What the Brazil visa rules mean for Ghana travellers
Ghana citizens need a visa issued in advance by an embassy or consulate of Brazil. Start the application several weeks before departure: you will typically need a passport valid for six months with blank pages, a completed application form, passport photos, a travel itinerary, proof of accommodation and of sufficient funds, and sometimes an invitation letter or bank statements.
The main option is the Visitor Visa — in person at a consulate, which costs 80 USD.
Documents to prepare
Whatever your visa status, Brazil applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
- Passport validity: The eVisa portal's document list says your passport must be valid for at least 1 month before arrival. The Consulate-General of Brazil in Miami tells its visa applicants that before travelling to Brazil their passport m…
- Vaccinations: Yellow fever: Not an entry requirement: Brazil's Ministry of Health says there is no obligation to show proof of vaccination to enter the country. It indicates the yellow fever vaccine for travellers going to the areas where vaccinat…
- Travel insurance: No official source we could read states a travel insurance requirement for Brazil.
- Return or onward ticket: No official source we could read states an onward or return ticket requirement for Brazil. Canada's travel advice lists a return or onward ticket among the things customs officials may ask to see.
Brazil entry rules compared
Brazil lets 102 passports in without a visa, issues eVisas to 3 and requires an embassy visa from 93. Ghana citizens are treated the same way as Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso and Burundi. Overall the Ghana passport ranks #120 in the world with 42 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Americas? With a Ghana passport you can also visit 10 countries in the region without a visa, including Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti and Jamaica.
In the other direction, Brazil citizens need evisa to visit Ghana.