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Ghana: Knowledge Base profile

This document contains information about Ghana to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.

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This document includes information about:

  • names
  • nationality
  • legitimacy and parental responsibility
  • adoption
  • surrogacy
  • gender recognition
  • civil partnerships and marriage
  • documents from Ghana

Updates to this page

Published 18 August 2025
Last updated 8 September 2026 Show all updates
  1. This Knowledge base profile has been updated in the Names section to show when HM Passport Office will add an observation to the British passport referencing the name shown in the customer's foreign passport.

  2. First published.

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