Category: For Ghanaians

Getting a Biometric Ghanaian Passport Online has never been easy. Starting from January 2017, applications were opened to apply for legal biometric passports online. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration launched the online passport application service for Ghanaians to ease the mode of the application while ensuring maximum security for applicants.

Since then, there has been a lot of talk about the process, with some Ghanaian been sceptical about the whole “online application” process. We wrote a long post explaining every detail of the application process. You can read that in full here.

However, in this post, we look at some basic information we think you should know before you start the whole application process. If the information on this page is not enough, you can read a chunk of questions our readers have posted (with answers) about the application of the Biometric Ghanaian Passport online here. You can also ask your own questions on that same page.

Let us now look at the 4 important things you should know as a Ghanaian before you attempt the online application.

Is the whole online Biometric Ghanaian Passport Real?

Probably the most common question we are expected to answer each day. The answer still remains what it has been since day one. Yes! You can apply for your Biometric Ghanaian Passport online, and receive your genuine passport.

Yes, the application is real. Yes, there are testimonies of people who have filled the form and have received their passport.

Perhaps, the biggest yes would be that I personally renewed my passport through the process. Just like applying for Business Registration Online is real, so is the passport application.

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What is the difference between an Expedited Application and a Standard Application?

As with almost any other service, some people may need it more than others. The Biometric Passport Application is no different in this regard. There are two types of Application.

The first one is the Expedited Application which is popularly known as “Express Passport”, and the Standard Application, which we could just refer to as the normal application.

The Express Passport application form costs GHS 100, while the Standard Passport Application costs GHS 50, here in Ghana. The reason the express application costs more is that you get your passport in 15 days using that method. The Standard Application averagely takes a month.

Note that a passport that was delivered via the Express Application looks no different from one that passed through the Standard Application.

Do I have to still go to the Passport Application Centre after filling my Ghanaian Passport Form Online and what will I be going to do there?

Yes, you need to go to the Accra Passport Application Centre (PAC) to complete your online application. One may ask: If the application is online, then why go to the Accra PAC to complete it?

Well, the PAC needs to take your biometric data and photograph with their own systems. Also, you will be vetted by up to 4 Vetting Officers at the PAC to determine that your application is genuine, you are a Ghanaian, among other things.

The PAC is located just around the Department of Urban Roads in Accra, near the popular Tema Station (Tema Station is ironically not in Tema). You can follow directions to the Accra Passport Application Centre here.

Sample Filled Biometric Ghanaian Passport Online Application Form

If you are ever in doubt how what information you need to fill the passport application form, we have included a sample application form filled for a Biometric Passport as it appeared online. Download it here: Sample-Passport-Biometric-Ghana-Online-Passport-Application

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Digital Addressing is a modern and revolutionary approach to allocating addresses within a defined space with the aid of the latest geocoding technology available. This type of addressing is very robust as it stands the test of time irrespective of changes in borders and environments.

GhanaPostGPS is playing a major role in its collection of data that has been compiled and formatted into a virtual map and image. GhanaPostGPS embarks on an exercise that makes it possible to identify the location of a plot or dwelling on the ground by assigning an address using a system of maps and signs that gives the numbers or names of streets and buildings.

GhanaPostGPS is Ghana’s official digital property addressing system which ensures that all locations in the country are addressed. With GhanaPostGPS, every location has a unique digital address.

GhanaPost will be revived

The Minister for Communications, Ursula Owusu, believes that the launch of Ghana’s Digital Property Addressing System will boost the operations of the Ghana Post.

According to her, Ghana Post, which has in the last several years struggled with numerous challenges despite its prospects, will now play a key role in the roll-out of the addressing system.

“The inability to keep up with technological advances in the past bedeviled Ghana Post and almost killed it. Ironically, the technological advances of today have become the salvation and rejuvenation of Ghana Post, and this is what we are about to witness today [Wednesday],” she said at the launch of the system in Accra on Wednesday.

The launch of the digital addressing system is part of government’s grand plan of promoting effective governance through the adoption of modern technology.

Ursula Owusu remarked that the digital addressing system will unlock a new window into the area of modern technology for the country.

She added that the launch of the system will also help the country in the identification and registration of lands in the country, while banks will find it easier to locate their clients and borrowers.

Ursula, who had indicated at her ministerial vetting that her outfit will make the Ghana Post a profitable business, expressed her delight that the system, known as the Ghana Post GPS, is a partnership between a Ghanaian firm Vokacom, and the Ghana Post.

Ghana Post is a national communication and financial agency with nationwide coverage that has served its purpose for more than 5 decades.

In spite of its previous successes and dominance in the communication sector in the past, the company is currently struggling for relevance due to competition from private telecom companies, courier agencies and internet service providers.

Ghana’s Economy is on a way to be fully formalized

Processes to formalize Ghana’s economy have been given a great boost following the launch of the digital property addressing system in Accra on Wednesday.

This is the belief of the management of Ghana Post, who are partnering a Ghanaian company, Vodakom, and the Ministry of Communications to roll out the system, known as Ghana Post GPS.

The new Digital Address System, which generates unique postcodes to identify various locations in the country, gives the “business [Ghana Post] the opportunity to easily reach all Ghanaians and connect with all government agencies and other corporate networks.”

Ghana Post in a statement copied to citifmonline.com said the development will “transform and formalize the economy.”

“The National Identification Project is the second most important process of formalizing the economy. The digital address is a key requirement for registration of citizens and residents. Digital Addressing will now be the single most important tool for all citizens to locate government departments, business partners, friends, and relatives accurately and quickly. This new addressing system will change the way we do things forever, and will, therefore, lead to a formalized economy as well as change the entire business landscape,” Ghana Post said.

President Akufo-Addo at the launch said the government is committed to ensuring that the system is sustained and serves its purpose in enhancing business operations and facilitating the delivery of essential health and security services across the country.

The management of Ghana Post said every location in the country had been addressed digitally with unique codes.

“The Addressing system is nationally integrated, and it will house a comprehensive database of all properties in the country.”

“The new Post Code Range is based on the regional telephone codes used by the erstwhile Post & Telecommunications, where 02 was for Greater Accra, 05 for Ashanti and 09 for Volta, etc. Ghana Post by this has set the stage for commercial focus for the country.”

“The location system comes with all the necessary security protections including but not limited to a privacy policy protected by the Data Protection Act 843, fortified architecture, various access level controls, and an inter-ministerial data privacy committee that will monitor and ensure the security of the entire system,” it said.

The management of Ghana Post further urged the public to patronize its services as it works to bring “efficient product and services to the doorstep of Ghanaians through the digital addressing system.”

How to Download GhanaPostGPS

Android: Click here

iOS: Click here

Windows Phone: [To be Updated]

Web Platform: Visit here

The app is available on iOS, Android, Windows and Web Platforms to all and sundry with the most basic knowledge of use.