You will Submit your original and Printed application and the following supporting document together with your passport to Ghana Consulate for your Visa Processing.

1      Proof of Covid-19 fully (double) vaccination certificate

2      One recent passport size photograph

3      Passport

4      Note Verbale

Visa will only be issued when all requirements have been fully satisfied. Minimum two (2) working days is required for the processing of standard visas. Applicants are required to deposit their passports, together with the completed visa application forms, with the supporting documents well ahead of the time of proposed date of travel, in order to avoid possible delays.

 

 Monday to Friday

The consular section is closed on official Ghanaian/Indian holidays.

• VISA APPLICATION FEES

Visa Type	Visa Fees
Single Entry (3 months)	₹8,500/-
Multiple Entry (6 months)	₹17,000/-
Multiple Entry (1 year)	₹25,500/-
Single Transit (3 months)	₹4,200/-
Multiple Transit (6 months)	₹6,500/-

₹1,800/- Service fee is charged in addition to each visa application.

 

Payment methods will be online by RazorPay
Acceptable payment methods are:

Debit Card	✓
Credit Card	✓
Net Banking	✓
UPI	✓

Visa application fees are non-refundable whether your application is successful or not. The High Commission will not refund the fees if your application documentation was not submitted for processing within 90 days of the application. A new application and payment would have to be submitted

CATEGORIES OF PERSONS EXEMPT FROM ENTRY VISA REQUIREMENTS TO GHANA

A.      Nationals of ECOWAS Countries
Benin	Burkina Faso	Cape Verde	Cote D'Ivoire	The Gambia	Guinea	Guinea-Bissau
Liberia	Mali	Niger	Nigeria	Senegal	Sierra Leone	Togo

 

B. Holders of Diplomatic, Service or Official Passports:
Brazil	Cuba	Germany	Iran	Namibia	China	India
NB: Exemptions category B above shall be for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days from date of entry

 

C. All nationals of the following countries:
Jamaica	Kenya	Lesotho	Malawi	Singapore	Tanzania	Trinidad and Tobago	Uganda	Zimbabwe

 

D.List of International Organisations with which Ghana has concluded Visa exemption agreements
Holders of passports of Regional Economic Communities in Africa and the African Economic Community United Nations and its Specialized Agencies:
The World Bank, African Development Bank

 

E. Persons in direct Airside transit

All persons in direct airside transit are exempt from visa requirements

 

 

Gratis
The following are entitled to Gratis Visas to Ghana

1            Holders of Diplomatic/

2            Service Passports

 

Applications must be completed and submitted online with 7 days. Incomplete applications will be deleted after 7 days and applicant will have to restart the application.

Applications submitted online are valid for up to 3 months from date of submission and must be presented within that time frame, if not the application will be automatically deleted from system and applicant will have to re-apply.

 

Please note that before embarking on the journey, the prospective traveler is bound to have been vaccinated against Yellow Fever and should be in possession of a valid certificate attesting that the bearer has had the vaccination for not less than 10 days prior to the journey.

ONLINE VISA APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

i.      Complete one online visa application form per applicant.

ii.     Ensure that you have uploaded the applicants PHOTOGRAPH before completing the main section of the online visa application form.

iii.    Only image / file types of PDF, jpeg, jpg and png are allowed.

iv.  Take note of your visa reference number as you will need it in all official communications with respect to this online visa application.

v.     Processing of the online visa application will only begin after all the relevant supporting document(s) and evidence of payment have been duly submitted at the Consular Section of the Ghana High Commission, New Delhi.

vi.    Please note that successful completion and submission of a visa form does not guarantee issuance of a visa.

vii.  You will receive a minimum of four (4) automatic notifications to the stated contact on the application form during the online visa application process. The communication notifications occur as follows:

o         The first notification is sent upon successful completion of the Online Visa Application.

o         A second notification acknowledgement is sent when your passport and all supporting document(s) are received at the Ghana High Commission, Consular Section.

o         The third notification is sent when the VISA Application is either approved or declined together with the collection date..

o        Please do not come to the Embassy to collect your passport unless you are in possession of the collection notification.

Please follow strictly the photo specifications as failure to do so will render your application null and void.

i.      The digital photo must be taken face view and cover roughly 80% of the picture frame (without sunglasses and normally without a hat or other head covering, unless the applicant wears such items because of their religious belief or ethnic background).

ii.    Photo should not be older than 6 months and must be taken against a white or off-white background. Photos must have no borders.

iii.   The digital photo must adhere to the following dimensions, colour and file format as set out in the table below:

Dimensions	The image dimensions must be in a square aspect ratio (the height must be equal to the width). Minimum acceptable dimensions are 600 x 600 pixels. Maximum acceptable dimensions are 1200 x 1200 pixels. Please review passport and visa photo requirements for specific dimensions.
Colour	The image must be in colour (24 bits per pixel) in sRGB colour space which is the common output for most digital cameras.
File Format	The image must be in JPEG, JPG, PNG or GIF file format.
File Size	The image must be less than or equal to 1Mb (Megabytes).
Compression	The image may need to be compressed in order for it to be under the maximum file size. The compression ratio should be less than or equal to 20:1.

 

You may make use of the free photo cropping software on the Application Form.