WITH GHANA CARD  YOU CAN BOARD A FLIGHT WITHOUT VISA

The Ghana Card has become the sole document for the ongoing nationwide SIM card registration exercise, which ends in March 2022.

 "This means that by the end of the first quarter next year, the Ghana Card will be recognised globally as an e-passport," he stressed, adding: "When this happens, holders of the Ghana Card will be allowed to board any flight to Ghana."

The veep of Ghana indicated that Ghanaians in the diaspora will not a visas to travel to Ghana.

"Therefore, the good news to diasporan Ghanaians is that when the Ghana Immigration Service is linked to the NIA architecture, diasporan Ghanaians who hold the Ghana Card should not have to obtain visas to travel to Ghana.

As a matter of fact over 15 million Ghanaians have been enrolled on the Ghana Card and it has gained global recognised as an e-passport. The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has accepted the usage of the cards as e-passport.

He indicated that it will be operational by the end of the first quarter of 2022.

"We expect this to be operational by the end of the first quarter of next year.

"Ghana is one of the few countries in the world where the national ID card is also an e-passport."

The government of Ghana aims at covering almost every Ghanaian by the end of 2022.

"The issuance of the Ghana Card has provided Ghana with a database that will be the anchor for all transactions in the future, providing unique identity to all individuals." Dr. Bawunia