Do I need to bring a passport photo for Ghana?

No. The Ghana Immigration Service captures your digital photograph and fingerprints on site at the application centre (step 3), and adds a final biometric check when you collect the passport (step 5).

What size photo does Ghana require?

There is no official self-supplied photo size for a Ghanaian passport — the photograph is captured on site as biometric data. Any size quoted elsewhere is not part of the official procedure.

Who issues Ghanaian passports?

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration issues Ghanaian passports exclusively. The types are Contemporary (ordinary, 10-year validity), Service, and Diplomatic.

How do I collect the passport?

Completed passports are sent to a PAC (passport application centre), where you collect yours by presenting your submission receipt and undergoing a final biometric check.

Does this apply if I apply online?

The online portal is an application entry point; the photograph itself is still captured in person as biometric data. The official sources do not publish a self-supplied photo specification.

Ghana Passport Photo — captured on site

For a Ghanaian passport you do not bring a photo. The Immigration Service (GIS) captures your digital photograph and fingerprints on site at the application centre, and finalises them with a biometric check when you collect. There is no official self-supplied size to crop to. Verified against the official GIS sources, September 2026.

No self-supplied photo — it is captured on site

The official application process runs in steps, and the photo is taken as part of step 3: “Applicant is invited to take digital photograph and biometric data-finger-prints”. official ↗

When the passport is ready, step 5 adds a final check: “Completed passports are sent to PAC where applicants can collect their passports by presenting their submission receipt and undergoing a final biometric check.” official ↗

Because the photograph is taken live at the centre as biometric data, there is no applicant-side frame size, background colour or pixel spec to prepare — and no official figure is published for one. Any “official size” you may see quoted for a Ghanaian passport on third-party sites is not part of the official procedure, so no size figure is given here.

Who issues the passport

Ghanaian passports are issued exclusively by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, in three types: Contemporary (ordinary, 10-year validity), Service, and Diplomatic. official ↗

What to expect at the centre

Step 3 — capture	Digital photograph and fingerprints are taken on site at the application centre	official ↗
Step 5 — collection	Collect at the PAC with your submission receipt and a final biometric check	official ↗
Issuing body	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration	official ↗
Types	Contemporary (ordinary, 10 years), Service, Diplomatic	official ↗

If you need a photo for something else

Ghana captures the passport photo on site, so there is nothing to prepare — but if you need a photo for a visa, ID or another document, you can crop and check one locally with the photo size chart and the free tools. Nothing is uploaded; the photo stays on your device.

Official sources

A — Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) application process, http://gis.gov.gh/gh_passport.html (official gis.gov.gh domain, retrieved via archive snapshot 20190802000922, 2026-09-25): the 5-step flow including on-site digital photograph + fingerprints (step 3) and final biometric check (step 5).
A — GIS Ghanaian passport page, https://home.gis.gov.gh/ghanaian-passport/ (official gis.gov.gh domain, retrieved via archive snapshot 20230528224114, 2026-09-25): the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration issues passports exclusively; passport types and validity.

No official dimension, background or pixel figure is published for a self-supplied Ghanaian passport photo, so none is stated here — the photograph is captured on site as biometric data.