Embassies and consulates in Kenya

Outside Nairobi, missions are found in Mombasa (3) and Malindi (1); most of them are consulates general, consulates and honorary consulates.

Of the 198 passports in the visa data, 77 can enter visa-free and 121 need an ETA for Kenya.

Schengen consulates in Kenya received 77,760 short-stay visa applications in 2025, the 30th highest number of any country, and issued 50,517 visas. 33.1% of applications were refused (worldwide: 14.6%). In 2024 it had been 29.1%: the rate rose by 3.9 points. Applications rose by 17% compared with 2024 (66,329).

Most applications went to Sweden (15,699), Germany (10,286), Norway (9,565) and Italy (6,418).

Among the states with at least 500 applications, the lowest refusal rate was the Czech Republic’s (16.7%) and the highest Norway’s (60.9%). The sharpest rise since 2024 was at the consulates of Norway (+25.3 points), the largest fall at those of Finland (−22.1 points).

Bulgaria and Romania began issuing Schengen visas on 31 March 2024, so their 2024 figures cover part of the year. The numbers include every nationality applying in Kenya.

In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025) the United States issued 20,004 nonimmigrant visas to citizens of Kenya, the 57th highest number of the 206 nationalities listed. Visitor visas (B1/B2) made up 57%, transit and crew visas 14% and student visas 9%. That is 18% fewer than in fiscal year 2024 (24,311).

From October 2025 to February 2026, citizens of Kenya received 5,999, 35% fewer than in the same months a year earlier.

For visitor visas (B1/B2) the State Department reports an adjusted refusal rate of 68.2% for citizens of Kenya in fiscal year 2025 (fiscal year 2024: 63.3%).

Kenya itself has 47 missions abroad, in 40 countries. Its largest networks are in Germany (3), Italy (2), Nigeria (2), Saudi Arabia (2) and Turkey (2).

Where the embassies are

All 64 embassies are in the capital, Nairobi. The largest foreign networks in Kenya are those of Italy (3), Canada (2), Switzerland (2), Chile (2) and China (2).

Travel advice for Kenya

Foreign ministries’ advice on travel to Kenya: the US State Department rates Kenya at Level 3, reconsider travel (updated 18 October 2026), the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office advises against all travel to parts of Kenya (updated 30 October 2026) and the German Foreign Office has a partial travel warning (Teilreisewarnung) for parts of Kenya (updated 19 October 2026). Each ministry writes for its own citizens.