"Kotoka International Airport readies for e-passport rollout"

" \n Kotoka International Airport readies for e-passport rollout \n \n\n \n Immigration officers are undergoing training for the use of card readable machines used to authenticate e-passports that have been installed at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA). \n \n\n \n The training, according to\u00a0AviationGhana\u00a0sources at the airport, is expected to be completed by the end of February for the roll-out of the Ghana Card e-Passport programme. \n \n\n \n For now, the Ghana Card e-Passport will be accepted for boarding of flights into Ghana only, subject to the rules and regulations by immigration officers in the 197 eligible ICAO-member countries. \n \n\n \n The use of the Ghana Card as the sole document for travelling abroad is not possible until Ghana completes the next stage of the ICAO integration that makes it possible to issue visas on the card by the relevant embassies and consulates in-country. \n \n\n \n Read: Ghana, Kenya and Ethiopia are about to experience serious debt risks \u2013 Standard Bank Group \n \n\n \n For dual citizens and resident foreigners who have the card, border control officers at Kotoka International Airport confirmed that the Ghana card will act as their visa and facilitate their admittance into Ghana. \n \n\n \n \u201cThey will need to add their Ghana Card to their other passport to be processed and admitted into Ghana. They will not need to apply and secure visas before coming,\u201d the source confirmed. \n \n\n \n The expected rollout of the e-passport follows the importation of Ghana\u2019s country signing certificate authority into the PKF system through what is known as a \u2018key ceremony\u2019 held at the Civil Aviation Organization in Montreal in Canada on Wednesday, February 9, 2022. \n \n\n \n Ghana\u2019s High Commissioner to Canada, Ransford Sowah, received the \u2018key\u2019 to symbolically indicate the Ghana\u2019s entry into ICAO\u2019s public key directorate. \n \n\n \n The ICAO Public Key Directory (PKD) is a central repository for exchanging the information required to authenticate e-passports. \n "

"Kotoka International Airport readies for e-passport rollout"

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