The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) recruits through the Ministry of the Interior’s Centralised Services E-Recruitment Portal (C-SERP), in the same exercise as the police, fire and prisons services. It is one of the most competitive: in the 2025/26 exercise, more than 180,000 people applied and about 1,000 were to be taken.
The figures here are from that 2025/26 exercise. Each exercise publishes its own notice; read the current one before you apply.
Who can apply
| Category | Age | Education |
|---|---|---|
| General duty | 18 to 30 | 5 WASSCE credits (A1-C6) including English and Maths |
| Tradesmen | Up to 35 | A trade certificate and two years’ experience |
| Graduates | 21 to 30 | A degree; professionals with a valid registration up to 35 |
You must be a Ghanaian citizen with no criminal record.
Height: 168 cm for men and 157 cm for women, the same as the prisons service.
A D7 in English or Maths is a pass, not a credit. — Is D7 a credit?
Applying
- Buy the e-voucher for the immigration service, through the USSD code or bank the notice names. Vouchers are sold per service.
- Register on the C-SERP portal with the serial number and PIN, fill in the form, choose your category and upload your documents: birth certificate, Ghana Card and certificates.
- Submit, and keep the application ID you are sent.
- Watch the portal for the shortlist.
- Screening: a physical test first, then documents, an aptitude test, a medical and an interview.
Certificates are checked with WAEC. In 2026 recruits were dismissed from the security services’ training schools after their WASSCE results turned out to be forged.
Nobody can sell you a place
The Interior Ministry has said recruitment is on merit and that anyone who pays someone to secure a place is disqualified. The GIS has issued its own warnings about recruitment fraud. Buy the voucher through the official channel and nothing else.
What the job is
The GIS staffs Ghana’s airports, ports and land borders, issues and checks visas and residence permits, and investigates immigration offences. — Ghanaian visas and entry requirements