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by: Fred Yaw Sarpong
The National Identification
Authority (NIA) has started registering all foreign nationals living in Ghana
for a total period of 90 days or more to be issued with the Non-citizen
Ghanacard.
A statement from NIA said the
Non-citizen Ghanacard shall be used for all transactions which require
identification. Foreign nationals who do not have the card will not have access
to essential services in Ghana.
According to NIA the
registration is mandatory and required
by Ghana law for all foreign nationals living in Ghana expect for members of
the diplomatic community.
‘Foreign nationals with
permanent residence or indefinite residence status are required to register.
Foreign nationals married to Ghanaian citizens who are also not naturalized as
Ghanaians are required to register,’ the statement said.
NIA said all foreign national
in Ghana first have purchase a FIMS Scratch card from any CAL Bank branch
across the country during normal banking hours. The cost of the Scratch card is
US$120.00 or its Cedi equivalent.
Daily Express
gathered that the country has been divided into four zones for the registration
purposes. Zone A comprises Greater Accra, Eastern and Volta; Zone B is made up
of Western and Central regions; Ashanti and Brong Ahafo regions fall within
Zone C while the three Northern regions (Northern, Upper East and Upper West) are
in Zone D category.
Meanwhile, as part of
registration, the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) is collaborating with the NIA
to organize a special mass registration at the Accra International Conference
Centre for foreign nationals with residence permit. ‘This registration will end
on 30th August, 2013,’ the statement added.
It added that from the
beginning of September, this year, no residence permit shall be issued or
renewed to any one without the Non-citizen Ghanacard.
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