Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and Allison Hooker
Source: Africa Publicity
The United States of America (USA) has reversed the visa restriction it imposed on Ghana.
Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, made this known on Friday, September 26, 2025, following a meeting with the US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Allison Hooker, in the margins of the 80th UN General Assembly in New York.
Ablakwa described the reversal as a “Big win for Ghana!”
In a post on his official Facebook page, he said, “Ghanaians can now be eligible for five-year multiple entry visas and other enhanced consular privileges.”
According to him, “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.”
It will be recalled that the US imposed visa restrictions on Ghana and other countries in July this year. The affected countries were slapped with a maximum three-month single-entry visa 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.
