JUST IN: Ghana, South Africa Agree To Visa-Free Travel

The good news coming in is, the Republic of South Africa and Ghana, officially have agreed on a 90 days visa waiver consensus for all Ghanaian and South African passport holders.

This official visa waiver for all valid passport holders of these two countries was announced on the 13th October 2023 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration.

When Will This Visa Waiver For Passport Holders Start? 

This agreement will be effective from November 1st 2023. This mutual agreement on the visa waiver for all valid passport holders will allow all immigrants or travellers with a valid passport to move to South Africa without a visa.

Furthermore, you can only move to the country (Ghana or South Africa), for a period of 90 days. Within this period, you cannot gain employment. After exhausting the 90 days visa waiver, you will need to apply for a visa in order to move to South Africa or Ghana.

This bilateral waiver agreement will not allow migrants to work in any of the two nations, neither can they stay beyond the 90 days. If you intend to stay in the nation within this bilateral visa waiver agreement, you need to apply for a visa.

For the ordinary passport holder in these two nations, you can transit to either Ghana or South Africa for a period of 90 days. Also, you cannot work under this bilateral visa waiver agreement.

With this new bilateral agreement, it will help facilitate enormous and salient development among these to Republic countries.

Read the official release letter below; 

This new bilateral visa waiver agreement will help numerous Ghanaians and South Africans to explore the diverse culture of these two nations.

Details regarding how to transit to South Africa for a period of 90 days without a visa, will be shared on Ghanaeducation.org.

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