THE GHANA HIGH COMMISSION, PRETORIA, WOULD LIKE TO INFORM ALL GHANAIANS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR DUAL CITIZENSHIP, UNDER THE PROVISION OF THE CITIZENSHIP ACT 2002 ( ACT 591), THAT THEY ARE NO LONGER MANDATORILY REQUIRED TO APPLY FOR DUAL CITIZENSHIP CERTIFICATE OR CARD.
2. PER THE DIRECTIVE OF THE GHANA IMMIGRATION SERVICE, WHEN TRAVELING TO GHANA, DUAL NATIONALS COULD HAVE THEIR GHANA PASSPORT, FOR ENTRY PURPOSES WITHOUT A VISA, AND THEIR OTHER PASSPORT, FOR EXIT OUT OF GHANA AND ENTRY IN TO THE OTHER COUNTRY. THOSE TRAVELERS ARE TO PROVIDE BOTH PASSPORTS AT THE IMMIGRATION CHECK POINT UPON ARRIVAL IN GHANA.
3. HOWEVER, IN CASES OF COUNTRIES SUCH AS THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY , AUSTRIA, AND THE NETHERLANDS, WHERE CITIZENSHIP LAWS DO NOT SUBSCRIBE TO DUAL NATIONALITY, GHANAIANS WHO OPTED TO RENOUNCE THEIR GHANAIAN NATIONALITY IN FAVOR OF CITIZENSHIP OF THOSE COUNTRIES WOULD HAVE TO BEAR THEIR OWN RESPONSIBILITY OF TRAVELING TO GHANA WITH THEIR OWN CHOICE OF TRAVELING DOCUMENT.
4. IN THIS CASE, THE ELECTION TO TRAVEL TO GHANA WITH A FOREIGN PASSPORT WITHOUT A DUAL NATIONALITY CARD WOULD AUTOMATICALLY REQUIRE A GHANAIAN ENTRY VISA, NOT BECAUSE THE APPLICANT WHO RENOUNCED HIS/HER GHANAIAN NATIONALITY IS BEING TREATED UNFAIRLY BUT IN VIEW OF THE ELECTION TO TRAVEL WITH A FOREIGN PASSPORT.
5. THEREFORE, THOSE IN NEED OF GHANAIAN DUAL CITIZENSHIP CARDS AND CERTIFICATES AND APPLYING FOR SAME MAY DO SO ON THEIR OWN VOLITION AND FOR THEIR OWN BENEFIT.
6. THE GHANA HIGH COMMISSION IN PRETORIA, WOULD LIKE TO INFORM ALL GHANAIANS THAT THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA IMPOSES NO FETTER OR CONDITION ON THE EXERCISE OF A DUAL NATIONAL’S RIGHT AS A CITIZEN, EXCEPT FOR APPOINTMENTS TO SOME REPUBLIC OFFICES OF GHANA
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