NIA To Charge ¢30 For Updates Or Corrections On Ghana Card Effective Monday 8th August, 2022
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The National Identification Authority (NIA) which has an oversight responsibility of Ghana Card has announced that the institution will embark on providing updates of personal information to already card bearers effective 8th August 2022.
The said update of Personal Information (change or correction of personal data) and Card Replacement Services will take place across its Regional and Operational District Offices and will attract a fee of ¢30.00
The services are slated as follows:
1. Monday, 8th August 2022 – Update of Personal Information Service at the 16 Regional Offices;
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2. Monday, 8th August 2022 – Card Replacement Service at all the 275 Operational District Offices; and
3. Monday, 12th September 2022 – Update of Personal Information Service will be decentralized to the 275 Operational District Offices.
Moreover, continuous Registration Services already taking place at the Regional and District Offices will run alongside the services stated above, while Card Replacement Service currently being offered at the
16 Regional Offices will cease from Monday, 8th August 2022.
Applicants requesting the Update of Personal Information Service must observe the following
guidelines:
1. Applicants need to complete and sign an electronic Update Request Form at the Regional Office;
2. Any update, which changes the information printed on the face of the Ghana Card already issued to an applicant, will attract a fee of Ghc30.00. The list of updates that attract a fee of Ghc30.00 is as follows:
a. Change or Correction of Applicant’s Name
b. Change or Correction of the order of Applicant’s Name
c. Correction or Addition of Applicant’s Previous Name or Maiden Name
d. Correction of Applicant’s Date of Birth
e. Change or Correction of the Nationality of Applicant
f. Correction of Applicant’s Gender
g. Change or Correction of Applicant’s Height
3. All other updates, which do not result in the printing of a new Ghana Card for an applicant, are FREE of charge.
The list of free updates is as follows:
a. Change or Correction of Residential Address
b. Change or Correction of Digital Address Code
c. Change or Addition of Postal Address
d. Correction of Hometown details
e. Correction of Place of Birth details
f. Addition or Change of telephone numbers and/or email address
g. Change of Marital Status
h. Addition or Change of Government IDs e.g. Voter ID Card, SSNIT Card, NHIS
Card, etc.
i. Change of Disability Status
j. Change or Addition of details of Spouse
k. Change of Next-of-Kin details
l. Correction of details of Parents
m. Change of Level of Education
n. Change of Occupation
o. Change or Correction of color of hair and/or eyes
4. The Ghc30.00 fee for all fee-paying update services must be made with either the:
a. CalBank Mobile Banking Platform with short code *771#; or
b. CalBank Online Mobile App; or
c. At a CalBank Branch Office
The release stated further that NIA will not accept cash payments for the update service at any of its Regional Offices.
5. All applicants for the update service will be required to provide the reason for the update
and must support the request with evidence. Examples of the documents required to update personal information are as follows:
a. Correction of Name/Correction of spelling or order of Name – Birth Certificate or passport used during registration for the Ghana Card that shows the correct name of the applicant.
b. Change of Name – Gazette Notification confirming applicant’s Name Change
(affidavits will not be accepted).
c. Correction of Date of Birth – A Birth Certificate or Ghana Passport used by the applicant during registration for his/her Ghana Card.
It again added that NIA will not change an applicant’s date of birth but will only correct the date of birth if it was wrongly captured during registration for the Ghana Card.
d. Addition of or change of details of Institutional IDs – Document/ID from the relevant institution confirming the details.
NIA emphasizes that these operational measures have been instituted in line with its operational strategy for continuous registration and provision of identity management services across the country. It is also in response to the extension of the deadline announced by the Minister for Communications and Digitalization for SIM Card Re-registration.
This will provide many Ghanaians in need of these services the opportunity to do so ahead of the new deadline.
