Biometric Passport Requirement

As a citizen is your right to get a document or your right to acquire a biometric Passport that gives you the full power to stay or travel abroad. Without a national passport traveling abroad will be a headache for you. As a citizen is your entitlement to get documents or your entitlement to obtain a passport that gives you the full capacity to remain or travel abroad. Without national passport voyaging abroad will be a migraine for you. The following are things required before you apply for a passport.

 FIRST TIME APPLICANTS

What you need to apply for the passport:

1. Birth Certificate(Proof of Ghanaian citizenship)
2. Documents to support Identity such as Driver’s Licence, National ID card
3. Proof of Profession (An introductory letter from the applicant’s employer that is if the applicant is currently employed or a work ID card that bears the applicant’s name, organization’s name, and position. A student ID if the applicant is currently in school. Homemakers/housewives and applicants that are unemployed and those in the non-formal sector of employment like mechanics, hairdressers seamstresses, traders, etc. do not need proof. Registered Business Owners and self-employed applicants must produce their business registration certificate as proof)

BIOMETRIC PASSPORTS RENEWAL

What you need to apply for the passport:

1. First page and bio-data page with picture and information page
2. Valid Visa if the applicant has any in Old Passport
3. Last page
4. Proof of Profession if changed

BLACK BOOK PASSPORTS RENEWAL

What you need to apply for the passport:

1. First page (Coat of Arms and Director’s signature)
2. Biodata page with picture and information
3. Valid Visa if the applicant has any in Old Passport
4. Profession page
5. Proof of Profession if changed

MISSING PASSPORT

What you need to apply for the passport:

1. Police Report
2. Affidavit
3. Proof of Identity
4. Birth Certificate

DAMAGED PASSPORT

What you need to apply for the passport:

1. Old damaged passport
2. Affidavit

CHANGE OF NAME

What you need to apply for the passport:

1. Marriage/Divorce Certificate
2. Affidavit
3. Gazette

APPLICANT BELOW 18

What you need to apply for the passport:

1. Birth certificate
2. Parents or Guardians ID

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