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Types of Ghana Visa

The popular types of visas offered by the Ghana High Commission to foreign visitors are Tourist and Business Visas. There are also other categories of visas, like transit.

Ghana Tourist Visa

Ghana tourist visa is required if you are planning to enter Ghana for tourism purposes, such as recreation, sightseeing and meeting friends and family.

It is available in single and multiple entry types. A single-entry tourist visa comes with validity for three and six months, whereas a multiple entry tourist visa offers validity for one and two years. Each visa allows you a maximum stay period of 90 days.

In order to apply for a tourist visa, you need:
• 1, An online application form, to be filled completely. Once all the details are entered, you need to download, print, and sign it.
• 2, An original, official passport, with a minimum validity of 6 months from your date of entry into Ghana. It should have at least one blank page for visa stamping.
• 3, Two passport-size photographs, not older than 6 months and taken against a white background.
• 4, Copy of round tickets or your travel itinerary.
• A copy of your confirmed hotel reservations, detailing your name, hotel’s name and address, and duration of stay.
• A copy of the International Certificate of Vaccination for Yellow Fever.
• For minors under 18 years, you will need to attach a copy of the birth certificate and a letter of consent (complete with signatures of both parents or guardians, authorizing the trip and explaining who will be accompanying the children during travel)

Ghana Business Visa

Ghana business visa allows you to enter Ghana for commercial and trade activities. These can include being involved in sales or making contacts for your company. Other activities comprise business negotiations, attending business meetings, expeditions and conferences.

It is available in single and multiple entry types. A single entry business visa comes with a validity of three or six months, whereas a multiple entry business visa offers a validity of one or two years. Each visa allows you a maximum stay period of 90 days.

Note: Just like a tourist visa, you can apply for a multiple entry business visa only when you have possessed one or two Ghana visas in the previous years. In order to apply for a business visa for Ghana, you need:
• An online application form, to be filled completely. Once all the details are entered, you need to download, print, and sign it.
• An original, official passport, with a minimum validity of 6 months from your date of entry into Ghana. It should have at least one blank page for visa stamping.
• Two passport-size photographs,not older than 6 months and taken against a white background.
• A business invitation letter from the sponsoring company in Ghana. It should be typed/printed on the company letterhead and addressed to "The Embassy of Ghana, in your country". It must be signed by a senior official in original, should specify your employment status, explain your business activity in Ghana, contain the names and addresses of companies to be contacted in Ghana, and specify the visa type and validity.
• A business letter in original and signed from your company in your country. It should give your introduction and specify your position in the organization and that you work there. It must also explain the purpose of your travel plans and contain the names and addresses of companies to be contacted in Ghana. Additionally, it must tell the visa type and validity you seek, along with providing proof of sufficient funds for travel.
• A copy of the International Certificate of Vaccination for Yellow Fever.

The Ghana Transit Visa

You need a transit visa if you are air-transiting via Ghana airports to another country or to your own homeland. It is available in single and multiple entry types, both with a validity of 3 days.

If you are direct air-transiting, without entering the country, you do not need a visa.

For a transit visa, you will need:
• An online application form, to be filled completely. Once all the details are entered, you need to download, print, and sign it.
• An original, official passport, with a minimum validity of 6 months from your date of entry into Ghana. It should have at least one blank page for visa stamping.
• Two passport-size photographs,not older than 6 months and taken against a white background.
• A copy of the International Certificate of Vaccination for Yellow Fever.
Note:

The applicant for Ghana Visa should not travel before the arrival date specified in the registration or take the risk of traveling without having received the Travel Authorization Receipt.