The Ghana Immigration Service has declared that from today, Tuesday, March 1st Ghanaian holders of the Ghana Card can go on it into Ghana from all regions of the planet.
A press articulation by the Ghana Immigration Service on Monday clarified that double resident Ghanaians, who up until recently expected visas to get back to Ghana on their unfamiliar identifications, can likewise now go back to Ghana on their Ghana Card, without requiring section visas.
The positive assertion by the Ghana Immigration Service follows a comparative one by the Ghana Air terminal Organization Restricted (GACL) last month, which asked all aircrafts on the planet through the Global Air Transport Affiliation (IATA), that the Ghana Card, would from Walk 1, 2022, be perceived as an electronic worldwide voyaging character record for all holders of the Ghana Card.
The GACL's declaration to the aircrafts, followed a Vital Function at the central command of the Global Common Flight Association (ICAO) in Montreal, Canada, to formally perceive the Ghana Card as a Machine Comprehensible Travel Record (MRTD).
Ghana Card is currently e-visa - ICAO announces
As the Ghana Card e-identification produces results, the movement authority's press articulation has illuminated the Ghana Card as an e-visa and its constraints.
For the time being, as was declared by the VP, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, holders of the Ghana Card can now utilize it to make a trip back to Ghana from any region of the planet, as well as use it for movements inside the ECOWAS subregion, which doesn't need section visas.
The second period of the Ghana Card e-identification will be when Ghana agrees with nations, which will make it workable for Ghanaian holders of the Ghana Card to utilize it to go to different nations with electronic visas gave on the card.
The Ghana Immigration Service has additionally declared measures it has set up at the Kotoka Global Air terminal to deal with Ghanaians getting back on their Ghana Card.
VP Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia initially declared government had almost finished cycles to transform the Ghana Card into an electronic voyaging report for Ghanaians (e-visa) before the finish of the principal quarter of the year.
The e-identification thought got a significant lift when the Worldwide Common Aciation Association (ICAO) perceived the Ghana Card as a Machine Meaningful Travel Report (MRTD) that can be perused and checked by the ICAO Public Key Catalog (PKD) at most air terminals universally.
By Dauda Mohammed/remedynewshub.com