Kenya to confirm Ghana’s eTA visa payment exemption by end of March

Kenya's High Commissioner to Ghana, Eliphas Barine in a group photograph with Kenya Airways' travel trade partners

Kenya’s High Commissioner to Ghana, Eliphas Barine, has indicated that Ghanaians would be exempted from the payment of the US$30 Kenya electronic Travel Authorization (Eta) fee by the end of March

Ambassador Barine, speaking at a Kenya Airways event held in Accra last Friday, indicated that the process of reversing the payment by Ghanaian Travellers, who hitherto didn’t have to pay for a visa, has progressed very far and a final announcement is expected by the end of March.

‘’We have a selected team that is working on that. They tell us it is just a matter of time. If you invite me at the end of this month, it will be a different story,’’ Ambassador Barine.

To make Kenya visa-free for all, the East African country replaced the eVisa with the Electronic Travel Authorization (Kenya eTA), for which citizens of all countries are eligible to apply.

By the new policy, tourists are no longer required to apply for a visa. Instead, they can complete the eTA application process, pay the required fees, and get their permits within three days.

This arrangement has, however, adversely affected citizens of countries such as Ghana that hitherto didn’t need an eTA and were not required to pay for visa-on-arrival.