7 Things You Should Know About Ghana’s New Chip-Embedded Passport System

Ghana’s passport system is getting a high-tech makeover, promising faster service, stronger security, and even job creation.

Under the newly introduced Reset Chip-Embedded Passport Reforms, Ghanaians can now expect their passports to be delivered within 15 days at no extra cost.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, in a recent post on his X page on Sunday, April 27, 2025, as sighted by GhanaWeb Business, outlined a series of major reforms introduced under Ghana’s new chip-embedded passport system, highlighting improved efficiency, enhanced security, and cost-saving benefits for Ghanaians.

According to him, the reforms aim to transform the country’s passport application and delivery process.

Read below the seven interesting facts about Ghana’s Reset Chip-Embedded Passport Reforms:

• You won’t be charged extra for the courier delivery of your chip-embedded passport.

• Passport officials will be sanctioned if they fail to ensure that your passport is delivered within 15 days.

• Ghana Post is the lead courier service provider. Its nationwide presence will allow Ghanaians with address challenges to pick up their chip-embedded passports at the nearest Ghana Post office.

• The 24-Hour Passport Operations and Courier Services will create more jobs.

• All these reforms are being implemented under reduced passport application fees.

• The cost of these reforms is being covered by the reduced passport application fees under a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement, so the Ghanaian taxpayer has not been burdened with any additional contracts.

• The new security-enhanced chip-embedded passports will make Ghana compliant with requirements from the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), which states that our current passports will be obsolete by 2030.

Interesting facts about our Reset Chip-Embedded Passport Reforms:

1) You won’t be charged extra for the courier delivery of your chip-embedded passports;

2) Passport officials will be sanctioned if they do not ensure your passport is delivered under 15 days;

3) Ghana Post is…

— Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa (@S_OkudzetoAblak) April 27, 2025