Ghana or Sierra Leone
Two countries side by side across the same rows as the full comparison. A dash means the value is missing: fields are not filled with guesses. about the data
| Ghana | Sierra Leone | |
|---|---|---|
| Salary in IT | — | — |
| Citizenship | 5 years | — |
| Partner can work | — | — |
| Parents | — | — |
| Pets | difficult | no trouble |
| Pet limit | no limit | no limit |
| Quarantine | no | no |
| Residence permit fee | — | — |
| Rent, 2 bedrooms | $ 632 · estimate | — |
| Basket | $ 29,3 | $ 24,8 |
| Life expectancy | 65.69 | 61.96 |
| Homicides/100k | 1.83 | 2.22 |
| Natural hazards, 0–10 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
How the two sets of routes differ
Long-stay routes in this reference: Ghana — 16, Sierra Leone — 19. Types present in both: work and family. Ghana adds: study, investment and repatriation.
Fees, thresholds and deadlines
Ghana: fees range from 40 to 18,000 USD. Sierra Leone: fees range from 25 to 1,500 USD. Routes with no fee: 2. Routes with a published decision deadline: 9; the shortest is 3 days.
Beyond the first permit
Citizenship: Ghana after 5 years; the other country publishes no term.
Ghana in brief
Ghana is a West African country with English-language law based on the Immigration Act, 2000 (Act 573) and the Citizenship Act, 2000 (Act 591), which has allowed dual citizenship since 2000. Work immigration is structured through the Ghana Immigration Service's 'Work and Residence Permit' combination and, for investors, an automatic GIPC/GIPA immigrant quota sized to the company's paid-up capital. A distinctive feature of the country is two official channels for the diaspora of African descent: the Right of Abode permanent-residence status and a state citizenship programme launched in 2016 and continued by the Year of Return 2019 campaign. Importing dogs and cats does not require quarantine, but does require laboratory confirmation of the absence of several infections and current vaccination. Of the country's five largest districts by the 2021 census, one — Cape Coast — is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site tied to the history of the transatlantic slave trade.
Other comparisons
Ghana or… Nigeria · Rwanda · Tunisia · Algeria · Tanzania · Kenya · South Africa · Angola
Sierra Leone or… Gabon · Madagascar · Uganda · Zambia · Eswatini · Lesotho · Mozambique · Republic of the Congo
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