Ghana may face visa sanctions from the United States following its inclusion on a U.S.
State Department watchlist due to a rising rate of student visa overstays, Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has confirmed.
At a press conference in Accra on Thursday, 26 June, Mr Ablakwa disclosed that U.S.
authorities had formally notified the Ghanaian government of the development, citing a 21% student visa overstay rate-well above the acceptable threshold of 15%. "The issue has created considerable anxiety, and that report came to all of us as a surprise," he stated. "However, I can confirm to you this evening that the government, led by the Honourable Foreign Minister, has engaged U.S.
