{"id":447253,"date":"2025-12-03T09:44:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T09:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/12\/03\/government-announces-free-visa-policy-for-2025-diaspora-summit-participants\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T09:44:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T09:44:02","slug":"government-announces-free-visa-policy-for-2025-diaspora-summit-participants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/12\/03\/government-announces-free-visa-policy-for-2025-diaspora-summit-participants\/","title":{"rendered":"Government announces free visa policy for 2025 Diaspora Summit participants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/715\/71566669.295.jpg\" alt=\"Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is the Foreign Affairs Minister\" title=\"Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is the Foreign Affairs Minister\" width=\"295\" height=\"180\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is the Foreign Affairs Minister<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has announced that the government is granting free visas to all participants ahead of the Diaspora Summit 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The summit is scheduled to take place in Accra from December 19-20, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on his X page on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, the minister said the initiative is aimed at supporting Africans and people of African descent who wish to participate in the event, which seeks to strengthen cooperation and promote partnerships for shared development.<\/p>\n<p>The statement by the ministry announced that all prospective participants are to visit the nearest Ghana Embassy, High Commissioner, or Consulate in their respective countries to obtain the free visas before travelling to Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Visa-free travel now possible between Ghana and Antigua and Barbuda<\/p>\n<p>Holders of all passports from Barbados, Bahamas, Dominica, Mauritius, Seychelles, South Africa, Kenya, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Singapore, Sao Tome and Principe, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Jamaica, Rwanda, Morocco, Guyana, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Malawi and Grenada are exempt from visa requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Also, holders of diplomatic, official, and service passports from Brazil, Colombia, China, Cuba, Germany, Sudan, T\u00fcrkiye, Namibia, Hungary, Iran, India, Equatorial Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Suriname, Venezuela, Malta, and the United Arab Emirates also qualify for visa-free entry.<\/p>\n<p><b>Read the full post below:<b><\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Free Visas for Africans in the diaspora attending the 2025 Diaspora Summit in Ghana. <\/p>\n<p>You are all welcome home \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NFRLcoGR0z\">pic.twitter.com\/NFRLcoGR0z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa (@S_OkudzetoAblak) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/S_OkudzetoAblak\/status\/1995958958734086566?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>SP\/EB<\/p>\n<p><b>All you need to know about Ghana&#8217;s new vehicle number plates |BizTech:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"Cc9x1jfh0Mk\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"All you need to know about Ghana&#039;s new vehicle number plates | BizTech\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cc9x1jfh0Mk?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is the Foreign Affairs Minister The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has announced that the government is granting free visas to all participants ahead of the Diaspora Summit 2025. 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