Non-Citizen Ghana Card

Your Identity, Our Priority

Connecting Foreign Nationals in Ghana through a Secure and Essential Identification System.  

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Non-Citizen Ghana Card

Who we are

The Foreigners Identity Management Systems (FIMS) project is a Public-Private Partnership between the National Identification Authority (NIA) and Identity Management Systems (IMS) to register and issue foreign nationals secure, biometric and multipurpose smart ID cards called the Non-Citizen Ghana Card.

This project provides foreign nationals the legal identity to access e-government and e-commerce services.

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The Ghana Card &
The Law

NATIONAL IDENTITY REGISTER REGULATIONS, 2012 SECTION 1 (LI 2111)

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Minister responsible for the National Identification System by section 73 (1) of the National Identity Register Act, 2008 (Act 750), and on the advice of the Board of the National Identification Authority these Regulations are made this 20th day of February, 2012.

  1. The following individuals, who are eligible for registration under section 7 of the Act, shall apply in person to the Authority for a national identity card to be known as the "Ghana Card":
  1. Ghanaian citizen;
  2. a foreign national permanently resident in the country;
  3. a foreign national who is cumulatively resident in the country for at least ninety days; and
  4. a dual citizen, namely an individual who holds a Ghanaian citizenship in addition to any other citizenship.

Mandatory use of National
Identity Card

NATIONAL IDENTITY REGISTER REGULATIONS, 2012 SECTION 1 (LI 2111)

7.1. A national identity card issued to an individual shall be used for the following transactions where identification is required:

  1. application for and issuance of a passport;
  2. application for and issuance of a driver's licence;
  3. opening of individual or personal bank accounts;
    purchase of insurance policies;
  4. purchase, transfer and registration of land by an individual
    or a connected transaction subject to the provisions of other enactments;
  5. transactions pertaining to individuals in respect of pensions;
    transactions specified under the National Health Insurance Scheme;
  6. transactions that have social security implications;
  7. consumer credit transactions;
    registration of voters;
  8. payment of taxes;
  9. registration of SIM cards;
  10. applications for public or government services, facilities, approvals, permissions or benefits, and
  11. any other transaction which the Authority may determine and publish in the Gazette

7.2. An organization that offers any of the services in respect of transactions listed under subregulation

(1) shall demand the presentation of a national identity card from the individual concerned before providing the relevant service to the individual.

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The NIA Mandate

As a foreign national staying in Ghana for 90 days or more or seeking access to government services, it is mandated by law to register for a Non-Citizen Ghana Card under the National Identity Register Regulations, 2012 (L.I. 2111).

    The National Identification Authority (NIA) was established by the National Identification Authority Act, 2006 (Act 707) with a mandate to:
  1. Collect, process, store, retrieve, and disseminate personal data on and issue national identity cards to;
  2. Ghanaian citizens – both resident and non-resident and
  3. Legally and permanently resident foreign nationals
  4. Ensure the accuracy, integrity, and security of such data,
  5. Make data in its custody available to persons or institutions authorised by law to access the data

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