The Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Ministry has with immediate effect suspended passport services at all the Passport Application Centres (PACs) across the country.
The Ministry said applicants will not be admitted for vetting and capture procedures and also for collection of processed passport.
The Ministry further said all passports application centers will remain closed until such a time that the situation will be sufficiently safe for opening.
In a statement, the Ministry said: “applicants will not be admitted for vetting” nor be allowed to go through processes “for collection of processed passports.”
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This decision forms part of actions put in place by the government to prevent the spread of the 2019 coronavirus.
“All PACs will remain closed for the next two weeks or until such a time that the situation would be sufficiently safe for opening,” the statement read.
The Ministry had earlier instituted temporary measures with the acquisition of passports.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration in Ghana, in keeping with government’s efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19, has instituted temporary measures with the acquisition of passports.
The Ministry in a statement said only passport applications with “proof of emergency will be attended to for the next 4 weeks at all passport centres across the country beginning Tuesday, March 17. 2020.”
The passport office adds to the growing number of institutions that are either suspending or limiting their services to contain the virus.
