{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"NI","name":"Nicaragua","slug":"nicaragua"},"destination":{"code":"GH","name":"Ghana"},"status":"evisa","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-21","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"ghana-other-ordinary-passports-advance-evisa","title":"Ghana: other ordinary passports — advance electronic visitor visa","summary":"For every remaining foreign catalog passport, the live official checker returns 'Visa Required' with eVisa authorization and an electronic application path. This is a true advance eVisa route, not a conclusion from online-form availability alone.","status":"evisa","conditions":["The official checker explicitly returns eVisa authorization and an application route for this cohort; embassy processing is presented as an alternative, so the easier electronic route is normalized as eVisa.","The official portal states tourist visits include holidays, visiting friends or family and short-term recreation up to three months. Single-entry visas are valid for 90 days from issuance; this is validity to travel, not a promise of a three-month admission period.","The portal requires a passport valid at least six months beyond intended stay, photograph, travel details and purpose-dependent supporting documents such as invitation/business letters. Yellow-fever, fees, onward travel, accommodation, security, admissibility, port examination and any extension rules remain applicable.","Emergency visas at entry require absence of a Ghanaian mission and advance Director authorization through a sponsor; that case-specific contingency is not a nationality-wide visa-on-arrival policy. This policy excludes work, residence, business-only, transit, crew, diplomatic, official, service and special-document routes."],"sourceIds":["ghana-official-evisa-live-eligibility-service","ghana-official-evisa-requirements","ghana-mfa-addis-current-visa-guidance","ghana-immigration-regulations-2001"],"application":{"url":"https://evisa.immigration.gov.gh/","label":"Ghana Official eVisa Application Portal","processingTime":"The public portal advertises standard processing of 96 hours; individual approval and admission are not guaranteed.","steps":["Check the nationality result in the official portal.","Create an account and submit the tourist eVisa application with passport, photograph, travel and supporting documents.","Receive and carry the approved electronic visa before travel, then satisfy Immigration examination at entry."]}}],"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-official-evisa-requirements","title":"Ghana eVisa: Visa Requirements","url":"https://evisa.immigration.gov.gh/visa-requirements","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"}]}