BREAKING: US Offers Visa-free Policy To Visitors
According to report, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government is delivering on its promises of ensuring a stress-free travel for Ghanaians.
While also reducing the processing times in acquiring passports, findings by MouthpieceNG revealed that the government has increased the validity of Ghanaian passports from 5 to 10 years.
NPP is Ghana’s ruling party, a centre-right and liberal conservative party in Ghana, Igbere TV Reports.
“Since the democratization of Ghana in 1992, it has been one of the two dominant parties in Ghana politics; its leading rival being the centre-left National Democratic Congress (NDC). John Kufuor of the NPP was President of Ghana from 2001 to 2009.
On Friday, the Foreign Minister Shirley Botchwey signed a visa-free travel policy with the United States on behalf of all Ghanaians.
Botchwey told news men that holders of Ghanaian passports without any criminal records are now entitled to visit the United States without visas for a period of 30 days.
However, the Satirist Attachee at the Embassy, Dr. Baffour Gyawu also told journalists that the only document needed to board a plane to the US is a valid passport and Police clearance certificate.
“Traffic offences are considered criminal”, Gyawu told journalists Friday morning.