New set requirements for replacement of Kenyan passport

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The Kenya Immigration department has rolled out new ways to get a replacement of Kenyan passports.

The East African community late last year introduced which electronic passport applicable in Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda.

The passports (e-passport) are applied online in the Immigration department website (www.ecitizen.go.ke).

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Payments are made using mobile money, Credit, Debit Cards and online banking from local banks.

It takes at least 10 working days to get your first passport once your form has been physically submitted at the Immigration offices. 

For those replacing their passports, here are a few things you should have;

1.Birth certificate copy

This is for identification of country of birth

2. Original ID and copy

This is to ascertain the your citizenship

3. Recommender’s ID copy

This can be anyone but not a relative

4. Original and Copies of the last two pages of the current passport

This is to track the eligibily to get a new passport

5. Duly filled downloaded and printed application form.

You can fill online on the e-citizen website

6. 3 invoices

These are invoices of payment made online depending on your type of passport

7. 3 passport sized photos

These should be current photos that will appear in the passport.

Citizens above 60 years are exempted from producing birth certificates of their parents.

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