Ghana Card: Foreigners required to pay $120 for non-citizen Ghana Card

Ghana Card: Foreigners required to pay $120 for non-citizen Ghana Card

- NIA has disclosed that foreign nationals are supposed to pay an amount of $120 for non-citizen Ghana Card

- The foreign nationals are unhappy about the amount they are supposed to pay

- According to them, they already pay a lot of money to renew their permits

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has disclosed that it would be charging foreigners $120 each for a non-citizen Ghana card.

This information has raised concerns among the foreign community in the country who say the amount is outrageous as they are already being charged for the renewal of resident permits.

The NIA, in an advertisement in the Daily Graphic, said the National Identification Authority (NIA) in line with the National Identification Register Act, 2008 (Act 750), L.I 2111, is registering all foreign nationals resident in Ghana for 90 days or more and issuing them with the non-citizens Ghana Card issued at any Foreign Identification Management System (FIMS) registration centre.

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“The non-citizen Ghana Card shall be used for ALL transactions which require identification. Eligible foreign nationals who do not have a non-citizen citizen Ghana card are in breach of the law and may be refused access to essential services in Ghana,” the advert noted.

The NIA said all foreign nationals living in Ghana above age six were required to register for the card except “foreign nationals and their families working for the United Nations (UN), Embassies and Consulates.”

Meanwhile, the International Spouses Association of Ghana (ISAG), an association of spouses of Ghana citizens are also protesting the move. They questioned the relevance of the card because they already possess identity documents which bear the same details that would be featured on the cards.

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They content that they must not be included in the category of expatriates since they fall in a unique category by virtue of the fact that they are married

“Despite fully supporting the aim of producing a new national ID and electronic register that will enable the government plan for all persons living within Ghana, we strongly believe that foreign spouses of citizens of Ghana cannot be placed on the same categories as all other foreigners,” spokesperson for the International Spouses Association of Ghana, Katie Danquah said.

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