Kenya passport Ethiopia
Do Kenyans need a visa for Ethiopia?
No visa needed.
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa · Ethiopian birr (ETB) · Amharic
Photo: Thomas Fuhrmann / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
You can board a flight to Ethiopia on a passport from Kenya with no visa. You may stay up to 360 days per visit. Immigration will still want to see a return ticket, somewhere to stay, and enough money for the trip.
- Status
- Visa free
- Stay permitted
- 360 days
- Government fee
- Nothing to pay
- Typical decision
- No application
There is nothing to apply for and nothing to pay.
Book your flight. Any site offering to sell you a Ethiopia visa, permit or "travel authorisation" for this trip is selling you something you do not need.
If you are travelling on a different passport, Ethiopia's official entry rules are at evisa.gov.et.
Before you fly
- Changing planes: a passport from Kenya needs a visa even to stay airside in United Kingdom, unless you hold an exempting document. Transit rules legislation.gov.uk · read
What Ethiopia asks for
- Recent passport-size photo
- Passport valid for at least six months from the date you intend to enter Ethiopia
Worth knowing
- Ethiopia's immigration service warns of fraudulent sites that copy the look of the official portal. Apply only at evisa.gov.et.