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Visa requirements for Ghana

Holders of 62 of 198 passports can enter without applying for a visa in advance.

Based on public visa data as of 17 Feb 2026 · 0 of 198 rules verified

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Government travel advice for Ghana

United States: Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
United Kingdom: Advises against all but essential travel to some areas
Canada: Exercise a high degree of caution

What these governments tell their own citizens about travel to Ghana as a whole, as of 30 Sept 2026. It is not about visas, and it reflects each government’s relations and consular reach as well as conditions on the ground.

Visa-free
Visa on arrival
Visa required
Ghana
No data

Each country is coloured by what its passport holders need to enter Ghana. Select a country to see its passport page.

Entry requirements by passport

What holders of each passport need for a short visit to Ghana — tourism or business — grouped from the easiest entry to the hardest.

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Visa-free39 passports

No visa needed for a short visit.

Visa-free to enter Ghana
Passport	Stay	Status	Source
Bahamas	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Barbados	Up to 60 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Benin	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Botswana	Up to 60 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Burkina Faso	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Cape Verde	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Côte d'Ivoire	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Dominica	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Eswatini	Up to 60 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Gambia	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Grenada	Up to 30 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Guinea	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Guinea-Bissau	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Guyana	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Jamaica	Up to 60 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Kenya	Up to 60 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Lesotho	Up to 60 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Liberia	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Malawi	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Mali	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Mauritius	Up to 60 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Morocco	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Mozambique	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Niger	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Nigeria	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Rwanda	Up to 60 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
São Tomé and Príncipe	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Senegal	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Seychelles	Up to 60 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Sierra Leone	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Singapore	Up to 60 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
South Africa	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Sudan	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Tanzania	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Togo	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Trinidad and Tobago	Up to 60 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Uganda	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Zimbabwe	Up to 60 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026

On arrival23 passports

Get your visa at the border.

Visa on arrival to enter Ghana
Passport	Stay	Status	Source
Algeria	Up to 30 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Angola	Up to 30 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Burundi	Up to 30 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Cameroon	Up to 30 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Central African Republic	Up to 30 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Chad	Up to 30 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Comoros	Up to 30 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Up to 30 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Djibouti	Up to 30 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Egypt	Up to 30 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Equatorial Guinea	Up to 30 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Eritrea	Up to 30 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Ethiopia	Up to 30 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Gabon	Up to 30 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Libya	Up to 30 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Madagascar	Up to 30 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Mauritania	Up to 30 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Republic of the Congo	Up to 30 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Somalia	Up to 30 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
South Sudan	Up to 30 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Tunisia	Up to 30 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
United Arab Emirates	Up to 30 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Zambia	Up to 30 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026

Visa required136 passports

Apply for a visa before you travel, with a visit in person: to a consulate or visa centre, or to give fingerprints.

Visa required to enter Ghana
Passport	Stay	Status	Source
Afghanistan	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Albania	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Andorra	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Antigua and Barbuda	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Argentina	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Armenia	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Australia	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Austria	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Azerbaijan	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Bahrain	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Bangladesh	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Belarus	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Belgium	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Belize	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Bhutan	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Bolivia	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Bosnia and Herzegovina	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Brazil	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Brunei	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Bulgaria	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Cambodia	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Canada	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Chile	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
China	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Colombia	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Costa Rica	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Croatia	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Cuba	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Cyprus	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Czechia	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Denmark	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Dominican Republic	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Ecuador	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
El Salvador	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Estonia	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Fiji	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Finland	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
France	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Georgia	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Germany	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Greece	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Guatemala	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Haiti	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Honduras	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Hong Kong	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Hungary	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Iceland	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
India	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Indonesia	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Iran	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Iraq	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Ireland	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Israel	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Italy	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Japan	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Jordan	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Kazakhstan	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Kiribati	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Kosovo	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Kuwait	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Kyrgyzstan	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Laos	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Latvia	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Lebanon	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Liechtenstein	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Lithuania	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Luxembourg	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Macao	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Malaysia	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Maldives	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Malta	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Marshall Islands	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Mexico	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Micronesia	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Moldova	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Monaco	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Mongolia	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Montenegro	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Myanmar	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Namibia	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Nauru	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Nepal	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Netherlands	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
New Zealand	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Nicaragua	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
North Korea	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
North Macedonia	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Norway	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Oman	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Pakistan	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Palau	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Palestine	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Panama	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Papua New Guinea	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Paraguay	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Peru	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Philippines	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Poland	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Portugal	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Qatar	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Romania	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Russia	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Saint Kitts and Nevis	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Saint Lucia	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Samoa	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
San Marino	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Saudi Arabia	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Serbia	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Slovakia	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Slovenia	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Solomon Islands	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
South Korea	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Spain	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Sri Lanka	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Suriname	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Sweden	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Switzerland	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Syria	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Taiwan	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Tajikistan	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Thailand	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Timor-Leste	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Tonga	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Türkiye	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Turkmenistan	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Tuvalu	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Ukraine	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
United Kingdom	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
United States	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Uruguay	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Uzbekistan	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Vanuatu	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Vatican City	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Venezuela	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Vietnam	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Yemen	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026