Visa applications to travel to Ghana to be processed within five working days 

Visa applications to travel to Ghana will now be processed within a maximum of five working days.  

Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Foreign Affairs Minister, noted that this new visa policy takes immediate effect.  

“We have put in place adequate measures at our diplomatic missions to drastically cut down the visa processing time from the troubling average of four to six weeks to our new five-day directive,” he stated. 

The Minister said on 7th January, President John Dramani Mahama declared in his inaugural address that “Ghana is opened for business” and that they at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were determined to offer practical meaning through expedited consular facilitation and policy coherence to fully achieve the President’s vision.  

“As Foreign Minister, I am committed to positioning Ghana as the preferred destination for investors and tourists by making Ghana strongly competitive and eliminating bureaucratic bottlenecks,” Mr Ablakwa said. 

“I must however add that this five-day visa processing policy does not by any stretch of imagination mean automatic visa approval; a decision will be made within five working days as to whether one is eligible for a Ghanaian visa or not.” 

Mr Ablakwa, who said Ghana was truly open for business, also appealed to foreigners to come and enjoy the Black Star experience. 

Source: GNA