Citizenship

Choose the right application

Each page sets out who can apply, the documents you need and how to apply.

• Declaration of dual citizenship For Kenyan citizens who also hold another citizenship, who must declare it within three months. Requirements and how to apply
• Endorsement of a foreign passport For dual citizens who want their non-Kenyan passport endorsed to show that they are a citizen of Kenya. Requirements and how to apply
• Regaining Kenyan citizenship For Kenyan citizens by birth who lost their citizenship by acquiring another. Requirements and how to apply
• Citizenship by marriage For people who have been married to a Kenyan citizen for at least seven years. Requirements and how to apply
• Widows and widowers For widows and widowers of Kenyan citizens who would have qualified for citizenship by marriage. Requirements and how to apply
• Lawful residents For adults who have lived in Kenya lawfully for at least seven continuous years. Requirements and how to apply
• Children and adopted children For children of citizens by registration born before the parent became a citizen, and children adopted by Kenyan citizens. Requirements and how to apply
• Persons with disability For a child or person with disability who is a dependant of a citizen by registration. Requirements and how to apply
• Stateless persons For people with no enforceable claim to any citizenship who have lived in Kenya continuously since 12 December 1963. Requirements and how to apply
• Migrants For people who voluntarily migrated to Kenya before 12 December 1963 and have lived here continuously since. Requirements and how to apply
• Descendants of stateless persons and migrants For adults born and living in Kenya whose parents qualified as stateless persons or migrants. Requirements and how to apply
• Renunciation of Kenyan citizenship For Kenyan citizens by birth who want to give up their Kenyan citizenship. Requirements and how to apply