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Ghana visa requirements

Current entry categories for 199 passport nationalities, paired with official evidence as it is reviewed.

Access data checked August 24, 20266 official sources collected
Citizenship1Visa-free14ETA50eVisa134
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199 passports

Citizenship

1

Visa-free

14

ETA

50

eVisa

134
Policy history

Official evidence timeline

One group agreement or destination policy can support many passport relationships. Dates are recorded only when an official source establishes them.

  1. Current official routeVisa-free

    Ghana: ECOWAS ordinary passports — visa-free short visit

    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.

    • 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.
    14 passport nationalities covered

    Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde Islands, Côte d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo

    Official sourcesGhana Immigration Service and Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Ghana eVisa — Official Electronic Visa Application PortalEmbassy of Ghana, Addis Ababa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Visa Application InformationGhana Immigration Service: Immigration Regulations, 2001 (L.I. 1691)
  2. Current official routeETA

    Ghana: non-ECOWAS African ordinary passports — advance ETA

    For this complete African Union ordinary-passport cohort outside ECOWAS and Ghanaian citizenship, the live official checker returns an advance Electronic Travel Authorization rather than visa-free admission or a visa on arrival.

    • The live checker labels this cohort African Union, requires ETA before travel, and returns 30 days, single entry and no fee. It is not normalized as visa-free merely because the May 2026 announcement abolishes visa fees for African passports.
    • The April MFA waiver table pre-dates the May eVisa launch and lists several of these passports as visa-free; the current operational checker is followed for the required authorization. This dated inter-source discrepancy is a material recheck risk.
    • The portal's tourist eVisa requirements require a passport valid six months beyond intended stay; yellow-fever evidence, itinerary/accommodation, purpose, security and admission requirements remain applicable. No work, residence, transit, diplomatic, official, service or special-document route is decided.
    39 passport nationalities covered

    Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoro Islands, Congo (Rep.), Congo (Dem. Rep.), Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, eSwatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

    Official sourcesGhana Immigration Service and Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Ghana eVisa — Official Electronic Visa Application PortalGhana Immigration Service and Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Ghana eVisa: Visa RequirementsMinistry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Ghana: Ghana Launches e-Visa PortalMinistry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Ghana: Visa-Free Countries
  3. Current official routeETA

    Ghana: named Caribbean ordinary passports — advance ETA

    The live official checker expressly labels these ten passports Caribbean visa-waiver countries but requires an ETA before travel; the authorization is not a visa-free classification.

    • The live checker returns Caribbean, ETA required, 90 days and single entry. The stated message calls these Caribbean visa-waiver countries, but its required ETA controls the normalized route.
    • The April MFA table lists all except Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Lucia as visa-free. It predates the current electronic service and does not call itself exhaustive, so it is retained as a material dated-source discrepancy rather than used to erase the current ETA requirement.
    • No work, residence, business-only, transit, crew, diplomatic, official, service, special-document or individual-admissibility route is inferred. Passport, health, onward-travel, funds, accommodation and border examination requirements continue to apply.
    10 passport nationalities covered

    Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago

    Official sourcesGhana Immigration Service and Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Ghana eVisa — Official Electronic Visa Application PortalMinistry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Ghana: Visa-Free CountriesGhana Immigration Service and Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Ghana eVisa: Visa Requirements
  4. Current official routeETA

    Ghana: Singapore ordinary passport — advance ETA

    The live official checker now returns Singapore as an Asian visa-waiver country requiring a free Electronic Travel Authorization before travel. The required authorization is normalized as eta, not visa-free or evisa.

    • The official checker returns Asian visa-waiver country, ETA required, 90 days and single entry. The authorization must be obtained before travel even though no visa fee is stated.
    • The April MFA schedule listed Singapore as visa-free; its manual table predates the May 2026 eVisa launch and expressly disclaims being exhaustive. The current operational checker therefore controls the required authorization.
    • This ordinary-passport visitor route does not decide work, residence, business-only, transit, crew, diplomatic, official, service, special-document or individual-admissibility treatment. Passport, health, onward-travel, funds, accommodation and border-examination requirements continue to apply.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Singapore

    Official sourcesGhana Immigration Service and Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Ghana eVisa — Official Electronic Visa Application PortalGhana Immigration Service and Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Ghana eVisa: Visa RequirementsMinistry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Ghana: Visa-Free Countries
  5. Current official routeeVisa

    Ghana: other ordinary passports — advance electronic visitor visa

    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.

    • 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.
    134 passport nationalities covered

    Andorra, United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Argentina, Austria, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bahrain, Brunei, Bolivia, Brazil, Bhutan, Belarus, Belize, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Spain, Finland, Fiji, Micronesia, France, United Kingdom, Georgia, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Hong Kong (SAR China), Honduras, Croatia, Haiti, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Iceland, Italy, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, Marshall Islands, North Macedonia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Macao (SAR China), Malta, Maldives, Mexico, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Netherlands, Norway, Nepal, Nauru, New Zealand, Oman, Panama, Peru, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pakistan, Poland, Palestinian Territory, Portugal, Palau Islands, Paraguay, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Suriname, El Salvador, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tonga, Türkiye, Tuvalu, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei), Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Vanuatu, Samoa, Kosovo, Yemen

    Official sourcesGhana Immigration Service and Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Ghana eVisa — Official Electronic Visa Application PortalGhana Immigration Service and Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Ghana eVisa: Visa RequirementsEmbassy of Ghana, Addis Ababa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Visa Application InformationGhana Immigration Service: Immigration Regulations, 2001 (L.I. 1691)
  6. Current official routeCitizenship

    Ghana: Ghanaian citizenship entry

    The live official eligibility checker returns Ghanaian citizens as requiring no authorization, supporting the same-country citizenship classification.

    • The source supports only that a Ghanaian citizen does not require visitor authorization. It does not decide documentary, dual-nationality, residence, border, security or individual-admissibility questions.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Ghana

    Official sourceGhana Immigration Service and Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Ghana eVisa — Official Electronic Visa Application Portal