Full Text: A social media user named Lusine Morris Kamara posted on January 9, 2026, that the United States government has provided visa exemption for Liberian government officials and their kids.
“The United States Of America visa exemption for government officials of Liberia: 1. President and his children 2. Vice President and his children 3. Speaker and his children 4. Senate Pro Tempore and her children 5. Chief Justice and Associates Justices, including their children
6. All Cabinet Ministers. Note! All senators, representatives, commissioners, managing directors, deputy managing directors, superintendents, deputy ministers, and assistant ministers will have to apply and go for an interview at the US embassy,” Kamara claimed.
The post attracted 61 reactions, 42 comments, and 20 shares as of the time of this verification. Many of those who commented were questioning the source of said claim.
Before now, the United States Department of State last October revised its visa reciprocity schedule for Liberia, extending the validity period for certain nonimmigrant visas from 12 months to 36 months.
The U.S. decision changes visa validity, not the length of stay a traveler is allowed in the United States. In practical terms, eligible Liberian applicants for B1, B2, and B1/B2 visas may now receive multiple-entry visas valid for up to 36 months, but each trip is still subject to inspection at the port of entry, where U.S. officials determine how long the visitor may remain and under what conditions.
Verification: To verify this claim, The Stage media contacted the public affairs section of the United States Embassy near Monrovia publicly through an email.
In an "Email" exchange, Raymond Stephens, a public affairs official at the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, said, “Dear Ms. Geterminah,
We appreciate you reaching out to us with your press inquiry. In response to your inquiry: “We do not comment on specific visa processing issues.”
For further verification, we reached out via Facebook Messenger to Kamara to provide his source for the above information; he requested the fact-checker to contact anyone from Foreign Affairs or Spoon Network, a media entity.
“They both have the article or the release from the US embassy. Then you will cite the correct article," Kamara said.
When questioned if he was using both Spoon talk and the minister as his sources, Kamara replied, "Yes." He further alleged that the Minister of Foreign Affairs has the written communication from the embassy; hence, the fact-checker should contact her office. He at the same time referred the fact-checker to the "Spoon-Talk" January 8 edition, where an alleged communication about the United States government providing visa exemptions for Liberian government officials and their kids was also read.
We watched the Spoon Talk live of January 8 and discovered that the communication was displayed and discussed on the show between 3:35 and 4:00 of the show.
The communication noted that those government officials must be traveling on an official duty and must apply for the visa three weeks before the trip and a non-official visitor visa can not be submitted through the Ministry’s courier except for the Supreme Court Justices, the speaker, the Pro-tempore, and Ambassadors.
We contacted Saywhar Gbaa, assistant minister for public affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, via WhatsApp on January 12 to verify the authenticity of the communication bearing the official letterhead of the ministry, but received no response from her as of date, even though she is active.
Meanwhile, we received an automatic response system reply after our January 12 inquiry was sent, as seen in the screenshot below. The text reads, “Thank you for contacting Saywhar Nana Gbaa! Please let us know how we can help you.”
However, Minister Gbaa gives an official response; this article will be updated.
Conclusion: After reading the communication that was posted by Spoon Talk on January 8, 2026, we established that Lusine Morris Kamara was correct; the United States Of America provided visa exemptions for some Government Officials of Liberia
