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
ID proof of two references in Ghana.
5
Hotel reservation.
6
Most Recent Bank Statement
7
Air ticket Reservation (return/onward journey)
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.
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Visa
Type
|
Visa
Fees
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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
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Credit
Card
|
✓
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Net
Banking
|
✓
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UPI
|
✓
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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
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Senegal
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Sierra
Leone
|
Togo
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B.
Holders of Diplomatic, Service or Official
Passports:
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Brazil
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Cuba
|
Germany
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Iran
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Namibia
|
China
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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:
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Jamaica
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Kenya
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Lesotho
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Malawi
|
Singapore
|
Tanzania
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Trinidad
and Tobago
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Uganda
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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:
|
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The
World Bank, African Development Bank
|
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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.
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Colour
|
The
image must be in colour (24
bits per pixel) in sRGB colour space which is the
common output for most digital cameras.
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File
Format
|
The
image must be in JPEG, JPG, PNG or GIF file format.
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File
Size
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The
image must be less than or equal to 1Mb
(Megabytes).
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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.