Passport application processing has been halted in the Western Region has been suspended following the breakdown of a digital camera for the capturing images of applications, sources close to the Regional Passport Office have revealed. The suspension has been in force since March 27 and services are expected to be restored on April 3, 2017. … Read more
Passport application processing has been halted in the Western Region has been suspended following the breakdown of a digital camera for the capturing images of applications, sources close to the Regional Passport Office have revealed. The suspension has been in force since March 27 and services are expected to be restored on April 3, 2017. … Read more
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has tasked the authorities at the passport office to speed up the process that will eventually lead to online applications, to make it more consumer-friendly in order to allow more Ghanaians to acquire passports. “We also need to make sure that every region has that capability to do the online … Read more
Deputy Director of Passports at the Greater Accra Regional Passport Application centre, Samuel Ofosu Boateng, has appealed to Government to replicate online Passport applications throughout regions in Ghana. According to him, this was the only way to reduce numbers at the passport application centres in the country. He made the call when the Vice President … Read more
The Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says government would provide the necessary support to facilitate the ease of passport acquisition in the country. In furtherance of this, all regions across the country would be adequately resourced to deliver online passport procedure to all prospective applicants. Currently, the country has just one online processing centre, located in … Read more
Vice-president Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia yesterday paid an unannounced visit to the passport application processing centre in Accra and witnessed a long queue of people standing in the sun to have their applications processed. He was taken round the centre by the Deputy Director of the Accra Passport Application Centre, Mr Samuel Ofosu Boateng. “I … Read more
Ghana will from this year begin issuing chip embedded biometric passports to its citizenry. This new initiative will see the West African country migrate from its current generation of passports from 2D barcode. Officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration say the initiative will help reduce drastically the possibility of identity thefts … Read more
Government says it will set up online passport offices in all ten regions of Ghana to ensure that passport acquisition is decentralized and stress free. According to government this new process will not compromise on the security features of the passports. This was revealed by Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, when he paid an unannounced … Read more
Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has paid a surprise visit to the Passports Office in Accra. He was at the office to assess at first-hand operations at one of Ghana’s busiest agencies. Dr. Bawumia took the time to interact with some applicants at the office to learn about their challenges and promised that government would … Read more
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawuma interacting with others at the Passport Office in Accra Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawuma has paid a working visit to the Passport Office in Accra to observe operations at the facility. Majority of Ghanaians have complained about delays and the corruption that has riddled the Passport Office. Several people who … Read more
Former Manchester United striker Dwight Yorke was “made to feel like a criminal” as he was denied entry to the United States on Friday. Yorke said he was prevented from entering the USA due to an Iranian stamp on his passport having represented the ‘World Stars’ in a charity match against ‘Iranian Stars’ in Tehran … Read more
Manchester United legend Dwight Yorke has been ‘denied entry into the US’ under Donald Trump’s new border laws as he ‘has an Iranian stamp in his passport’. According to former Sky Sports presenter Richard Keys, the United ambassador was refused to enter the country under the border controls recently put in place by President Trump. … Read more
The stunning postcard-perfect vista surrounding Misael Lopez in this town about one hour from Madrid belies his constant anxiety, even fear. That’s because the former legal adviser to the Venezuelan Embassy in Iraq is revealing secrets he says his government doesn’t want disclosed. “I’m concerned about my safety and my family’s safety everywhere I go,” … Read more
A 12-year-old child has died of brain cancer several months after Turkish border agents seized his and his parents’ passports at İstanbul Atatürk Airport, causing the family to abandon their plans to receive cancer treatment in Cuba. According to a series of tweets posted by Turkish journalist Sıtkı Özcan on Tuesday, the family’s passports were … Read more
Ghana was ranked 70th with a score of 57 in terms of the world’s best passports, according to 2017 Passport Index rankings. The country was ranked the same position with Uganda, Mongolia and China. The Index ranked national passports by the cross-border access they bring, assigning a “visa-free score” according to the number of countries … Read more
2016 presidential candidate of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, says, the completion of the National Identification (NI) cards will add value to the country’s economy. According to him, the project will help the country achieve economic transformation. “Everybody needs to understand that just as the Act says, with the national identification cards … Read more
The Minister of Foreign Affairs designate, Ms Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, has said that Ghana’s foreign missions will pursue an economic diplomacy policy to attract foreign direct investments and also market the country’s non-traditional exports. Responding to a question from the Member of Parliament for Cape Coast North, Mrs Barbara Asher Ayisi, when she took her … Read more
Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botcway, the Ministerial nominee for Foreign Affairs, said Monday there is the need to educate stranded Ghanaians abroad, who had no documentation, to return home rather than being maltreated in those countries. The Communications Consultant, who is the Member of Parliament for Anyaa Sowutuom in the Greater Accra Region, said the nation … Read more
Minister-designate for Foreign Affairs Shirley Ayorkor Botchway has promised getting Passport Application Centers in the remaining four regions of Ghana “within two years”. The country has Passport Application Centers in six regions including Western and Volta regions. At her vetting on Monday, January 23, Ms Botchway said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already identified … Read more
The Foreign Affairs Minister-designate says the new online application system would correct the delays in passport acquisition especially when renewal for students and other in abroad. Shirley Ayorkor Botchway said sometimes the delays are due to the mistakes on the application forms or with the documentation sent with the forms. The Member of Parliament (MP) … Read more