The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has issued a final notice to individuals still holding Diplomatic and Service Passports issued under the previous administration.
The ministry has instructed that they return these documents by March 17, 2025.
This follows an earlier announcement on 15 January 2025, in line with a directive from the Office of the President to review and retrieve all such passports that are no longer valid under current government regulations.
According to the ministry despite previous notices, 404 Diplomatic Passports and 387 Service Passports remain unreturned.
The ministry has urged the following individuals to surrender their passports immediately to the Legal and Treaties Bureau at the Ministry:
Former Ministers and their spouses
Former Members of Parliament (all political parties)
Former Council of State members and their spouses
Retired Justices of the Superior and Lower Courts
Former Regional Ministers, MMDCEs, board chairs, and state institution members
Officials of the National Cathedral Project
Former political ambassadors and their dependents
Businessmen and entrepreneurs
Former government functionaries
Any person holding an official passport without a current government role
The Ministry has warned that failure to comply by the 17 March deadline will result in the immediate cancellation of these passports, which will be added to the Stop-Watch List adding that any such passports found at Ghana’s entry or exit points will be seized on sight.
