Guidelines for the acquisition of Dual-Citizenship – Republic of Ghana

How to apply:

Applicants are required to complete a Dual Citizenship Application Form (Form 10) and make a payment of 15,000 XOF.

Attachment to the application form (evidence of Ghanaian nationality)

• Birth Certificate/Passport
• Evidence of Parents’ Nationality – Passport, Voter ID Card, Birth Certificate.
• Six (6) passport-sized photographs

NB: Dual Citizenship Holder

• Shall be issued with a Ghanaian passport or travel document;
• Shall be permitted to remain in Ghana without limitation provided the person entered on a Ghanaian passport;
• Shall not be permitted to use two passports interchangeably to deceive an Immigration Officer. Any dual citizen who does so will be considered to have committed a criminal offence and will be liable on a summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 250 penalty units or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding one year or to both.

No citizen of Ghana shall qualify to be appointed as a holder of any office specified in this section if he holds the citizenship of any other country in addition to his citizenship of Ghana:

• Chief Justice and Justices of the Supreme Court;
• Ambassador or High Commissioner;
• Secretary to the Cabinet;
• Chief of Defence Staff;
• Inspector-General of the Police;
• Commissioner, Customs, Excise and Preventive Service;
• Director of Immigration Service;
• Commissioner, Value Added Tax Service;
• Director-General, Prisons Service;
• Chief Fire Officer;
• Chief Director of a Ministry;
• A rank of Colonel in the Army or its equivalent in the other security services; and
• Any other public office that the Minister for the Interior may by legislative instrument prescribe.

Download the Dual Citizen Application Form here