Following the implementation of new charges by the Ministry of Interior on March 1, Kenyans requesting services at the Department of Immigration and Citizen Services will have to pay more.
The Department of Immigration and Citizen Services has implemented the updated fees, charges, and levies that were issued on November 14, 2023, for its services.
According to a February 29 memo from the Interior Ministry to Regional Coordinators, Kenyans who previously applied for a free identity card would now have to pay Ksh. 300 shillings.
The fee to replace a lost ID card has increased from Ksh. 100 to Ksh. 1,000.
The cost of a birth or death certificate has increased to Ksh. 200 from Ksh. 50, and the late registration fee has increased from Ksh. 150 to Ksh. 500.
The cost of obtaining a new passport has increased by 75%. Previously, a standard 34-page passport would have cost Ksh.4,500; now, a new applicant will now need to spend Ksh.7,500.
The cost of a 50-page passport booklet is Ksh. 9,500 from Ksh. 6,000, while a 66-page passport booklet costs Ksh. 12,500 from Ksh. 7,500.
An express passport will cost Ksh.30,000, while a lost or damaged passport would cost Ksh.20,000 from Ksh.12,000 and Ksh.10,000, respectively.
According to the updated fees, it will now cost ten times as much—from Ksh. 5,000 to Ksh. 50,000—to reclaim citizenship after renouncing.
Renunciation and obtaining citizenship for a spouse from an East African Community member state will both cost the same sum.
A single admission visa will now cost $100 US for visitors, up from $50 previously, and a multiple entry visa will now cost $500 US from $100 previously.
The cost of a transit visa has increased from $20 to $50.
Kenyan residents’ spouses will forfeit Ksh.150,000 from Ksh.50,000 when applying for permanent residence, while Kenyan children born abroad and in nations that forbid dual citizenship must pay Ksh.750,000 from the present Ksh.500,000.
