A Ghanaian passport takes as long as its approval takes, plus the delivery time of the service you paid for. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sets three:
| Service | Fee | Delivered |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | ₵350 | Within 15 working days of approval |
| Expedited | ₵700 | In under 7 days |
| One-day | ₵2,000 | Within 24 hours |
Every fee includes courier delivery to your address, by Ghana Post or Shark Express. You do not go back to collect it.
When the clock starts
The delivery time runs from approval, not from the day you apply. Before approval come the online form, payment, your biometrics appointment and a check of your documents against your Ghana Card and birth certificate. That part is where applications wait, and paying for a faster service does not make it faster.
What holds an application up:
- A name that differs between your Ghana Card, your birth certificate and your old passport, by a middle name, a spelling or the order. Fix it first. — Fixing a name mismatch
- An appointment slot weeks away at the busiest centres. Check other centres; the booking system shows them.
- A guarantor who cannot be reached.
Which service to pay for
- Travelling in more than a month: standard. It is the same passport.
- Travelling in one to three weeks: expedited, once approved.
- An emergency: the one-day service.
Ask before you pay whether your application is already approved. Paying for speed on an application stuck at verification buys nothing.
Applying
Online at passport.mfa.gov.gh. The premium centres in Accra and Kumasi closed in February 2026. Pay only through the portal; nobody legitimate asks for cash to speed it up. — How to get a Ghanaian passport
Once it arrives
Check every letter of your name and your date of birth. Then check that the countries you are going to accept it for the length of your trip: many need 6 months left on it.