Government through the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has announced plans to reduce the cost of passport fees for Ghanaians living in the United States of America (USA).
Ms Botchwey revealed this when she met with the Ghanaian community in Worcester, Massachusetts in the USA.
“Mr President has directed that the fees that you pay for passports, the fees are too high and therefore we should do all we can to reduce the fees. This will also be done in addition to increasing the duration to 10 years,” she said.
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“So very soon we will come to you with the new passport fees so that when your passport expires, you’ll not pay the amount that you’re currently paying, it will be less than what you are paying,” she assured.
Government earlier in 2019 announced it had begun the issuance of a 10-year validity passport booklet to qualified applicants.
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The 10-year passport validity extension, however, does not include holders of diplomatic or service passports as diplomatic passports shall not exceed five years.
Source: Ghana/ Adomonline.com/ Gertrude Otchere