Ghana Work Visa – This Is How To Get It

Ghana work visa is what you need to enable you live and work in Ghana. This is a simplified guide showing you how to get it.

The term 'work visa' is used by several countries but in Ghana we call it 'work and residence permit'. In the other words, work visa is the same as work and residence permit in Ghana.

A person can get only get a work visa if he/she has an employer in Ghana or is ready to establish his/her own business in Ghana.

You cannot have residence permit without a work visa if your intention is to work in Ghana. Both the work and residence permit are issued together.

Only dependents of persons holding work visas qualify for residence permits.

Ghana Immigration Act 573, 2000 section 12 states that;