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Passport/Visa

 Passport Required?Visa Required?Return Ticket Required?
BritishYesYesYes
AustralianYesYesYes
CanadianYesYesYes
USAYesYesYes
OtherEUYesYesYes
JapaneseYesYesYes


PASSPORTS: Passport valid for three months required by all except:
(a) Nationals of ECOWAS countries who will be allowed entry with a valid travel certificate.


VISAS: Required by all except the following for stays of up to three months:
(a) nationals of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Togo and Zimbabwe.
(b) nationals of China for stays of up to two months provided holding Hong Kong (SAR), China passports.


Types of visa and cost: Tourist/Business: £30 (single-entry). £40 (multiple-entry; six months); £60 (multiple-entry; one year); £70 (multiple-entry; two years). Transit: (if continuing onward journey within 24 hours and not leaving the airport) £10.

Validity: Valid for three months from the date of issue. However, length of stay is at the discretion of airport officials and only one month is guaranteed. Visas may be extended when in Ghana.

Application to: Consulate (or Consular section at Embassy or High Commission); see Contact Addresses section for details.

Application requirements: (a) Valid passport. (b) Completed entry permit application form (this must be copied four times if downloaded from the Internet). (c) Four passport-size photos. (d) Registered or recorded self-addressed envelope. (e) Fee (payable by cash, postal order or bankers draft made payable to the High Commission). Business: (a)-(e) and, (f) Evidence of return ticket and/or a letter of guarantee from a company in support of the application (the letter should explain the nature of business the applicant will be conducting in Ghana).

Working days required: Four for personal, 14 for postal applications.

Temporary residence: Application with sufficient notice to be made to High Commission or Embassy.


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