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Visa Information<\/span><\/h2>

Visitors to\u00a0Ghana\u00a0must obtain a\u00a0visa\u00a0from one of the\u00a0Ghanaian diplomatic missions<\/a>\u00a0unless they come from one of the countries or territories that are either visa exempt or whose citizens may obtain a visa on arrival.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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<\/i>APPLY FOR
VISA ONLINE<\/a><\/div>
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Visa\u00a0policy map<\/h4>\n<\/div>

Visa exemption<\/span><\/h4>\n

Citizens of the following 21 countries and territories can enter Ghana without visas for visits up to 90 days (unless otherwise stated):<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n
    \n
  • \"\"\u00a0<\/span>Benin<\/li>\n
  • \"\"\u00a0<\/span>Burkina Faso<\/li>\n
  • \"\"\u00a0<\/span>Cape Verde<\/li>\n
  • \"\"\u00a0<\/span>C\u00f4te d’Ivoire<\/li>\n
  • \"\"\u00a0<\/span>Eswatini<\/li>\n
  • \"\"\u00a0<\/span>Gambia<\/li>\n
  • \"\"\u00a0<\/span>Guinea<\/li>\n
  • \"\"\u00a0<\/span>Guinea-Bissau<\/li>\n
  • \"\"\u00a0<\/span>Kenya<\/li>\n
  • \"\"\u00a0<\/span>Liberia<\/li>\n
  • \"\"\u00a0<\/span>Mali<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
\n
    \n
  • \"\"\u00a0<\/span>Mauritius\u00a0(60 days)<\/small><\/li>\n
  • \"\"\u00a0<\/span>Niger<\/li>\n
  • \"\"\u00a0<\/span>Nigeria<\/li>\n
  • \"\"\u00a0<\/span>Rwanda[4]<\/sup><\/li>\n
  • \"\"\u00a0<\/span>Senegal<\/li>\n
  • \"\"\u00a0<\/span>Sierra Leone<\/li>\n
  • \"\"\u00a0<\/span>Singapore<\/li>\n
  • \"\"\u00a0<\/span>Togo<\/li>\n
  • \"\"\u00a0<\/span>Trinidad and Tobago\u00a0(60 days)<\/small><\/li>\n
  • \"\"\u00a0<\/span>Zimbabwe\u00a0(60 days)<\/small><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

According to the Ghana High Commission in the United Kingdom nationals of Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda are also exempt.<\/p>\n

Visa is also not required for holders of a\u00a0Dual Nationality Card<\/i>\u00a0issued by Ghana. Pre-arranged visa may be picked up on arrival.<\/p>\n

Holders of diplomatic, official, or service passports issued to nationals of\u00a0Brazil,\u00a0China,\u00a0Cuba,\u00a0Germany,\u00a0Iran,\u00a0Namibia,\u00a0South Africa\u00a0and holders of diplomatic passports issued to nationals of\u00a0Turkey\u00a0do not require a visa for Ghana.<\/p>\n

Ghana signed a visa-waiver agreement for diplomatic, official and service passport holders with\u00a0\"\"\u00a0<\/span>Equatorial Guinea\u00a0on 24 August 2017,\u00a0\"\"\u00a0<\/span>India\u00a0on 13 June 2016,\u00a0\"\"\u00a0<\/span>Saint Kitts and Nevis\u00a0in November 2018,\u00a0\"\"\u00a0<\/span>Venezuela\u00a0on 9 July 2018 and with\u00a0\"\"\u00a0<\/span>Malta\u00a0in March 2019 and they are yet to be ratified.<\/p>\n

Visa on arrival<\/span><\/h4>\n

From 1 July 2016 citizens of the\u00a0African Union\u00a0(except\u00a0Morocco) member states that are not visa exempt can obtain a 30 days maximum visa for Ghana upon arrival for fee $150.\u00a0The arrangement would be piloted at the\u00a0Kotoka International Airport\u00a0in\u00a0Accra for three months, and thereafter extended to all other entry points of the country.<\/p>\n

If special requirements are satisfied, the citizens of countries without diplomatic or consular mission of Ghana travelling on short notice may obtain a visa on arrival.<\/p>\n

Visa is granted on arrival for holders of a copy of a pre-arranged approval from immigration.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-413","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"yoast_head":"\nVisa Information - Innovation Africa 2019<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/innovation-africa.com\/2019\/visa-information\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Visa Information - Innovation Africa 2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/innovation-africa.com\/2019\/visa-information\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Innovation Africa 2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-10-28T16:42:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/0\/0a\/Flag_of_Benin.svg\/23px-Flag_of_Benin.svg.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/innovation-africa.com\/2019\/visa-information\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/innovation-africa.com\/2019\/visa-information\/\",\"name\":\"Visa Information - 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