Get a passport for your child
Directorate of Immigration Services · sources read 30 Sep 2026
A biological parent (or court-appointed guardian) applies and pays on eCitizen, books an appointment, then brings the child to a passport centre with the child's birth certificate, a signed consent form and copies of the parents' IDs. An ordinary 34-page passport costs KSh 7,550.
- Fee
- KSh 7,550Ordinary passport, 34 pagesKSh 9,550Ordinary passport, 50 pagesKSh 12,050Ordinary passport, 66 pages
- How long
- About 14 days after biometrics
- Where
- Online on eCitizen (Directorate of Immigration Services), then in person with the child at a passport centre
What you need
- Printed application form (Form 19) and 2 payment invoices from eCitizen
- The child's original birth certificate and a copy
- A filled consent form for minors: the biological parent's or legal guardian's authorisation for the passport
- Copies of both parents' ID cards (or a death certificate where a parent has died)
Steps
- On eCitizen (dis.ecitizen.go.ke), fill in the passport application for your child, upload the documents and pay the fee.
- Book an appointment on eCitizen and pick a passport centre: Nairobi (Nyayo House), Kisumu, Mombasa, Eldoret, Nakuru, Embu, Kisii, Kericho or Bungoma.
- On the appointment day, go with the child, the printed form, invoices and original documents so the child's photo and fingerprints can be taken.
- When you're told the passport is ready, collect it at the same centre with the invoice, your original ID and the child's original birth certificate.
Watch out
- A relative can't bring the child in place of the parents. Only a biological parent, or a guardian with court papers, can present the child.
- You collect the passport only from the centre where the child's biometrics were taken.
Who can apply
- Children who are Kenyan citizens. The e-passport is valid for 10 years.
- The application must be made by the child's biological parent, or a guardian appointed by the court.
Official sources (6)
- Passports immigration.go.ke · read 30 Sep 2026
- Application Requirements immigration.go.ke · read 30 Sep 2026
- Directorate of Immigration Services Delivery Charter 2025 immigration.go.ke · read 30 Sep 2026
- FAQs immigration.go.ke · read 30 Sep 2026
- Passport collection immigration.go.ke · read 30 Sep 2026
- Kenya Citizenship and Immigration - eCitizen dis.ecitizen.go.ke · read 30 Sep 2026