Passport Processing Fees To Go Up 100%

A top government official has disclosed plans by government to hike the processing fees of passport by July this year.

Though the source did not disclosed how much was to be increased, the BUSINESS & FINANCIAL TIMES' investigations have revealed that people seeking to have fresh passports would be required to pay ?100,000 instead of ?50,000 currently being charged.


In addition, the operations of the passport office and its sister institutions would undergo major restructuring in line with the public sector reform programme to free government from huge annual subsidy it pays to keep Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) and the Passport office running.

The official told BUSINESS & FINANCIAL TIMES in an interview that an outline of the reforms has already been discussed and placed before Cabinet and that it would soon be made public.