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Three years after the Immigration Service was moved to the Ministry of Interior, the Aliens Act 1963 (Act 160) was enacted to give legal backing to immigration operations. [1] The Ghana Immigration Service was established in 1989 under PNDC Law 226.
Immigration to Ghana is managed by the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Ghana a country located at the western part of the African continent with a population of 28.83 million and gained independence on 6 March 1957.
A Ghanaian passport. Visa requirements for Ghanaian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Ghana.As of 15 December 2024, Ghanaian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 68 countries and territories, ranking the Ghanaian passport 74th in terms of travel freedom (tied with passports from Cape Verde, Benin, and Armenia ...
Visa is also not required for holders of a Dual Nationality Card issued by Ghana. Pre-arranged visa may be picked up on arrival. [1]Holders of diplomatic, official, or service passports issued to nationals of Brazil, China, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea, Germany, India, Iran, Malta, Namibia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela and holders of diplomatic passports issued to nationals of ...
All African passport holders are now able to visit Ghana without needing a visa, outgoing President Nana Akufo-Addo has said. He announced the plan last month but in his final state-of-the-nation ...
The Ministry is headed by the Minister of Interior, who is appointed by the President of Ghana and is approved by the Ghana Parliament after a vetting process. The current Minister of Interior is Henry Quartey since 14 February 2024.
(February 2024) In the year 2014, Ghana was hit with a scandal in the Police Service involving a top official in the person of DCOP Patrick Timbilla. On 6 March 2014, after the Independence Day parade, it was announced by the police administration that Timbilla has been put under house arrest in light of the allegations leveled against him.
In 2002, she became the first woman to be appointed as director of the Ghana Immigration Service, a position she held until 2011. [11] [12] She was appointed as Ghana's Ambassador to Spain in 2015 by President John Dramani Mahama, a position she held till 2020 when her tenure ended.