Apply for your tourist visa
Confirm where to apply based on your passport and legal residence, then prepare your documents.
Prepare your application
First check your nationality and passport type. If the official result assigns an eVisa, use the B2 tourist application; if it assigns another route, follow that result.
Submit through the official channel
Use Ghana official eligibility and eVisa service. Check the current instructions and total government charges before paying.
Review the decision before departure
Check the passport details, dates and entry conditions on the permission you receive.
Getting started [1]
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Prepare your application
First check your nationality and passport type. If the official result assigns an eVisa, use the B2 tourist application; if it assigns another route, follow that result.
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Submit through the official channel
Use Ghana official eligibility and eVisa service. Check the current instructions and total government charges before paying.
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Review the decision before departure
Check the passport details, dates and entry conditions on the permission you receive.
Already applied
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Keep your reference
Save your application reference, payment receipt and the email address used to apply.
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Follow up through your application channel
Check the official application service or responsible mission for a decision and any requests for information.
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Wait for the decision
A submitted application or payment receipt does not establish that a visa or authorisation has been granted.
Have approval
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Compare it with your passport
Check your name, passport number and the passport you will actually use to travel.
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Check dates and entries
Read the validity dates, permitted stay and number of entries. These are separate conditions.
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Prepare for the journey
Follow the official instructions for carrying or displaying your permission, and complete the entry checklist below.
Travel preparation checklist
Check each item’s requirement level and the conditions that apply.
Your circumstances may require additional documents. Ticks track preparation, not eligibility or admission.
Entry conditions and exceptions
Check whether these rules affect your eligibility, application, or arrival.
Check Ghana’s current visa, ETA or exemption route
Ghana’s live immigration portal separates visa-free entry, ETA and eVisa eligibility by nationality and passport type. Use its checker before applying or relying on an older arrival-visa classification.
Official guidance [1]Carry your yellow-fever certificate
Ghana’s immigration guide says a valid yellow-fever vaccination certificate is required for entry and may be checked at the border. Ask a travel-health professional about medical eligibility and any certificate exemption.
Official guidance [3]Visa validity and admitted stay are different
For the portal’s single-entry eVisa, the guide gives a 90-day window to enter after issue; an officer decides the admitted stay, up to 60 days. This does not establish the validity of every consular visa.
Official guidance [3]Before and during your visit to Ghana
Check your tourist application before submission
Submitted eVisa applications cannot be edited or withdrawn. Watch the dashboard and email for requests for information, and respond within the stated period.
Ghana travel essentials
- Capital
- Accra
- Currency
- GHS
- Calling code
- +233
Ghana entry questions
Do Nicaraguan citizens need a visa for Ghana?
For tourism in Ghana, ordinary passport holders from Nicaragua need a visa before travel.
What if I’m going to work, study or stay longer?
This guide is for a short tourist visit on an ordinary passport. It does not establish eligibility for employment, study or residence. Use the destination’s official guidance for your actual purpose.
Does my country of residence change the answer?
Passport nationality and legal residence are different. This page starts with your passport. Residence can change where you apply and which application channel is available; an existing visa or residence permit may also create an exception. Check the official eligibility guidance for your circumstances.
Official visa and entry guidance
Confirm Ghana’s requirements directly with government authorities.
Open Ghana official eligibility and eVisa service
First check your nationality and passport type. If the official result assigns an eVisa, use the B2 tourist application; if it assigns another route, follow that result.
Check Ghana’s visa guidance
Official visa categories, entry guidance and application information.
Open Ghana official eligibility and eVisa service
· Ghana Immigration Service and Ministry of Foreign AffairsFirst check your nationality and passport type. If the official result assigns an eVisa, use the B2 tourist application; if it assigns another route, follow that result.
https://evisa.immigration.gov.gh/visa-informationCheck Ghana’s visa guidance
· Ghana Immigration ServiceOfficial visa categories, entry guidance and application information.
https://gis.gov.gh/visas/- https://evisa.immigration.gov.gh/applicant-guide.html
Ghana Immigration Service eVisa applicant guide
· Ghana Immigration Service and Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Who this guide covers
Short tourist visits to Ghana with an ordinary Nicaragua passport. Residence, travel documents, and purpose can affect the rules. Confirm the official guidance before travel; border authorities decide admission and your permitted stay.
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