NEW WORK PERMITS ISSUANCE FEES KENYA
The Kenyan government through the State Department for Immigration and Citizen Services under the Ministry of Interior and National Administration revised the charges for work permit issuance fee as from April 2024. Below is an outline of the new government issuance fee and processing charges:
| NO. | CLASS | WORK PERMIT TYPE | EXPLANATION | PROCESSING FEE (KSH) | GOVERNMANT ISSUANCE FEE PER YEAR (KSH) | OTHER APPLICABLE CHARGES (KSHS) |
| 1. | ClassA | Prospecting and mining | Permit issued to persons who intend to engage in prospecting for minerals or mining in Kenya | 20,050.00 | 500,000.00 | Alien card processing fee 2050.00 |
| 2. | Class B | Agriculture and animal husbandry | Permit issued to persons who intends to engage in the business of agriculture or animal husbandry in Kenya | 20,050.00 | 250,000.00 | Alien card processing fee 2050.00 |
| 3. | Class C | Prescribed profession | Permit issued to a person who is a member of a prescribed profession & who intends to practice that profession in Kenya | 20,050.00 | 250,000.00 | Alien card processing fee 2050.00 |
| 4. | Class D | Employment | Permit issued to a person who is offered specific employment by a specific employer in Kenya | 20,050.00 | 500,000.00 | Alien card processing fee 2050.00 |
| 5. | Class F | Specific manufacturing | Permit issued to a person who intends to engage in a specific manufacture in Kenya | 20,050.00 | 250,000.00 | Alien card processing fee 2050.00 |
| 6. | Class G | Specific trade, business or consultancy | Permit issued to a person who intends to engage in a specific trade, business, consultancy or profession (other than a prescribed profession) in Kenya. | 20,050.00 | 250,000.00 | Alien card processing fee 2050.00 |
| 7. | Class I | Approved religious or charitable activities | Permit issued to a person who is a member of an institution registered under the Society’s Act, who is engaged as a missionary, Member of a company limited by guarantee, Member of a trust registered under the Trustees Act | 5,050.00 | 50,000.00 | Alien card processing fee 2050.00 |
| 8. | Class K | Ordinary residents | Permit issued to a person who is not less that 35 years of age; and has in his own right and at his full and free disposition an assured annual income of not less than USD 24000. Amount that is derived from sources other than any such employment, occupation, trade, business or profession. | 20,050.00 | 250,000.00 | Alien card processing fee 2050.00 |
| 9. | Class M | Refugees | Permit issued to a person who has been granted refugee status in Kenya | No Fee | No fee | No fee |
| 10. | Exemption | Exemption | issued to any person or class or description of persons, exempted by the Cabinet Secretary from the provisions of obtaining a work permit by notice in the Gazette | No fee | No fee | No fee |
It is also important to note that once the permit has been approved the applicant is required to provide the immigration department with a Financial Security inform of a Bank Guarantee or Insurance security bond as per the terms of the approved permit. In most cases the department will ask for a financial security of Ksh.. 100,000.00 which may cost an applicant about Ksh 15,000 to process.
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