Effective Thursday, November 13, 2025, Ghanaians will pay GHC350 instead of the previous GHC500 to acquire a passport, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has announced.
This, according to the government, is part of its efforts to ease financial burdens on citizens and improve access to essential public services.
It also forms part of the government’s promise to review passport processing costs and make travel documents more affordable for the citizenry.
Mr. Ablakwa, in a post on his Facebook on Sunday, November 9, 2025, noted that the price adjustment also aims to encourage more citizens to obtain valid travel documents through the appropriate channels, while discouraging the use of middlemen and unauthorised agents.
The new fee structure will apply to all Passport Application Centres (PACs) nationwide and covers standard application services.
The fee was increased by the previous NPP administration where the then sector Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, cited other subsidies which she said the state couldn’t subsidise anymore.
‘If you cannot afford a passport, I’m humbly asking you not to go for it – Ayorkor Botchwey
