A British passport holder needs a visa to enter Ghana. For a holiday, a family visit or a business trip the quickest route is the e-visa, applied for online at evisa.immigration.gov.gh before you fly. There is no visa on arrival.
Visa needed Yes
How E-visa online, or through the Ghana High Commission in London
E-visa fee $260, single entry
E-visa processing Up to 96 hours, standard
Passport validity At least 6 months after arrival
Yellow fever certificate Required

The e-visa

You upload a scan of your passport, a photograph, your flights and where you will stay - a hotel booking, or a letter from whoever is hosting you with their address and phone number. Fill it in as your passport reads; it cannot be changed once submitted. — The Ghana e-visa, step by step

Use only the .gov.gh address. Lookalike sites charge a service fee for filing the same form, and the fee is the only thing they add.

The High Commission in London

The UK government’s travel advice still describes the High Commission’s own route: an online form, then your passport and documents sent by post, which takes ten to fifteen working days, or an express service through the Ghana Premium Application Centre in about three. Visas the e-visa does not cover - work, study, long stays - go this way. Check the High Commission’s site for its current fees before you post a passport.

British-Ghanaians

A British citizen who is also Ghanaian can travel on a Ghanaian dual nationality card and needs no visa. If you were born Ghanaian and naturalised British, you may still be Ghanaian: Ghana has allowed dual nationality since 2002. — Dual citizenship

Yellow fever

Port Health checks a yellow fever certificate at Kotoka before immigration. Get the vaccine at least 10 days before you fly, at a registered yellow fever centre - many travel clinics and some pharmacies are. Typhoid, hepatitis A and malaria tablets are the usual additions. — Vaccines and the yellow fever card

What is the same as home

  • The plugs. Ghana uses the same three flat-pin plug as the UK, Type G, beside the older round-pin Type D. Your chargers fit most sockets and work on the 230 volt supply. — Plugs, voltage and adapters
  • Driving on the right is not. Ghana drives on the right. — Driving in Accra
  • The time. Ghana is on GMT all year, so it is an hour behind London during British Summer Time.

— Flying into Accra — Visiting Accra — Ghanaian visas and entry requirements