Visa
How to check your Kenya application
Kenya Electronic Travel Authorisation applications; an eTA is a travel authorisation.
Step-by-step instructions
- Open the official Kenya eTA website and select Check Status.
- Use the application information requested by the service. Keep the application reference and passport or travel document details ready.
- Read the result in the official system and check the email supplied in your application for requests or the authorisation.
Choose the correct application type
Kenya also has an eTA validation tool. Validation of a travel document and progress of a submitted application serve different purposes.
Information to keep ready
Keep your application acknowledgement, submission date, visa category and the name of the submitting office available. The official service determines which identifiers are required. Enter personal information only in that service; VisaWand does not need your passport number, login password or application reference.
If the record cannot be found
Compare the service and reference with your receipt and check the fields requested on the official screen. A technical error or missing result does not establish a decision. Follow the handling office’s help instructions if the record still cannot be retrieved.
After an update or decision
Read the actual notice and any document request, collection instruction or deadline. Passport movement, the validity of an issued permission and progress of a pending application are separate checks. Use the decision notice to confirm the outcome and next action.
Official resources
- Kenya Directorate of Immigration: eTA ↗etakenya.go.ke
- Kenya eTA validation service ↗etakenya.go.ke
- FCDO Kenya travel advice ↗www.gov.uk
Travel-advice references provide entry and consular context. They do not supply a private application result, and nationality-specific entry advice must not be applied to every passport.
Tracking guidance reviewed 21 October 2026. Follow the official service if its procedure changes.
