Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Foreign Affairs Minister
GHANA IS among 36 countries the Trump administration is considering to implement travel restrictions on, according to an internal memo as reported by The Washington Post.
According to the report, the memo signed by Secretary of State, Marco Rubio and sent to US diplomats on Saturday, June 14, 2025, says the Ghanaian government and the other countries listed in the memo have 60 days to meet Department of State requirements.
The State Department alleged that some countries mentioned have not met various benchmarks, including the absence of a competent or cooperative central government authority to provide reliable identity documents, or a large number of citizens who have violated the terms of their visas.
However, the memo included a caveat: if a country is willing to accept third-country nationals being removed from the U.S., it would alleviate other concerns.
The list of countries, which could face visa restrictions, travel bans, or other restrictions, includes 25 countries in Africa: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Egypt, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Several Caribbean nations are on the list as well: Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Lucia.
Additionally, there are four countries in Asia listed: Bhutan, Cambodia, Kyrgyzstan, and Syria; and three countries in Oceania: Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.
Those countries have until Wednesday at 8 a.m. to provide the State Department with an initial plan of action to meet the new requirements.
In January, Trump signed an executive order asking the State Department to identify countries “for which vetting and screening information is so deficient as to warrant a partial or full suspension” on nationals from those countries.
Those actions are part of the president’s crackdown on immigration – both domestically; by conducting a mass deportation campaign against undocumented immigrants, and internationally, by restricting travel to and from certain countries.
A Daily Guide Report