United Arab Emirates passport Ghana
Do Emiratis need a visa for Ghana?
You can get a visa on arrival.
Ghana
Accra · Ghanaian cedi (GHS) · English
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You can get the visa at the border rather than beforehand. Bring the fee in cash in the currency the border post accepts, plus a return ticket and your accommodation details. A visa on arrival is a permission, not a guarantee.
- Status
- Visa on arrival
- Stay permitted
- 30 days
- Government fee
- Not published
- Typical decision
- Not published
Apply on the official Ghana government site
This is the government's own portal. We are not paid to send you there, and there is no service in between.
Checked 19 September 2026 — read the fees and rules on gis.gov.gh
Before you fly
- Passport validity: 6 months (visa on arrival). gis.gov.gh · read
What Ghana asks for
- Passport valid for at least six months
- Completed visa application form from the mission you are applying to
- Two passport photographs
- Yellow fever vaccination certificate
- Return or onward ticket
- Evidence of where you will stay
Worth knowing
- A yellow fever vaccination certificate is checked on arrival in Ghana.
- Visa on arrival in Ghana is not automatic. It has to be approved by the Immigration Service before you fly.
How long it takes
Entry visas are issued by Ghanaian missions abroad. A visa on arrival is granted only where the Immigration Service has approved it in advance.