{"id":17380,"date":"2024-01-03T14:04:40","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T13:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/?p=17380"},"modified":"2024-01-03T14:04:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T13:04:40","slug":"kenya-visa-exemption-delay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/blog\/kenya-exemption-visa-retard\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya: Visa waiver delayed, e-Visa still in demand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite President William Ruto's announcement in December, the<strong>Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA)<\/strong> said yesterday, January 2, that policy will remain uncertain until a new Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) system is finalized.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The current visa application process will remain unchanged until the government communicates changes to the ETA system, <a href=\"https:\/\/etakenya.go.ke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">while the official website has already been launched<\/a>. The KCAA has announced that travellers from countries requiring a visa should <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">continue to apply for visas as usual<\/span> until the government announces a program of change for the ETA system. The development and implementation of an ETA system is underway to ensure that all travelers to Kenya are identified in advance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kenya has taken the surprising decision to cancel its earlier announcement allowing visa-free entry for international travelers.<\/strong> At an event celebrating 60 years of Kenya's independence from Britain, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/blog\/kenya-abolishes-visas\/\">President Ruto officially declared the elimination of visa requirements for all travellers, in line with his support for visa-free travel across Africa.<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At that time, President Ruto sent a welcome message saying: <em>\"Kenya has a simple message for humanity: Welcome home!\"<\/em> The recent cancellation of the visa-free entry scheme has led to a significant change in the country's travel policies and raised questions about the reasons for this unexpected change and its potential impact on international visitors and diplomatic relations.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17383\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17383\" style=\"width: 680px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GC6FImTXwAAIyfg.jpeg\" alt=\"The KCAA has published an update\" width=\"690\" height=\"386\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17383\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The KCAA has published an update<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Details of the new Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) system<\/h3>\n<p>Taking over from the visa waiver, the ETA will enable Kenyan authorities to obtain advance information from international travelers. Here are its advantages:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The ETA will be required for most international travellers once finalized.<\/li>\n<li>Pre-identification of travellers before their arrival in Kenya<\/li>\n<li>Potential for speeding up the entry process for visitors<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite President William Ruto's announcement in December, the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) said yesterday, January 2, that policy will remain uncertain until a new Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) system is finalized.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-afrique"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17380\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}