Kenya: Information on rights and privileges of permanent residence status, the effect on the status when the person leaves the country, whether he/she can re-enter, and whether he/she would lose or retain his/her status
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 September 1996 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | KEN25020.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Kenya: Information on rights and privileges of permanent residence status, the effect on the status when the person leaves the country, whether he/she can re-enter, and whether he/she would lose or retain his/her status, 1 September 1996, KEN25020.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6aaeac.html [accessed 19 October 2022] |
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Information on the above-mentioned topic could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
However, the attachment from the September 1996 Travel Information Manual, which refers to exit and re-enter visas for alien residents of Kenya and the Immigration Act of Kenya may be for interest.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Attachments
Republic of Kenya. 1968. The Immigration Act. Rev. ed. Nairobi: Government Printer. (UNHCR/REFLEG database)
Travel Information Manual [Hoofddorp, the Netherlands]. September 1996, pp. 206-208.
Additional Sources Consulted
Constitutions of the Countries of the Worlds. 1988. Kenya.
Immigration and Nationality: Law and Practice [London]. Quarterly. Tolley Publishing Company.
Nationality file
RefWorld IRB database
On-line searches of media articles
Two oral sources did not provide any information on the above subjects.
