Emergency Certificate

Information for Emergency Certificates

Emergency Certificate is issued to facilitate one-way travel to Kenya for a Kenyan citizen who for one reason or the other does not have a valid Kenyan passport.

Please attach the following requirements:-

  1. A duly filled form 19 Click here (same form as passport application form),
  2. Two Passport size photographs measuring 2.5″ x 2″,
  3. Original Kenya passport,
  4. Copy of your birth certificate,
  5. Copy of your Kenyan ID,
  6. Copy of your flight itinerary (which must be post-dated at least three weeks from the date of mailing your documents).
  7. Letter explaining reasons why an emergency certificate is required
  8. A fee of CAD $20.00 payable to Kenya High Commission in a form of money order/certified cheque or bank draft
  9. Enclose a pre-paid self addressed return Xpresspost courier envelope from Canada Post bearing a tracking number.
    Other courier services such as FedEx or UPS should have a “computer-generated label

Please mail your application with the required documents by courier to: –

         KENYA HIGH COMMISSION
         415 LAURIER AVENUE EAST
         OTTAWA, ONTARIO
         K1N 6R4