Ghana or Uganda
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 | Uganda | |
|---|---|---|
| Salary in IT | — | — |
| Citizenship | 5 years | 10 years |
| Partner can work | — | no |
| Parents | — | — |
| Pets | difficult | difficult |
| Pet limit | no limit | no limit |
| Quarantine | no | 30 days |
| Residence permit fee | — | — |
| Rent, 2 bedrooms | $ 632 · estimate | $ 612 · estimate |
| Basket | $ 29,3 | $ 19,7 |
| Life expectancy | 65.69 | 68.49 |
| Homicides/100k | 1.83 | 8.82 |
| Natural hazards, 0–10 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
How the two sets of routes differ
Long-stay routes in this reference: Ghana — 16, Uganda — 19. Types present in both: work, study, family, investment and repatriation. Uganda adds: talent.
Fees, thresholds and deadlines
Ghana: fees range from 40 to 18,000 USD. Uganda: fees range from 100 to 3,000 USD. Routes stating an income threshold: 1; the lowest is 36,000 USD a year.
Beyond the first permit
Permanent status: Uganda after 10 years; the other country publishes no term. Citizenship: Ghana after 5 years, Uganda after 10 years. Both allow a second citizenship.
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.
Uganda in brief
Uganda is a landlocked East African country with one of the youngest population age structures in the world, which matters in practice for the labour market: most of it is younger than in most countries of the world. English is an official language of the country alongside Swahili. Permits to stay and work are issued as a single Entry Permit document under the Uganda Citizenship and Immigration Control Act, Cap. 313, with eight classes for different grounds — from civil service and investors in agriculture and mining to regulated professions, missionaries and people of independent means with no right to work; separately there are also the Special Pass, Student Pass, Dependant Pass and Certificate of Residence. The country belongs to the East African Community (EAC): per official data from the National Citizenship and Immigration Control, citizens of Kenya and Rwanda are exempt from Entry Permit fees, though they must still obtain it on the general terms, while citizens of Tanzania are subject to a separate full fee — the eased regime for EAC member states is not applied uniformly. The Certificate of Residence for long stay (10 years of continuous residence and a contribution to socio-economic development) grants permanent-residence status without losing one's own citizenship, while the same ten-year threshold leads to Ugandan citizenship under the separate Citizenship by Registration procedure; dual citizenship has been permitted since 21 August 2009. Importing dogs and cats requires an Import Permit and includes mandatory quarantine of 21–30 days. Malaria is endemic across the entire country. The guide's five cities are Kampala (the capital and largest business centre), Entebbe (the country's international airport and the shore of Lake Victoria), Gulu and Mbarara (the largest regional centres in the north and south-west), and Fort Portal (the gateway for inbound tourism to Kibale National Park and the Rwenzori Mountains).
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