Ghana Passport Application Fees Increased

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has announced through a press statement that Parliament has approved an upward review of Ghanaian passport application fees.

The increase in the Ghanaian passport application fees is expected to make the passport application process more efficient.

The new fees, which take effect from February 1, 2020, see a hundred percent increment for standard processing of ordinary passports. Passport fees for regular processing for booklets with 32 pages has been increased from GHS50 to GHS100 while fees for the newly introduced booklets with 48 pages will cost GHS150.

The expedited service saw a fifty percent increase from GHS100 to GHS150 for booklets with 32 pages while fees for booklets with 48 pages will cost GHS200.

Attestation of legal documents is now GHS37.50 while Travel certificates has been increased to GHS37 cedis.

Ghanaian Passports are valid for ten years.

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