Last Updated on March 5, 2026, 8:31 AM AST by Anthony Morris
St Kitts and Nevis and Ghana have signed a Visa Exemption Agreement.. The two nations’ agreement includes the holders of ordinary passports. This new agreement marks a definite step in the travel access between the two nations.
The Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis, Dr Terrance Drew and the President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama discussed several issues of importance for the cooperation between the two nations.
The new arrangement of visa free access between these two nations replaces an earlier agreement between the two nations. The earlier agreement, reached in 2018, applied the visa free travel to only the holders of diplomatic passports.
The expansion of the scope of the agreement is crucial for the continued deepening of the relationship between the two regions. The two leaders conducted this discussion and signed the agreement at the Jubilee House in Accra on Wednesday, March 4, In addition to the Visa Exemption deal, the two nations also signed another Bilateral Labour Deal.
Under this agreement, St Kitts and Nevis will facilitate the recruitment of Ghanaian medical professionals. This step will allow Ghanaian doctors and medical practitioners to allow the growth of the healthcare sector of the country.
President Mahama has shared that Ghana will support St Kitts and Nevis with skilled professionals including nurses, teachers and other technical experts, under mutually beneficial frameworks.
The President of Ghana has spoken to the matter of the Visa Agreement. He called the visa waiver to ordinary passport holders a “practical and transformative step”
He believes that this step will improve the ties between St Kitts and Nevis and Ghana. The step will also increase the development of Tourism Between the two regions.
The people will be able to move more freely and have business exchanges between the two nations.
The people to people connection between the people of Ghana and the People of St Kitts and Nevis. The President’s office shared a formal statement stating that Ghana and St Kitts and Nevis have agreed to extend our 2018 visa waiver agreement. This was previously applicable only to holders of diplomatic and service passports. The extension now includes holders of ordinary passports,”
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