Do Sri Lankan passport holders need a transit visa for Nairobi (NBO)?
No transit visa needed
Transit passengers who stay inside the airport are exempt from Kenya's electronic travel authorisation (eTA).
For an airside connection at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Kenya: one ticket, bags checked through, onward flight to another country, no immigration.
Leaving the airport during the layover
Leaving the airport needs an eTA from etakenya.go.ke before travel: a Transit eTA for a connection, or the standard eTA.
Watch out
An overnight layover at an off-airport hotel, a city tour or a self-transfer on separate tickets means passing immigration, so apply for the eTA in advance.
Checked on 25 October 2026 against these sources. Transit rules change often, and the airline and the immigration authority have the final say, so confirm with your airline before you travel.
Check another layover
Other passports at Nairobi
Other layovers for Sri Lankan passport holders
- Dubai (DXB)
- Abu Dhabi (AUH)
- Doha (DOH)
- Muscat (MCT)
- Istanbul (IST)
- Addis Ababa (ADD)
- Singapore (SIN)
- Kuala Lumpur (KUL)
- Bangkok (BKK)
- Hong Kong (HKG)
- Beijing (PEK)
- Shanghai (PVG)
- Guangzhou (CAN)
- Seoul (ICN)
- Tokyo Narita (NRT)
- Tokyo Haneda (HND)
- Ho Chi Minh City (SGN)
- Hanoi (HAN)
- Colombo (CMB)
- Sydney (SYD)
- Melbourne (MEL)
- Frankfurt (FRA)
- Munich (MUC)
- Paris (CDG)
- Amsterdam (AMS)
- Zurich (ZRH)
- Vienna (VIE)
- Helsinki (HEL)
- Rome (FCO)
- Madrid (MAD)
- London (LHR)
- New York (JFK)
- San Francisco (SFO)
- Toronto (YYZ)
- Vancouver (YVR)