E-Passport dilemma

If i use my old passport before they become obsolete on August 31, what happens next? Will it be accepted on my way back?

There

There Are no consular services where you are going?

Not practical, Where they take your passport on arrival and give it back when leaving.

Hapo sijui sasa.

I guess the old passports shall just be like exercise books after the 31st August deadline.

After they replace, their neither punch a hole like they used to do, they neither retain it during the processing time nor put the stamp “HOLDER PREVIOUSLY TRAVELED ON KENYA PASSPORT No XXXXXXXXX ISSUED AT XXXX ON XXX WHICH HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND RETURNED”.

You might be denied the right to exit the port where you shall be after the deadline, as the issuing authority(GOK) has said that they are obsolete after the said date.

Kindly try to have it replaced prior to your trip, as i recently did.

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How long

How long before you leave? Have you applied online?

Not yet applied. Most probably in 2 months time

How long did yours take?

Just do it immediately. 2 months is enough time.

Your new e-passport shall be ready before the 2 months are over.

Mine took 12 days.

ECITIZEN will be sending you a message after successful application, then once it is ready, and the last message after you collect it.

Hehe once you apply you need kuwa kwa line nyayo house by 4.30. they serve only 500-600 people per day

Alafu do they require zile documents wanaitishanga on a 1st time passport application? Like birth certs,id ya mzae etc?

No

Originals hawataki kama first time application. Wanadai tu copies za:

ID ya mzazi copy.
Birth cert yako copy.
ID yako copy.
Copies of last 2 pages ya passport yako.

Thanks

Yes, they do.

You have time. Apply today, then submit in Embu, Nakuru or eldoret. Renewal passport will be out in 14 days while a new one is 21.

The above two… NO

As of this month 1.5M kenyans with old pp have not yet applied for the new one
even if 10k are iissued with the new ones daily(impossible)it will take 5 months
inshort hii deadline will be extended…they are saying 2 more months so that they get quick cash(5k each person)

Only gulf countries do that,sasa fanya hivi,ukishasign contract,waambie passport yako itakua obsolete when the day comes,wakupatie passport ukimbie consulate but ujue utaiacha kama 3-5 days hivi so job yajo sijui kama watkubali hio maneno,Uliza kama kuna fastrack ,ujue utalipa,upeleke aubuhi uchukue jioni ya next day kabla wafunge