class G:
A person .who intends to
engage, whether alone or in partnership, in prospecting
for minerals or mining in Kenya, and Who
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has obtained or is assured or
obtaining any prospecting or mining right or licence
that may be necessary for the purpose; and
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has in his own right
and at his full and free disposition sufficient
capital and other resources for the purpose, and
whose , engagement in that prospecting or mining
will be of benefit to Kenya. ,
Class H:
A person who intends to
engage, whether alone or in partnership in a specific
trade, business or profession (other than a prescribed
profession) in Kenya, and who-
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has obtained, or is assured of
obtaining any licence, registration or other
authority or permission that may be necessary for
the purpose; and
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has in his own right
and at his full and free disposition sufficient
capital and other resources for the purpose and
whose engagement in that trade, business or
profession will be to the benefit of Kenya.
Class
I:
A person who intends to
engage whether alone or in partnership, in a specific
manufacture in Kenya and-
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has obtained or is assured of
obtaining, any licence, registration or other
authority or permission that may be necessary for
the purpose; and
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has in his own right
and at his full and free disposition sufficient
capital and other resources for the purpose and
whose engagement in that manufacture will be of
benefit to Kenya.
Class J:
A member of a prescribed
profession who intends to practice that profession
whether alone or in partnership, in Kenya and who-
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possesses the prescribed
qualifications; and ,
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has
in his own right and at his full and free
disposition sufficient capital and other resources
for the purpose, and whole practice of that
profession will be of benefit to Kenya.
Class K
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A person who- is not
less than 21 years of age; and
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has
his own right and at his full and free disposition
an assured annual income of not less than the
prescribed amount being an income that is assured. and
that is derived from sources other than any such
employment, occupation, trade, business or
profession as is referred to in the description of
any of the classes specified in this Schedule, and
being an income that either-
(i) is derived from
sources outside. and will be remitted to Kenya; or
(ii) is derived from
property situated, or a pension or annuity payable from,
sources in Kenya; or
(iii) will be derived
from a sufficient investment capital to produce such
assured income that will be brought into and invested in
Kenya; and
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undertakes not to accept paid
employment of any kind should he be granted an Entry
Permit of this class and whose presence in Kenya
will be of benefit to Kenya.
Class L:
A person who is not in
employment, whether paid or unpaid, and who under the
repealed Acts was issued with resident’s certificate, or
who would have on application been entitled to the issue
of such certificate, or who has held an Entry Permit or
Entry Permits (whether issued under this Act or the
repealed Acts or both) or any of the foregoing classes
of Entry Permits A-K for a continuous period of not less
than ten years immediately before the date of
application, and whose presence in Kenya win be of
benefit to Kenya.
Downloadable forms:
Application for or renewal of an entry permit
(108kb)
Application for a Visa (73kb)
Application for registration as an
alien (71.6kb)
Application
for a re-entry pass
(60.5kb)
Department of immigrations in Kenya
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