No visa needed

Do citizens of Guinea-Bissau need a visa for Ghana?

Citizens of Guinea-Bissau don’t need a visa for Ghana and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Guinea-Bissau: the passport opens 27 countries visa-free; Bissau — Accra: ≈ 1,830 km, about 3 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Ghana without a visa on a Guinea-Bissau passport?

Yes, citizens of Guinea-Bissau don’t need a visa for Ghana for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Ghana visa rules at a glance

With a Guinea-Bissau passport you can visit 27 countries visa-free, 21 with a visa on arrival and 48 with an e-visa; 102 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Guinea-Bissau passport ranks 153rd of 199.
Guinea-Bissau passport: visa-free access to 27 countries; Ghana passport: 43.
Citizens of Guinea-Bissau and Ghana can travel together visa-free to 25 countries, for example: Gambia, Guinea, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Mali, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Niger, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, and Barbados.
Citizens of Ghana, in turn, don’t need a visa for Guinea-Bissau. Guinea-Bissau visa for citizens of Ghana

Travelling to Ghana: good to know

Bissau — Accra: about 1,830 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Ghanaian Cedi.
Languages: English.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ GHS 12.
Ghana is the 11th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Guinea-Bissau.