Ghanaian travelers who were conceded into the nation for the primary time with the Ghana Card, rather than identifications, have portrayed the framework as quick and helpful.
Numbering 14, the travelers, who arrived at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) at almost 11:15 a.m. on Monday, March 1, 2022, onboard an Ethiopian Airline flight (ET 921) from Addis Ababa, went through the method, which was conducted by authorities of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS).
This came to light when authorities of the GIS took a few writers to the entry corridor of Terminal 3 of the KIA to observe the method as portion of the official presentation of the utilize of the Ghana Card, Walk 1, as an ICAO-compliant travel report.
In isolated interviews, two of the travelers, Mr Dennis Bekoe, who arrived from the Joined together Kingdom (UK), and Ms Akua Mansa from South Africa, said the card was less demanding to utilize, as against the visa, since they went through less time going through the entry forms.
Assigned booths
The Appointee Head of the Management Information Systems (MIS) Division at the GIS, Chief Director Sharif Karikari, told the media after the perception of the entry handle that a few booths had been assigned as places to confess Ghanaians with Ghana cards into the nation.
On entry, he said, the personality of the Ghana Card holders would be confirmed against the national character enroll “some time recently we go ahead to confess the traveler to be beyond any doubt the proprietor is, undoubtedly, the legitimate proprietor of the card.”
He included: “When one has as it were the card, we handle the person through the framework, and after verification, the person is prepared through the embarkation card and after that he is conceded into the nation.”
Moreover, Chief Supt Karikari said all the airlines had been communicated to on boarding with Ghana cards.
Responding to a address on outsiders with the Ghana Card, he said “those with non-citizen cards who are outsiders can not utilize it since they are other nationals.”
He said once a Ghanaian traveler was effectively confirmed, that person would be conceded into the nation.