CANINE IMPORTATION

CONDITIONS FOR IMPORTING DOGS AND CATS INTO KENYA

 REQUIREMENTS

• A formal letter from the pet owner requesting for the permit indicating full address and telephone contact
• Copy of the pet owner’s passport
• An International Veterinary Certificate issued by the Local Health Authority authenticated by the local Prefecture (see conditions below)
• Pet’s original passport showing all the vaccinations done. Primary vaccinations should be done not less than 6 months and not more than 12 months prior to shipment.
• Antibody test as prescribed in the OIE Terrestrial Manual result issued not less than 3 months and not more than 24 months prior to the issue of the importation permit
• Copy of the money transfer for the fees.

N.B. – The Embassy is not accepting postage fee. The applicant can apply personally or the Documents can be collected personally or by courier ( Airwaybill label has to be sent by email to the Embassy).

FEES

• € 40 for the import permit.
• € 20 for the authentication of the signature of the signing officer of the local Prefecture

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No canine or feline animal shall be imported into Kenya from any country unless accompanied by an international veterinary certificate attesting that the animal:

1. Showed no clinical sign of rabies on the day of shipment;
2. Were kept since birth or for 6 months prior to shipment in a rabies free country as defined in the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) Terrestrial Animal Health Code OR satisfy the following stipulations:
3. Showed no clinical sign of rabies within 48 hours of shipment;

                                          AND EITHER

1. Were identified by a permanent mark (such as a microchip) and their identification number shall be stated in the certificate or had any other adequate identification; and

       iii. Were vaccinated against rabies:

1. Not less than 6 months and not more than one year prior to shipment in the case of a primary vaccination, which should have been carried out when the animals were at least 3 months old;
2. Not more than one year prior to shipment in the case of a booster vaccination;
3. With an inactivated virus vaccine or with a recombinant vaccine expressing the rabies virus glycoprotein; and
   1. Were subjected not less than 3 months and not more than 24 months prior to shipment to an antibody test as prescribed in the OIE Terrestrial Manual with a positive result equivalent to at least 0.5 IU/ml;

                                                OR

Have not been vaccinated against rabies or do not meet all the conditions set out in points ii, iii and iv above; in such cases, the Kenyan authorities may require the placing of the animals in a quarantine station located in the country for up to six months at the cost of the owner of the animal.  

3. Is clinically free of symptoms of any other contagious and infectious disease and internal and external parasites, the certificate being dated not more than 48 hours before embarkation; 

The animal shall be accompanied by a certificate from the captain of the ship or aircraft or driver of a vessel in which the animal travelled to Kenya certifying that the animal has not left the vessel between the place of embarkation and the place of entry into Kenya, and has been isolated from all other canine and feline animals throughout the journey.

This import permit shall be valid for a maximum of thirty (30) days and shall only be for one consignment.

This import permit shall accompany the animal during importation.

Animals entering Kenya should travel as Manifest Cargo and use the Freight Compartment of the aircraft. They should not travel as baggage-cargo or in passenger cabins.

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Processing time takes at least 48 hours upon receipt of the documents and payment through the bank.

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IMPORTAZIONE CANI

CONDIZIONI PER L’IMPORTAZIONE DI CANI/GATTI IN KENYA

REQUISITI:

• Lettera formale del proprietario dell’animale di richiesta dell’autorizzazione indicante indirizzo completo e numero di telefono
• Copia del passaporto del proprietario dell’animale
• Certificato veterinario internazionale rilasciato dalla ASL  autenticato dalla Prefettura (leggere le condizioni qui di seguito descritte)
• Passaporto del cane in originale, completo di vaccinazioni. Le prime vaccinazioni dovranno essere effettuate non meno di 6 mesi e non oltre 12 mesi prima della partenza;
• Titolazione degli anticorpi come prescritto dal Manuale per la salute animale dell’OIE rilasciata non meno di 3 mesi e non oltre 24 prima della partenza;
• Copia del bonifico per il pagamento.

N.B. – L’Ambasciata non accetta pagamenti per spese di spedizione. Il richiedente può fare domanda di persona o i documenti possono essere spediti e ritirati tramite corriere. 

COSTO:

• €40 per l’autorizzazione all’importazione
• €20 per la legalizzazione della firma del certificato veterinario internazionale autenticato dalla Prefettura

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Nessun cane e/o gatto può essere importato in Kenya, da qualunque Paese esso provenga, se non accompagnato da un certificato veterinario internazionale il quale attesti che l’animale:

1. non ha mostrato segni clinici di rabbia il giorno della partenza;
2. è stato tenuto dalla nascita o per i 6 mesi precedenti alla partenza in un Paese non affetto da rabbia come definito dal Codice Sanitario per gli animali terrestri del’Organizzazione Mondiale per la Salute Animale (OIE)  O soddisfa i seguenti requisiti:
3. Non ha mostrato segni clinici di rabbia nelle 48 ore precedenti alla partenza;

E INOLTRE

1. Sia stato identificato con un marchio permanente (quale il microchip) il cui numero identificativo dovrà essere indicato sul passaporto dell’animale e su un altro adeguato certificato; e

    iii.  Sia stato vaccinato contro la rabbia: 

1. Non meno di 6 mesi e non oltre un anno prima della partenza, se trattasi della prima vaccinazione e quest’ultima dovrà essere stata fatta non prima dei 3 mesi di vita dell’animale;
2. Non più di un anno prima della partenza in caso di richiami;
3. Con un vaccino antivirus inattivo o con vaccino ricombinante esprimente la glicoproteina immunizzante del virus della rabbia;
4. Sia stato sottoposto ad un test degli anticorpi, non meno di 3 mesi e non oltre 24 mesi dalla partenza, volto ad accertare la titolazione degli anticorpi come prescritto dal Manuale per la salute animale dell’OIE, il cui risultato positivo equivalga ad almeno  0.5IU/ml;

OPPURE

Qualora non siano soddisfatti i requisiti di cui agli articoli ii. iii. e iv, l’autorità Keniana può richiedere la messa in quarantena dell’animale, fino ad un massimo di 6 mesi, a spese del proprietario dell’animale.

3. Sia clinicamente privo di sintomi relativi a qualunque malattia contagiosa ed infettiva e sia privo di parassiti interni e/o esterni; e il certificato di buona salute deve essere emesso non oltre le 48 ore prima della partenza

L’animale dovrà essere accompagnato da un certificato del Comandante della nave o dell’aereomobile o altro mezzo sul quale l’animale entra in Kenya attestante che l’animale non ha lasciato il mezzo sul quale è stato  caricato tra il punto d’imbarco originario ed il punto di arrivo in Kenia, ed è stato isolato da altri animali di razza canina o felina durante tutta la durata del viaggio;

 L’autorizzazione all’importazione del cane ha la validità di trenta (30) Giorni ed è valido per un solo viaggio.

L’autorizzazione deve accompagnare l’animale durante l’importazione.

Gli animali che entrano in Kenia devono viaggiare accompagnati da un Cargo Manifest ed essere posizionati nel compartimento dell’aereomobile destinato alla merce. Non devono viaggiare quale semplice bagaglio al seguito del passeggero e in cabina.

Come pagare

Il tempo di rilascio del permesso è almeno 48 ore dal ricevimento dei documenti e dal pagamento presso la banca.

CERTIFICATES

Application for a Kenyan Birth Certificate

Requirements:

• Form BDA1 dully filled  (Click to download form)
• Original foreign birth certificate in English or Plurilingual birth certificate
• Original/certified copies of parents’ passports
• Original/certified copies of parents’ birth certificates
• € 20 processing fee

• The Application can be personally delivered to the Embassy, or sent  by a courier.
• The applicant has to arrange for collection of passport once finalized by courier ( The Couriers way bill to be sent to the Embassy via email – consular@embassyofkenya.it).

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Obtaining a Duplicate Birth/Death Certificate

Requirements:

• General search form ( click to download form )
• Photocopy of original certificate for ease of reference;
• Statement explaining loss of original certificate;
• € 20 processing fee

• The Application can be personally delivered to the Embassy, or sent by a courier.
• The applicant has to arrange for collection of passport once finalized by courier ( The Couriers way bill to be sent to the Embassy via email – consular@embassyofkenya.it)

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Certificate of Good Conduct

Requirements:

• Letter/Email request to the Embassy for fingerprints
• Application form duly filled (biographical details) (Click here to download form)
• Original Passport and Original second generation Kenyan ID card for certification
• 1 coloured passport size photograph
• €20 processing fee for the certificate
• €20 Fee authentification of documents and letter of request for finger prints.

• The Application can be personally delivered to the Embassy, or sent by a courier.
• The applicant has to arrange for collection of passport once finalized by courier ( The Couriers way bill to be sent to the Embassy via email – consular@embassyofkenya.it).

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Certificate of no impediment to Marriage

Requirements:

• Application Form MA5 duly filled. ( Click here to download Form )
• Duly filled Declaration of Commitment to Marriage form  (fiancé and fiancée) (Click to download form) 
• Original birth certificate
• Original Kenyan passport and original passport of fiancé or fiancée
• 2 coloured passport size photographs each
• € 110 processing fee for the certificate of no impediment to marriage
• € 40 processing fee for the Nulla Osta (only for persons intending to  get married in Italy)

NOTE: If both parties are Kenyan Citizens  they will be required to pay the processing fee for each party respectively.

• The Application can be personally delivered to the Embassy, or sent by a courier.
• The applicant has to arrange for collection of passport once finalized by courier ( The Couriers way bill to be sent to the Embassy via email – consular@embassyofkenya.it).

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Information for Foreign parties intending to marry in Kenya           

Requirements

Parties wishing to conduct a marriage ceremony in Kenya are required to produce the following documents:

• Valid Passports
• Birth certificate
• Decree Absolutes (if divorced)
• Death certificates (if widowed)
• Separate Statutory Declarations sworn at a Solicitors/Notary Public office, stating the fact that one is single and free to marry. This should bear the solicitors signature and official stamp.
• Parental consent in form of legal documents for persons below twenty-one (21) years of age.
• Residency in Kenya for at least twenty-one days. If this is not possible, a Special Licence could be obtained beforehand by contacting the registrar’s office in Kenya.
• All documents should be officially translated and authenticated at the legalization office of the procurator/ Prefecture.  
• All documents have to certified by the Kenya Embassy Rome for purposes of use  in Kenya. ( Certification fee of €20 per document.

• The Application can be personally delivered to the Embassy, or sent  by a courier.
• The applicant has to arrange for collection of passport once finalized by courier ( The Couriers way bill to be sent to the Embassy via email – consular@embassyofkenya.it).

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For more information contact the Registrar of marriages

Registration of a foreign marriage in Kenya           

Persons wishing to register a foreign marriage in Kenya require the following:

• Original Marriage Extract (translated if not in English),
• Original/Certified copy of bride’s passport
• Original/Certified copy of bride groom’s passport,
• Fee of Euro 20 processing fee,
• Translation fee of Euro 20 if the certificate is in Italian.

• The Application can be personally delivered to the Embassy, or sent by a courier.
• The applicant has to arrange for collection of passport once finalized by courier ( The Couriers way bill to be sent to the Embassy via email – consular@embassyofkenya.it)

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Obtaining a duplicate Marriage Certificate

 Requirements:

• Photocopy of original marriage certificate;

• Letter of request explaining loss of original;

• General search form for marriage (click to download Form) 
• € 20 processing fee

• The Application can be personally delivered to the Embassy, or sent  by a courier.
• The applicant has to arrange for collection of passport once finalized by courier ( The Couriers way bill to be sent to the Embassy via email – consular@embassyofkenya.it).

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Certificate of No Impediment to the transport of human remains/Ashes

The funeral agencies in charge of preparing the body for transportation should provide the following:

Requirements:

• Letter of request
• A letter from the Health Department confirming that there was no contagious disease at the time of death (Estratto di atto di morte).
• Telephone number of next of kin in Kenya.
• Death certificate
• Passport copy of the deceased
• Burial permit
• € 20 processing fee

• The Application can be personally delivered to the Embassy, or sent by a courier.
• The applicant has to arrange for collection of passport once finalized by courier ( The Couriers way bill to be sent to the Embassy via email – consular@embassyofkenya.it).

On receipt of the above documents, the Embassy will issue a certificate of no objection for the human remains to be transported to Kenya. Further documentation may be needed in case of the transport of human ashes for Non-Kenyans.

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Authentication of signatures and documents

Requirements

• A letter of request indicating the purpose for the authentication.
• Copy of an identification document of the client requesting the service.
• The original document duly authenticated by the relevant authority.
• €20 fee processing fee per document to be authenticated.

• The Application can be personally delivered to the Embassy, or sent by a courier. 
• The applicant has to arrange for collection of passport once finalized by courier ( The Couriers way bill to be sent to the Embassy via email – consular@embassyofkenya.it)

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