How To Apply For Ghana Passport
What Is Passport?
A passport is an official travel document issued by a government that contains a given person’s identity. It enables its holder travel to and from foreign countries and to access consular assistance while overseas. The document certifies the personal identity and nationality of its holder.
How To Apply For Ghana Passport
To complete an application you have to purchase passport forms online via Mobile Money or Visa/MasterCard
First Time Applicants
What you need to apply for the passport.
Scan and attach the following:
Birth Certificate(Proof of Ghanaian citizenship)
Documents to support Identity such as Driver’s Licence, National ID card
Proof of Profession (An introductory letter from the applicant’s employer that is if the applicant is currently employed or a work ID card that bears applicant’s name, organisation’s name and position.
A student ID if the applicant is currently in school. Homemakers/housewives and applicants that are unemployed and those in the non-formal sector of employment like mechanics, hairdressers seamstresses, traders etc. do not need proof.
Registered Business Owners and self-employed applicants must produce their business registration certificate as proof)
Renewal
What you need to apply for the passport.
For The Biometric Passport
Scan and attach the following:
First page and bio-data page with picture and information page
Valid Visa if applicant has any in Old Passport
Last page
Proof of Profession if changed
For The Black Book/Machine Readable Passports
Scan and attach the following:
First page (Coat of Arms and Director’s signature)
Biodata page with picture and information
Valid Visa if applicant has any in Old Passport
Profession page
Proof of Profession if changed
Missing Passport
What you need to apply for the passport.
Scan and attach the following:
Police Report
Affidavit
Proof of Identity
Birth Certificate
Damaged Passport
What you need to apply for the passport.
Scan and attach the following:
- Old damaged passport
Change of Name
What you need to apply for the passport.
Scan and attach the following:
Marriage/Divorce Certificate
Affidavit
Gazette
Applicants below 18
What you need to apply for the passport.
Scan and attach the following:
Birth certificate
Parents or Guardians ID
Upon submission Applicant’s biometric data will be captured and a picture taken at the Passport Application Center (PAC). PAC locations are below :
Accra PAC: Kinbu Road (Old Foreign Affairs)
Kumasi PAC: Guggisberg Road, Opposite PWD, Adum, Ministries
Takoradi PAC: Ghana Immigration Head Quarters (Within the Regional Administration)
Sunyani PAC: Adjacent to Jubilee (shares a wall with the Park)
Ho PAC: Regional Administration (Shares building with Immigration)
Tamale PAC: Police Park (Old Library)
Ridge PAC: Ridge
Premium PAC – Accra: Accra Digital Center, Adjacent State Housing Company, Ring Road West, Accra
Tema PAC: Former IRS Office, Community 4, Tema
Koforidua PAC: PWD Office, SSNIT Office Area, Koforidua.
Premuim PAC – Kumasi: 2nd Floor, Thankful Heights Building, Adum, Kumasi
Premium PAC – Tamale: 2nd Floor, Pension Tower, Tamale
Cape Coast PAC: Opposite Ford Station
Wa PAC: Block C, Regional Coordination Council, Wa
Applicant will then be given a date for the collection of the passport.
How much does it cost to get Ghanaian passport?
Available Application Types
NAME PROCESSING FEES
1 Expedited Application 48 Pages GHS 200.00
2 Expedited Application 32 Pages GHS 150.00
3 Standard Application 32 Pages GHS 100.00
4 Standard Application 48 Pages GHS 150.00
Payment Channels for Processing Fees
BANK CHANNELS
1 Ecobank Ghana VISA & MasterCard, MTN Mobile Money, Vodafone Cash.
2 GCB Bank Vodafone Cash.
3 Ghana.Gov Ghana.Gov Pay.
4 Zenith Bank Ghana MTN Mobile Money, Vodafone Cash, VISA & MasterCard.