How To Acquire A Ghanaian Passport

Here’s a complete step-by-step guide on how to acquire a Ghanaian passport 🇬🇭, whether you’re applying for the first time or renewing it. This guide covers both online and in-person application processes.

 

 

🛂 Types of Ghanaian Passports

1.Ordinary Passport – For regular citizens

2.Service Passport – For public servants

3.Diplomatic Passport – For diplomats and senior government officials

For most people, you’ll apply for the Ordinary Passport.

 

 

📋 Requirements to Apply for a Ghanaian Passport

🔹 For First-Time Applicants:

•Birth Certificate (mandatory)

•Ghana Card (National ID)

•Proof of Profession (e.g. work ID, letter from employer, student ID)

•Passport-size photo (can also be taken at the passport office)

•Guarantor’s form signed by a Ghanaian passport holder (like your parent, boss, or public servant)

•Digital address (GhanaPost GPS)

🔹 For Renewal:

•Old passport

•Ghana Card

•Completed online form

 

 

🖥️ How to Apply (Online Application Process)

✅ Step 1: Create an Account

•Go to the official passport portal:

👉🏽 https://passport.mfa.gov.gh

•Click “Apply Online”

•Create an account or log in with your Ghana.gov profile

 

 

✅ Step 2: Choose Your Application Type

•Select either:

•First-time Application

•Renewal

•Choose a processing option:

•Standard: GHS 100–150 (takes ~2–4 weeks)

•Express: GHS 150–250 (takes ~1 week)

 

 

✅ Step 3: Pay Application Fee

•Pay using Mobile Money, Visa/MasterCard, or Ghana.gov wallet

 

 

✅ Step 4: Fill the Online Form

•Input your personal details

•Upload documents (birth cert, Ghana Card, etc.)

•Print the completed passport application form and receipt

 

 

✅ Step 5: Book an Appointment

•Choose your Passport Application Centre (PAC)

Common centers: Accra, Kumasi, Takoradi, Tamale, etc.

•Select a date and time for biometric capture (photo, fingerprints, signature)

 

 

✅ Step 6: Visit the Passport Office

•Go with:

•Printed form

•Birth certificate

•Ghana Card

•Guarantor’s form

•Passport photos (optional, some centers take it for you)

•Do your biometric capture

 

 

✅ Step 7: Wait for Notification & Collect Passport

•You’ll get an SMS or email when your passport is ready

•Go back to collect it OR request delivery (where available)

 

 

🕒 Processing Time

•Standard: 2–4 weeks

•Express: 5–10 working days

 

 

💰 Passport Fees (As of 2025)