Government says it has extended the validity of the Ghanaian passport from five (5) years to ten (10) years.
However, the processing fee remain the same until further notice.
This will take effect from March, 31st this year
A Fax message signed by the deputy minister foreign affairs, Mohammed Habibu Tijani and intercepted by Peacefmonline.com states that Missions are hereby informed that government has decided to extend the validity of ordinary passport booklets issued to qualified Ghanaian applicant from five to ten (5-10) years with effect from 31st March, 2019.
The processing fee remain the same until further notice. Missions have been informed and are expected to comply.
Ghanaian passports are 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 passports- regular, service and diplomatic.
A passport issued will be valid for a period of five years and must be renewed after the period of expiration. The current fee for a new Ghanaian biometric passport booklet is "GHβ΅100.00" for express service delivery and "GHβ΅50.00" for regular service delivery.
However the process is fraught with a lot of corruption with middle men collecting as high as GHβ΅1,000 from applicants before they could provide the passports.
Source: Isaac kwame Owusu/Peacefmonline.com/[email protected]
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@JEE; check your facts. I got my first passport in 2004(Kufuor govt)and it expired in 2014. My current one, 2014 under Mahama and NDC, expires in 2019.The NDC caused a lot of inconveniences to Ghanaians when, for myopic reasons,it reduced it to 5 years! Kudos NPP!! You have my vote for this wise decision. NDC, you can continue lying. You will always be exposed as nincompoops!!
I am even going to register for it within some few months God bless Nana Addo and God bless Npp
Awesome. I don't even know why they reduced it to five in the first place
NDC likes cheap money too much, passport too they wanted to chop from there
It was during Kuffour's tenure of office that he changed it from 10 to 5 years. So if the same party have seem that their ***barred word*** policy did not work, and have decided to take it back to the 10 years.......is this something rejoice about? Senseless and visionless people
Another big plus for the NPP government. So how do those of us who already have the 5year valid passports get them validated to 10years? Can someone educate us please? Thank you
Well done Nana, well done NPP you are really keeping to your promises, I hope Ghanaians will open their eyes and see what is going on.May the good Lords give you long life. Ghana is working again. In 2yrs wow!
Very progressive move by the government.
Good ideaππππππ
This is amazing new for me, particularly for me. My work permits in two European countries have been cut short because my passport is expiring in 2020, and they can't grant a permit beyond the validity date of the passport. After March I will make a new one. Thank you NPP.