The Embassy of the United State of America in Ghana has reacted to a viral poster advertising American Visa services within 24 hours. Responding to a tweet on the poster which reads ‘USA Visa in 24 hours’, the embassy said that Ghanaians who patronize the services of the ’24 hours’ …
Read More »US makes more in visa fees than aid they give Ghana – Hopeson Adorye claims
Member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Hopeson Yaovi Adorye has advanced that the West sees Africa as a place where they engage in pillaging which he likened to illegal small-scale mining known as galamsey. He explained that monies extended to developing countries as aid was often recouped by these …
Read More »Economic crisis: Ghanaians turn to US Visa Lottery to escape hardship
Over one thousand Ghanaians have thronged the Circle overhead, where a stand has been mounted by some personnel to help applicants apply for the American Visa lottery. According to one of the facilitators of the American Visa Lottery, a total of 1,561 Ghanaians have been registered in the past 4 …
Read More »‘We didn’t give Aisha Huang visa’ – Ghana’s Ambassador to China
The Ambassador of Ghana to China, Dr Winfred Nii Okai Hammond, on Thursday stated that the Embassy of Ghana in Beijing has nothing to do with En Huan, also known as Aisha Huan’s return to Ghana. He said the Chinese national who was deported from Ghana to China in December …
Read More »Seven Kano pilgrims deported from Saudi Arabia over fake visa
Saudi Arabian authorities have deported seven pilgrims from Kano State. It was reported that the deported pilgrims who departed Jidda on Thursday, five of them had fake visas issued to them travelled to Saudi Arabia for hajj through tour operators and the other two were from the Kano State Pilgrims …
Read More »Medikal’s US visa application bounced over 2021 gun incident
Ghanaian rapper, Samuel Adu Frimpong, popularly known as Medikal has reportedly been denied a United States visa. According to GhanaWeb sources, the rapper was bounced on Tuesday, June 21, 2022; after he had attended an interview at the US Embassy in Accra. Our source confirmed that the decision to bounce …
Read More »How I was denied US visa over Ghana’s shares in Kosmos Energy – Ato Ahwoi opens up
A one-time board chairman of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, Ato Ahwoi, has disclosed circumstances under which the United States embassy in Accra denied him a visa years ago. He linked the incident to his refusal along with two others to allow Kosmos Energy to proceed with a US$4 billion …
Read More »Ghana signs visa waiver agreements with 8 states
Ghana has signed visa waiver agreements with eight countries; Qatar, Jamaica, Suriname, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Guyana, Venezuela and Malta. This means that the aforementioned countries would be exempted from applying for visas when entering Ghana and vice versa. This was disclosed by the Presidency in …
Read More »Ukraine waives entry visa requirements for foreigners willing to join fight against Russia
Ukraine’s president has signed a decree temporarily lifting the requirement for entry visas for any foreigner willing to join Ukraine’s International Defence Legion and fight on Ukraine’s side against invading Russian troops. The decree by President Volodymyr Zelensky takes effect on Tuesday and will remain in effect as long as martial law …
Read More »Ayittey Powers in court over alleged GH¢45,000 visa fraud
Michael Ayittey Okai, aka “Ayittey Powers”, a boxer, has appeared before a Kaneshie District Court for allegedly defrauding a building contractor of GH¢45,000. Ayittey Powers allegedly collected the amount to secure the contractor an Australian Visa and include him in his team for a boxing contest in Australia, but failed …
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