Former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta is set to return to a United States immigration court on June 15, 2026, for a major hearing that could shape both his residency bid in America and Ghana’s efforts to secure his return to face criminal charges.
Court records indicate that the case has been scheduled for an individual hearing at 1:00 pm before Judge David A. Gardey at the Annandale Immigration Court in Virginia.
The proceeding is expected to be held virtually.
The development comes weeks after Ofori-Atta was released from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody on April 7, following a court order that granted him bail set at $65,000.
His Ghanaian lawyers, Minkah-Premo, Osei-Bonsu, Bruce-Cathline and Partners, confirmed the release at the time, saying he had reunited with his family.
“Mr Ofori-Atta remains fully committed to use due process in defence of his rights as guaranteed under the constitution and laws of the United States,” the legal team said in a statement.
The June hearing is expected to be more substantive than earlier procedural appearances, with the court likely to examine the merits of his immigration case and the arguments surrounding his continued stay in the US.
Ofori-Atta reportedly entered the United States on May 28, 2025, on a visitor’s visa that expired on November 27, 2025.
He remained in the country beyond the authorised period, leading to his arrest by ICE on January 6, 2026, in Washington, D.C.
Authorities in Accra are seeking his return to answer more than 70 criminal charges alongside five others in ongoing corruption-related investigations.
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