More Wailing For Kenyans As Government Increases Visa And Passport Fees
The government has increased fees for passports and visa applications. In a gazette notice, Interior CS Kithure Kindiki said the fee for an ordinary 66-page passport has been increased from 7,500 shillings to 12,000 shillings.
The ordinary passport (50 pages ) will now cost 9,500 shillings from 6,000 shillings and the fee for an ordinary 34-page passport has been increased from 4,500 shillings to 7,500 shillings.
The fee for a diplomatic 50-page document has increased from 7,500 shillings to 15,000 shillings while the fee for an ordinary 50-page document will tick up from Ksh 7,500 to Ksh 9,500.
Kenyans who are looking to replace their lost passports will now pay 20,000 shillings from 12,000 shillings while the cost of replacing a mutilated passport will increase from 10,000 shillings to 20,000 shillings.
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Kenyans seeking single-journey visas now pay from 7,572 shillings to 15,145 shillings while the fee for a multiple-journey visa has been hiked from 15,145 shillings to 75,725 shillings.
Initially, extending of visa has been but now you will have to pay, 30,290 shillings while the application for visas for Kenyan children which was also free will now be the same price.
Initially, there was a backlog of 87,454 passports that were yet to be collected from the Directorate of Immigration headquarters and regional offices. As a result, Kindiki launched a 30-day Rapid Results Initiative on September 25, 2023, that would see the ministry clearing the backlog.
Earlier, CS Kindiki reshuffled the whole immigration department following a backlog of passport processing at the Nyayo house. The CS announced that the government had introduced a 24-hour working shift, to reduce the backlog.
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