How to Apply?

Applicants are required to complete a Dual Citizenship Application Form (Form 10) at a cost of Rs.2,500. An additional sum of Rs.2500/- will be required for the issuance of the certificate. Form 10 is obtainable from the High Commission of Ghana in New Delhi.

Attachment to application form (evidence of Ghanaian nationality) :

• Birth Certificate/Passport
• Evidence of Parents Nationality – Passport, Voters ID Card, Birth Certificate.
• Shall be issued with a Ghanaian passport or travel document.
• 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 in 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;
• 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;
• Any other public office that the Minister for the Interior may by legislative instrument prescribe.