{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"GH","name":"Ghana","slug":"ghana"},"destination":{"code":"PA","name":"Panama"},"status":"visa_required","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-23","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"ghanaian-ordinary-passport-panama-stamped-visitor-visa-2026","title":"Ghanaian ordinary passports: Panama stamped visitor visa","summary":"Panama's live Embassy schedule expressly includes Ghana in its stamped-visa cohort, requiring consular processing and passport stamping before travel unless a separate third-country-document waiver applies.","status":"visa_required","conditions":["Applies to an ordinary Ghanaian passport holder travelling as a short visitor who does not qualify for Panama's separate third-country visa or residence waiver.","Submit the listed stamped-visa documents before travel; approval may take up to 30 business days and, if granted, the applicant must appear personally for passport stamping.","Work, residence, transit, special documents and final admission remain outside scope."],"sourceIds":["panama-embassy-ghana-stamped-visa-2026"],"application":{"url":"https://www.embassyofpanama.org/visas","label":"Panama Embassy stamped-visa instructions","processingTime":"Up to 30 business days, depending on document verification.","steps":["Determine that the separate third-country visa or residence waiver does not apply.","Submit the listed stamped-visa documents to the competent Panamanian consulate before travel.","If granted, appear personally at the consulate to have the visa stamped in the passport."]}}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"panama-embassy-ghana-stamped-visa-2026","title":"Immigration and visas","url":"https://www.embassyofpanama.org/visas","publisher":"Embassy of Panama in the United States","jurisdiction":"Panama","kind":"government-guidance","language":"Spanish and English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-23"}]}