London (UK) -- The Ghana High Commission in the UK would commence the processing of the Dual Citizenship Scheme with effect from Friday, November 1, 2002 in accordance with the provisions of the Citizenship Act, 2002. (Act 591).
Applicants eligible for Dual citizenship are those who hold citizenship of any country in addition to the citizenship of Ghana.
For the avoidance of doubt, Ghanaians with indefinite stay endorsements in their Ghanaian passports are not entitled to apply since they are not bona fide citizens of their host countries.
In all instances, all applicants are required by law to provide evidence of their Ghanaian nationality or their country of birth. They would be required to provide the following particulars to be accompanied by six-passport size photographs.
- - Birth certificates or passports -
- Parents’ nationality - (passports)
- or voters ID card, Birth certificate of Parents
- or British or other non Ghanaian passports
On acquiring the dual citizenship status, applicants would be entitled to apply for a Ghanaian passport besides the passport of the other country whose citizenship they have already acquired.
Under the Dual citizenship law, it is an offence for a dual citizenship holder to use two passports interchangeably to deceive an immigration officer.
Those who violate the law would be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 250 penalty units or a term of imprisonment not exceeding a year or both.
In this connection, all dual citizens are required to travel only with their certificates of Dual Citizenship and only one passport of their choice.
It is anticipated that successful applicants would be able to receive their certificates within three months.
