Coronavirus (COVID-19)
The health and safety of Australians overseas is our highest priority. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, entry to the Australian High Commission is by appointment only. Our ability to provide some services may be limited. We will continue to prioritise consular services to those in genuine need. If you require urgent assistance, please contact our Consular Emergency Centre, Canberra (Australia): +61 2 6261 3305.
Passport Services
Application for an Australian Passport Overseas
Use this form — only if you are an Australian citizen applying for an Australian passport outside Australia.
Please go to www.passports.gov.au to select an option from the menu.
For further information on how to get an adult passport click here.
If you are renewing your Australian adult passport — visit our website to see if you are eligible to use the streamlined renewal process.
Contact your nearest Australian diplomatic mission or consulate if you need help.
The following things will help you complete the form and minimise our requests for further information:
Completing your form
Use black ink and print within the boxes in B L O C K L E T T E R S
Complete the form in English.
If you are not required to give information in some parts of the form, leave the boxes blank.
Choose an appropriate guarantor to endorse your photo and complete section 11 of the form. Your guarantor must either possess a current Australian passport or be employed in an approved professional or occupational group.
Guarantor Occupational Categories
- Accountants
- Bailiffs
- Barristers, Solicitors and Patent Attorneys
- Bank Managers except manager of bank travel centres
- Chartered Professional Engineers
- Clerk of courts
- Clerk of Petty Sessions
- Dentists
- Holders of Statutory Offices
- Judges
- Marriage Celebrants
- Pharmacists
- Police Officers with at least 5 years continuous services
- Postal Managers
- Registered Chiropractors
- Registered Medical Practitioners
- Registered Nurses or Midwives
- Registered Optometrists
- Registered Physiotherapists
- Registered Tax Agents
- Registered Veterinary Surgeons
- Sheriffs
- Teachers who are full time and who have been teaching for more than five years at schools or tertiary institutions
Lodging your form
Adult applications should be lodged in person by the applicant at the nearest Australian diplomatic mission or consulate.
Child applications should be lodged by a person with parental responsibility for the child (the lodging person is not required to be an Australian citizen). Child applicants aged 16 or 17 must attend with the person lodging the application.
The person lodging the application must provide documents that show their name, photo, signature, and current address.
You are required to make an appointment to lodge this application. Please
use this link https://australianhighcommissionghana.setmore.com/ to book appointment.
What to bring to your passport appointment
- Your completed application form.
- The current application fees. Check Fees /Or Contact us for the Ghana cedis equivalent)
- Your current or most recent Australian passport if you have one.
- Documents that prove your Australian citizenship and your identity.
- If you are under 18 years of age (and have never been married): your full original birth certificate showing the names of your parents and your full name at birth. (Australian birth extracts and commemorative certificates are not acceptable.)
- Name change documents, if applicable.
- Two colour photos, less than six months old, with one signed as a true photo of the applicant by the guarantor. Ensure that photos meet Australian Passport Office standards. See photo guidelines here for details.
Photos that do not meet our requirements will be rejected and this will delay the issue of your passport.
Please note that you must provide original supporting documents (not certified copies)
You must provide approved English translations for any foreign language documents.
Use BLACK INK
Visit www.homeaffairs.gov.au/citizenship for all enquiries relating to citizenship.
Processing time for your passport: Please go to passports.gov.au for the latest advice on passport processing turnaround times.
If you have an urgent need to travel, contact your nearest Australian diplomatic mission or consulate.
For Information on child passport applications follow these steps here.
Parental consent: Under Australian law, the written consent of each person with parental responsibility for a child is required before a passport may be issued to the child. For further information, read the notes here or visit our website.
Application for an Australian Passport
In line with our Consular Sharing Agreement with the Canadians, applicants from our countries of accreditation (Burkina Faso, CDI, Mali and Senegal), may first contact the Canadian Embassy to have their identity verified, and then courier their application to Post, instead of attending the interview at Post.
If you require an emergency travel document, please contact the Australian High Commission, Accra.
NB: Book your Consular/Passport appointments here.
Notarial service fees to increase from 1 January 2022
The Australian High Commission provides notarial services by appointment only. A full list of the current notarial service fees can be found here.
Click here to book your Notarial appointments .
From 2018 onwards, notarial service fees will increase annually in line with the Consumer Price Index published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
For some services there are free alternatives available to clients, such as witnessing of documents by medical practitioners or police officers.