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A passport is a document that is used to verify the holder’s country of citizenship. It is paramount to have a passport whenever you are travelling out of the country to regain entry. The validity of a Ghanaian passport is ten years, meaning that if you have had your passport …

Ghana Embassy, Washington DC The Embassy of Ghana in Washington D.C, USA, on Thursday, April 8, 2021.started the implementation of a new user-friendly and fully integrated visa and passport application system As part of measures to provide improved passport and visa services to clients. The new and enhanced online application …

Greece and Austria are urging other EU states to adopt coronavirus vaccination “passports” which could help revive Europe’s stricken tourist industry. The idea of such a document, likely to be a certificate, would be to permit those who have been vaccinated to travel freely within the EU. The proposal was …

Foreign Affairs Minister-designate Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has indicated the country’s preparedness to start issuing chip-embedded passports by mid-2021. She was responding to a question posed by Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu when she appeared before the vetting committee on Thursday, February 11, 2021. According to her, preparations were far advanced and …

The coronavirus pandemic has ushered in lockdowns and travel restrictions. This has dramatically changed and shaped the way people travel by air, land, or sea. COVID-19 has also significantly impacted the power of passports of certain countries. Passport holders in such countries are being prevented from entering certain countries due …

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has opened a premium Passport Application Centre (PAC) in the Northern Regional capital, Tamale. This move forms part of government’s efforts to expand the scope of passport operations in the country. The Tamale office marks the third Premium PAC to be opened …

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has leveraged the boundless limits of technology to enhance the efficiency of passport operations in general for improved service delivery, sector minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has said on the occasion of the commissioning of the central regional passport application centre on Friday, …

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has leveraged the boundless limits of technology to enhance the efficiency of passport operations in general for improved service delivery, sector minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has said on the occasion of the commissioning of the central regional passport application centre on Friday, …

Ghana is set to begin the issuance of electronic visas (E-visa) from 2021. Procurement procedures have started for the selection of a firm to partner the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) to design and issue E-visas. The private partner will work between January and May next year to get the system …

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has announced it will relocate the passport office at Ridge in Accra to a new office building. According to the ministry in a statement dated October 17, the relocation will take place from Tuesday, October 20, to Friday, October 23, 2020. “This …