Naturalisation and citizenship in Kenya

You can get citizenship after staying 6 years legally in kenya. One work pass is of two years. After three work passes you can get citizenship.
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Hello Bhavna,
I am an expatriate in Kenya for the last 23years.Being on work permit.
So far had not thaught about citizenship. Cause I felt that it's necessary if a person thinks of becoming enterpreuenar.
As far as dual citizenship is concerned ,the Permanent Residentship system is best. It enables a person to be Enterpreneuer/work like a permit holder/all along holding his country's passport status unaffected.
So I recommend PR system. In fact I have applied.. But time taking is too long.
The citizenship and PR can be applied online now a days.
Hope I have expressed my thinking the way I preferred
Regards
Manoj

It would be better for you to apply for permanent residency which will put you on track to becoming a naturalized citizen and mean that you will not have to apply for a work permit every year. This will also give you time to decide whether you want to renounce your nationality if your other country of citizenship doesn't allow dual nationality.

dear bhavna
i am a united states citizen and married to a kenyan girl for over 20 years i visit nairobi all the time on visa for 3  months then renew for the next 3 months just to sta y there i have property o on my wifes name we purchased a modest home i am soon to retire and want to get a citizenship of kenya can you help or advise i am meeting wrong people and just have no idea how to go about please reply and advise currently i am in india as i have loads of property here too thanks

You should be entitled to apply for dual citizenship on the basis of your marriage to a Kenyan citizen lasting more than 7 years.  This is not dependant upon the amount of time you have spent in Kenya.  If your wife renounced her citizenship, then she would need to apply to have it re-instated first.

The application process is done online via e-citizen, in the first instance.  The citizenship application is very lengthy in terms of the amount of time that you will have to wait.

You should also be entitled to apply for permanent residency.  I understand that this can  be granted a bit more quickly.

dear bhavna do you have a website for this or can you help me i will pay for all the charges and forms no problem my phone number is *** its in india as i am here currently we could talk please please help me
                 thanks a bunch masud