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Migration
Kenyan immigration and residence guidance: work permits and their classes, investor permits, special passes, dependent and student passes, digital nomad arrangements, permanent residence and citizenship by registration or marriage, eCitizen applications, renewals and compliance pitfalls, and the immigration checklist for a foreign investor entering Kenya. The guides explain the application route, the supporting documents normally required and the compliance obligations that continue after a permit is issued.
Foreign Investors: Kenya Immigration Checklist
An investor can have the capital, the partners and the site identified, and still lose months because the immigration step was treated as a…
Read the noteWork Permit Renewal in Kenya
The permit you worked to obtain now has an expiry date printed on the endorsement. Renewals are treated as a formality by many employers…
Read the noteWork Permits in Kenya: Classes
A job offer in Nairobi, or a plan to build a business here, raises the first legal question: what permission is needed to live…
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