The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has launched an online passport application system to ease the process of passport acquisition in the country.
Under the new system, actual passport processing times and delivery deadlines would take fifteen working days for standard applications and five working days for express applications.
The online passport applicant must essentially have all supporting documents available and log on to www.passports.mfa.gov.gh or www.passport.mfa.gov.gh and select a mode of payment, fill and submit the form online and proceed to the Accra Passport Application Centre to capture their bio-data on a chosen appointment date.
Previous challenges
The premise of the Passport Office at Ridge has in the past been stampeded by desperate passport applicants who mass up there as a result in delays of having their passports issued.
Some have been victims of fraud since they employ the services of middle men popularly known as ‘goro boys’ who end up duping them under the pretext of facilitating the acquisition of their passports.
Launch
At the launch of the online system in Accra Tuesday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Ms Hannah Tetteh, explained that with the new system three partner financial institutions – Ecobank, Zenith and GCB Bank – would provide the requisite support for the project as well as receive payments from applicants through payment at the bank branches.
The minister said the new policy was a culmination of the process by the government to reform the delivery of travel documents for Ghanaians and also fulfil the country’s obligation within the International Civil Aviation organisation convention.
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Good step to eradicate fraud, just as the online has been launch, will the manual application still be available? because the banks are still in possession of the manual application form. I pray this work perfectly,why am i saying this, it took me three days for an officer to enter the room and give my passport, after waiting for two and half month for it to be ready.....haaaaaabaaaa.
There is something not right with the machines used in issuing bio-passports to Ghanaians. I was a victim of poor quality work the the passport office and I found out that I am not the only one. I was stopped at Heathrow 2 times because they doubt the pic in my passport. My driving license help resolve the issue. Picture in passport was over stretched tampering with my facial features. Twice I wrote to them but still no response. I won't pay for new one I want them to correct their mistakes.
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HMMMM, ON THE ISSUE OF PASSPORT. I JUST DONT GET IT . WHAT AT ALL IS THE CAUSE OF THE DELAY IN PRINTING AND ISSUING OF PASSPORT TO QUALIFIED GHANAIANS? BUREACRACY? SYSTEM FAILURE? HMMMM. I LEARNT SOME CHARGE AS HIGH AS GHS1,000.00 FOR EXPRESS ? GHANA MUST SIT UP! WHAT ARE THE BNI DOING ABOUT THE CUREENT PRACTICE? ANAS WE CANNOT WAIT TO SEEING YOU EXPOSING THOSE INVOLVE. THERE SHOULD BE A BOLD ATTEMPT TO STOP ALL THESE DIABOLICAL WAYS OF CHEATING FELLOW GHANAIANS. AGAIN WHY NOT EXTENDING TO EXPIRY TO 10YEARS AS IT WAS? HMMMM GOD BLESS US ALL. MY OPINION.
you should also edit your comment before you post. Check your last sentence.
When is that gonna start? The Ghana passport website does not go beyond the first webpage. The acquisition of passport in Ghana is the most corrupt process ever. Immigration officers will not expedite action on your passport application without requesting for bribes. A 100 Ghana cedi application form which is suppose to take two weeks takes more than 3 months. All passport applications should be made on line and decentralized. Contacts between applicants and immigration officers should be eliminated. No more bribes And no more cortuptions
Nobody to edit your news items posted for readers? It is very bad. Please do something about it. Check the last paragraph as see what I am talking about
When r they starting dis?? Or it's still in the pipeline as usual.
Thumbs up for Ghana.