Ghanaian passport

Ghanaian Biometric Passport
The front cover of a contemporary Ghanaian biometric passport (with chip ).
Biographical data page from the Ghanaian biometric passport.
Issued by	Ghana (Government of Ghana)
Type of document	Biometric Passport
Purpose	Identity Document
Eligibility requirements	Ghanaian Citizenship
Expiration	5 years after acquisition for both adults and children
Cost	"GH₵100.00" (32p) Express service [3 working days]^[1] "GH₵50.00" (32p) Regular service [15 working days]^[1]

Ghanaian passports are passports issued exclusively by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration to Ghanaians granted citizenship in accordance with the Ghanaian nationality law. There are three types of passport booklets – regular, service and diplomatic passports. Ghanaian passport booklets are valid for travel by Ghanaians anywhere in the world, although travel to certain countries and/or for certain purposes may require a visa. More than one valid Ghanaian passport of the same type may not be held.

Manual Ghanaian Biometric Passport

Types of Ghanaian Biometric Passports

Contemporary Ghanaian biometric passport: Issuable to all citizens and non-citizen nationals and valid for five years from the date of issue.
Service Ghanaian biometric passport: issued to officials attached to government institutions who have to travel on official business
Diplomatic Ghanaian biometric passport: Issuable to Ghanaian diplomats accredited overseas and their eligible dependents.

Ghanaian Biometric Passport Format

Paper size B7 (ISO/IEC 7810 ID-3, 88 mm × 125 mm)
32 pages (Ghanaian biometric passports with more pages can be issued to frequent travelers)

Ghanaian Biometric Passport Cover

Ghanaian biometric contemporary passport is hunter green in color, Ghanaian biometric service passport is cadet grey in color, and Ghanaian biometric diplomatic passport is auburn in color, with the words ‘REPUBLIC OF GHANA‘ inscribed on top of the booklet. The flag emblem of the West African subregion ECOWAS and of the African continent is prominently emblazoned in the center of the cover page, followed on the bottom by the inscription of the words PASSPORT on contemporary biometric passports, SERVICE PASSPORT on service biometric passports, and DIPLOMATIC PASSPORT on diplomatic biometric passports.

The visa page from the Ghanaian biometric passport

Message page from the Ghanaian biometric passport

Ghanaian Biometric Passport Identification Page

The following information about the owner is printed on the Ghanaian biometric passport identification page, in both English and French:

1. Type	2. Code of Issuing State
3. Passport No.	4. Surname
5. Given name(s)	6. Nationality
7. Date of birth	8. Residence
9. Sex	10. Place of birth
11. Place of Issue	12. Date of issue
13. Date of expiry

Ghanaian Biometric Passport Photographs

The standards are:

2 in × 2 in (5.1 cm × 5.1 cm)
Front view, full face, open eyes, closed mouth, and natural expression
Full head from top of hair to shoulders
Red background
No shadows on face or in background
No sunglasses; no hat
Normal contrast and lighting

Ghanaian Biometric Passport Message

Biometric passports of many countries contain a message, nominally from the official who is in charge of biometric passport issuance (e.g., secretary of state, minister of foreign affairs), addressed to authorities of other countries. The message identifies the bearer as a citizen of the issuing country, requests that he or she be allowed to enter and pass through the other country, and requests further that, when necessary, he or she be given help consistent with international norms. In Ghanaian biometric passports, the message is in English and reads:

These are to request and require in the name of the President of the Republic of Ghana all those whom it may concern to allow the bearer to pass freely without let or hindrance and to afford him or her every assistance and protection of which he or she may stand in need.

Ghanaian Biometric Passport Fees

A Ghanaian biometric passport applicant who applies in person pays a processing fee. The amount depends on whether the Ghanaian biometric passport applicant is applying for a new passport or replacement biometric passport. The current fee for a new Ghanaian biometric passport booklet is "GH₵100.00" for express service delivery and "GH₵50.00" for regular service delivery.^[2]

Gallery of Historic Ghanaian Passports

Ghanaian passport circa 1970

Ghanaian Biometric Passport

To conform to the recommended standards (i.e., size, composition, layout, technology) set by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the Government of Ghana's cabinet Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has issued only Ghanaian e-passports as standard since March 2010, though non-biometric passports are valid until their expiry dates or November 2015, whichever is sooner.^[3]

Under these Ghanaian biometric passports, the three types of passports – contemporary, service, and diplomat – are color-coded. Contemporary biometric passports appear hunter green in color, service biometric passports appear in space cadet in color, and diplomatic biometric passports appear auburn in color. Additionally, the Ghanaian coat of arms has been replaced by the flag emblem of the West African subregion ECOWAS and of the African continent is prominently emblazoned in the center of the cover page and the words "Republic of Ghana" are inscribed, The Government of Ghana has opted use both French and English for its Ghanaian biometric passports.

Another change with the introduction of the Ghanaian biometric passports is the choice of regular or expedited biometric passport delivery service. It is expected that the new Ghanaian biometric passports are delivered within 3 to 15 days after the application has been received.^[4] Currently, the fee for regular service delivery is "GH₵50.00", and for express service delivery is "GH₵100.00" to have it expedited.^[5]

The Ghanaian Biometric Passports
Contemporary Ghanaian Biometric Passport (Hunter Green with chip ).
Service Ghanaian Biometric Passport (Space Cadet with chip ).
Diplomatic Ghanaian Biometric Passport (Auburn with chip ).
Multiple Citizenship Ghanaian Identity Document (Jade)

To facilitate the application for and acquisition of Ghanaian biometric passports, Passport Application Centers (PACs) have been set up around the country of Ghana. The PACs in Accra accept applications; the PACs in Kumasi accept applications; the PACs in Tamale accept applications; the PACs in Ho accept applications; the PACs in Sekondi-Takoradi accept applications; and the PACs in Sunyani accept applications.^[5]

References

1 2 "Ghanaian Biometric Passport Acquisition". ghanaimmigration.org. Ghana Immigration Service.
↑ Ghana Immigration-Eligibility. ghanaimmigration.org.
↑ Bio-Passports Ready: Migration Starts Tuesday. GhanaWeb. 19 March 2010.
↑ Ghanaians to get biometric passports in 2010. ghanabusinessnews.com. 22 March 2009.
1 2 Ghana’s biometric passport ready. ghanabusinessnews.com. 19 March 2010.

Central & North	Afghanistan Kazakhstan⁶ Kyrgyzstan Russia³ Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan

East	People's Republic of China Hong Kong¹¹ Macao¹¹ Japan Korea, North Korea, South Mongolia Republic of China (Taiwan)⁸

South	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka

Southeast	Brunei Burma Cambodia East Timor Indonesia Laos Malaysia Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam

West	Abkhazia⁵ ⁹ Armenia⁷ Azerbaijan⁵ Bahrain Cyprus⁷ Egypt⁸ Georgia⁵ Iran Iraq Israel Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Nagorno-Karabakh⁷ ⁹ Northern Cyprus⁷ ⁹ Oman Palestinian Authority Qatar Saudi Arabia South Ossetia⁵ ⁹ Syria Turkey⁴ United Arab Emirates Yemen

Europe

Other Europe

European Union

Oceania

Australia Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Micronesia, Federated States of Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Pitcairn Islands¹ Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

International organizations
Defunct passports
Passport types

International organizations	European Union laissez-passer International Committee of the Red Cross Interpol United Nations laissez-passer

Defunct	British Indian Empire¹ Czechoslovakia East Germany Korean Empire League of Nations refugee (Nansen) Mandatory Palestine Rhodesia Soviet Union¹² UNMIK Travel Document Yugoslavia

Types	Biometric Camouflage Diplomatic Fake Hajj Horse Internal International Machine-readable Pet Travel document alien refugee stateless person World

¹ A) Includes Crown Dependencies, British Overseas Territories, and former British plantations, crown colonies, colonies, protectorates, protected states, mandates, trust territories and other British possessions.
B) The Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey are not part of the European Union, but Manxmen and Channel Islanders are citizens of the European Union; the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey, and Manxmen and Channel Islanders themselves (unless they qualify and apply for recognition of a change in status), are however excluded from the benefits of the Four Freedoms of the European Union.
C) The Government of the United Kingdom also issue passports to British nationals who are not British citizens with the right of abode in the United Kingdom and who are also not otherwise citizens of the European Union.

² Open border with Schengen Area.

³ Russia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. The vast majority of its population (80%) lives in European Russia, therefore Russia as a whole is included as a European country here.

⁴ Turkey is a transcontinental country in the Middle East and Southeast Europe. Turkey has a small part of its territory (3%) in Southeast Europe called Turkish Thrace.

⁵ Azerbaijan and Georgia (Abkhazia; South Ossetia) are transcontinental countries. Both have a small part of their territories in the European part of the Caucasus.

⁶ Kazakhstan is a transcontinental country. Kazakhstan has a small part of its territories located west of the Urals in Eastern Europe.

⁷ Armenia (Nagorno-Karabakh) and Cyprus (Northern Cyprus) are entirely in Southwest Asia but having socio-political connections with Europe.

⁸ Egypt is a transcontinental country in North Africa and Western Asia. Egypt has a small part of its territory in Western Asia called Sinai peninsula.

⁹ Partially recognized.

¹⁰ Not recognized by any other state.

¹¹ Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China

¹² The Soviet Union was a transcontinental country located in Eurasia

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