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The US visa restriction imposed on Ghana has been reversed, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said. This means Ghanaians can now be eligible for five-year multiple entry visas and other enhanced consular privileges. “This good news was directly communicated to me by US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Allison Hooker at a bilateral meeting earlier today, in the margins of the UN General Assembly,” Mr Ablakwa said in a social media post on Friday night (Sept 26). ”I am really pleased that months of high-level diplomatic negotiations has led to a successful outcome,” he added. The US imposed visa restrictions on Ghana and other countries in July 2025. The affected countries were slapped with a maximum three-month single entry visas and other limitations. In the specific case of Ghana, the Trump Administration said they were reacting to many years of visa overstays mainly by students.
