Ghana

Closed on Saturdays and Sundays

Public holidays in 2026 :

• Thursday, January 1st: New Year's Day
• Friday, January 9th : Constitution Day
• Friday, March 6th : Independence Day
• Friday, April 3rd : Good Friday
• Monday, April 6th : Easter Monday
• Friday, May 1st : Labour Day
• Wednesday, July 1st : Republic Day
• Monday, September 21st : Founder's Day
• Friday, December 4th : Farmers' Day
• Friday, December 25th : Noël / Christmas
• Monday, December 28th : Boxing Day

When you visit the VFS Global centre, you must not bring any weapons or dangerous items with you. Security checks will be performed before you are admitted to the premises.

For security reasons, the following items cannot be brought into the Centre:

• Any battery-powered device or electronic device such as a camera, video camera, MP3 player, CD player, cassette player (or any other portable music player), computer or tablet;
• Any bag except a plastic bag containing the required application documents or a small hand bag;
• Any sealed package or envelope;
• Any inflammable items e.g. lighter, matches. etc.;
• Any sharp objects e.g. knife, scissors. etc.;
• Any weapons or explosives.

The above list is not complete. Other items may also be prohibited by the Centre’s security officers.

The Visa Application Centre cannot store/keep any prohibited items. Consequently, visa applicants must make sure they comply with the rules before visiting the Centre.

Preparing for your visit to the Centre

When you are making an appointment via VFS Global Centre in Accra, you will be asked to immediately provide an email address where you can receive the appointment confirmation letter. You will be asked to show this letter when you visit the VFS Global Centre in Accra. You must print the letter out before visiting the Centre along with your other visa application documents.

Attendance in Person : Visa applicants must submit their visa application in person at a VFS Centre after making an appointment.

When getting prepared for the appointment, remember to bring the following:

• The appointment confirmation letter (printed out);
• Your passport with at least 2 blank pages. The passport number must be identical to the one mentioned on the appointment confirmation letter;
• The file containing all the required documents presented in the same order as on the list of required documents;
• Payment to cover the cost of the visa fee (cash or cards).

If your visa application is incomplete (i.e. missing documents), you may choose not to submit your application until you have all the required documents and come back to the Centre at a later date after making a new appointment. You will not have to pay any processing fees if you decide not to submit your application at this time.

However, if you do decide to submit your incomplete application, you will be asked to sign a document indicating that your application is incomplete and that certain documents are missing.

Submitting a complete application does not guarantee that the consular authorities will issue you with a visa.

Biometrics

All visas issued by France are biometric visas. In the biometrics booth, your photograph and fingerprints will be taken.

Visa applications for children under the age of 12 (i.e. completed form, photograph, individual passport, visa fees and supporting documents for each child) must be submitted at the Visa Centre by the child’s parents or legal guardians.

Children aged under 12 are exempt from biometric data collection. Their application has to be submitted by one of the parents or by a person entrusted with legal authority on them. Their ISO/IEC format photograph (pdf) will be scanned.

Only visa applicants are permitted to enter the Visa Application Centre. No visitors or companions are permitted to enter unless prior authorisation has been obtained from the consular authorities.​

You can follow the progress of your request from your France-Visas account, under "My requests".

You can collect your passport yourself, or have it collected by an authorized third-party or courier service.

If you authorise a third-party to collect your passport, he / she has to bring the authority letter (pdf) approved by VFS Global duly competed and signed by yourself and his / her identity document.

If you want the envelope containing your passport (and any other documents) to be returned to you by the consular authorities by post, please indicate that you want to use the courier service when you submit your application (additional and optional service).

Official passports (Diplomatic and service passport)

The procedure of compulsory appointment and pre-payment of service fees on the VFS Global website does not apply to holders of official passports.

They are requested to write to the following e-mail address: visas.accra-amba@diplomatie.gouv.fr or leave a note verbale, with contact details, at the visa section of the Embassy of France in Accra.

Visas issued to holders of official passports are free of charge. To be admissible, their application must include a note verbale.

Holders of official passports are required to have a short-stay visa. They are exempt from holding an Airport Transit Visa.

Airport Transit Visa

You are required to hold an airport transit visa (VTA) if you hold a ghanaian ordinary or service passport, even if you hold a long-stay visa or residence permit issued by the UK authorities, if you remain in the international zone of the airport in France while waiting for the connection to your final destination, and if your final destination is outside the Schengen area.

Student visa

To prepare their applications, visa applicants for studies have to first check the Campus France website before applying for the visa.

French/EU family members

Short-stay visas for spouses of French nationals: applicants in this category do not need to make an appointment and can walk-in between 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. at the visa application centre. They must provide the following documents: a marriage certificate or transcript less than 3 months old, proof of French citizenship of the spouse and a travel medical insurance. They are exempt from visa fees but will have to pay the service fee.

Family members of European Union nationals are required to book an appointment on the VFS Global website with prepayment of the service fee. They are exempt from visa fees but will have to pay the service fee.

If you have any problems with your visa application, please contact VFS Global for assistance.

Telephone : +233 (0) 30 274 6224 between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., from Monday to Friday. Lunch break (1:00 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.)

Send an email to VFS Global.

You can also send an email to the visa section of the Embassy of France in Accra.