Work Permits and Special Passes for Kenya

We advise on the correct class before anything is lodged, because the commonest cause of refusal and delay is an application filed in the wrong class or thin on the evidence its class requires. For investors, that is typically the investor permit with its evidence of capital and of the business the investor is establishing. For employees, it is the employment permit with the employer’s justification for hiring a foreign national. We prepare and lodge the application, obtain special passes where work must lawfully begin before the permit issues, secure dependant passes for family, and manage renewals on a diarised calendar so that no one in your business is ever working on an expired status. Where a permit is refused or delayed beyond reason, we pursue review and follow-up with the Directorate.

For an investor, the particulars and evidence of the investment and the corporate vehicle behind it. For an employer, the role, the candidate, and the business case for filling the role from abroad. For all applicants, clean personal documentation, which we will list for you precisely at the start so nothing is assembled twice.