TRAVEL DOCUMENTS AND VISAS

All visitors to Ghana must possess a valid national passport.

A national of any member state of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) visiting Ghana may, however, produce a travel certificate in lieu of a passport.. ECOWAS members are: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.

To enter Ghana, citizens of all but ECOWAS member states require visas (at a nominal fee). Visas issued to Egyptian, Kenyan and Zimbabwean nationals are free for the first 30 days, but there is a charge for extended stays. Group visas for tourists may be issued at entry to Ghana if prior arrangements were concluded between the tour operator, the Ghana Tourist Board and the Ghana Immigration Service. Visas are normally issued for visits of a one-month duration but may be extended by application to the Immigration Service before expiration. One year multiple-entry visas may be granted to tourists and those who are engaged in business. Ghana's Missions and Embassies are authorised to issue all visas and entry permits; in places where there is no Ghanaian Mission, visitors may apply to:

                                                                          The Director

Ghana Immigration Service

Private Mailbag, Ministries Post Office

Accra, Ghana

RESIDENCE AND WORK PERMITS

Residence and work permits are issued to expatriates employed by companies and churches against immigration quotas.

Dependants of expatriate employees are also granted residence permits but not work permits.

EMPLOYMENT OF IMMIGRANTS /IMMIGRANT QUOTA

No immigrant or visitor is permitted to seek or accept employment for reward unless such employment is within an authorized immigrant quota (i.e. the number of non-ghanaians an enterprise or church may employ in Ghana). Immigrants intending to work are required to obtain the neccessary permits prior to their arrival in the country. The Ghana Immigration Service will not consider applications for work permits from persons who are in the country as visitors. All investment-related quotas, except for the petroleum and mining sectors, are regulated by section 30 of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre Act, 1994 (Act 478), as follows

• Enterprises with a paid-up capital of between US$10,000.00 and US$100,000.00 (or equivalent in cedis) are entitled to an initial automatic maximum immigrant quota of one person
• Enterprise with paid-up capital of between US$100,000.00 and US$500,000.00 (or equivalent in cedis) are entitled to an initial automatic maximum immigrant quota of two persons
• Enterprise with paid-up capital of US$500,000.00 or more (or its equivalent in cedis) are entitled to an initial automatic maximum immigrant quota of four persons
• Except as provided for above, all applications for immigrant quota with respect to investment in other than the petroleum and mining sectors should be submitted to the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre and dealt with by the Immigration Service in consultation with GIPC. Immigrant quotas for petroleum and mining enterprises, as well as churches, are granted by the Miniter for Interior in consultation with the relevant government institutions.

For More Information Contact:

The Chief Executive

Ghana Investment Promotion Centre

P.O .Box M193

Accra, Ghana

email: info@gipc.org.gh

GHANA EMBASSY BERLIN

Stavangerstr. 17 & 19

10439 BERLIN-GERMANY

Tel:030- 54 714 90;    FAX: 030-446 74063 ;      email: info@ghanaembassyberlin.de