{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"BJ","name":"Benin","slug":"benin"},"destination":{"code":"GH","name":"Ghana"},"status":"visa_free","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-21","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"ghana-ecowas-ordinary-passports-visa-free","title":"Ghana: ECOWAS ordinary passports — visa-free short visit","summary":"The live official eVisa checker returns no authorization for this complete named ECOWAS cohort. This is normalized as visa-free admission, not ETA, because its response expressly says neither visa nor ETA is required.","status":"visa_free","conditions":["The live checker returns ECOWAS/AES, no authorization, 90 days, multiple entry, no application and no fee. The eVisa result is the current operational source; it agrees with the statutory ECOWAS exception and the Embassy's named ECOWAS list.","This policy is limited to ordinary-passport short visits and does not decide work, residence, study, crew, transit, diplomatic, official, service, special-document, border-pass, health, security, or individual-admissibility treatment.","Carry a valid travel document and satisfy any current yellow-fever, onward-travel, funds, accommodation, border examination and other admission conditions."],"sourceIds":["ghana-official-evisa-live-eligibility-service","ghana-mfa-addis-current-visa-guidance","ghana-immigration-regulations-2001"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"ghana-official-evisa-live-eligibility-service","title":"Ghana eVisa — Official Electronic Visa Application Portal","url":"https://evisa.immigration.gov.gh/","publisher":"Ghana Immigration Service and Ministry of Foreign Affairs","jurisdiction":"Ghana","kind":"official-portal","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"ghana-mfa-addis-current-visa-guidance","title":"Visa Application Information","url":"https://www.addisababa.mfa.gov.gh/VisaApplicationInfo.aspx","publisher":"Embassy of Ghana, Addis Ababa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs","jurisdiction":"Ghana","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"ghana-immigration-regulations-2001","title":"Immigration Regulations, 2001 (L.I. 1691)","url":"https://gis.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/LI-1691.pdf","publisher":"Ghana Immigration Service","jurisdiction":"Ghana","kind":"law","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"}]}