Ghana - Apply for Press Accreditation Card

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Procedure

Apply In-Person:

1. To Apply for Press Accreditation Card in person, the applicant has to approach the ministry of foreign affairs and regional integration. Contact link
2. Applicant has to enter all information in the application form.
3. Attach Two-passport size photographs and a Scanned Copy of your Passport Can be attached physically or electronically.
4. Make sure that his/her have all the documents listed in the “Required Documents” section of this page.
5. Please refer to the fees details in the “Fees” section of this page. Pay the appropriate fees where the officials would start processing your application.
6. After filling the form proceed to pay the prescribed fee.
7. Submit the completed form along with the supporting documents, which will be forwarded to the Director of Information Services Department in Accra for processing.
8. Press accreditation process is considered complete at the Media Council offices after payment of the prescribed fees and issuance of an accreditation card.
9. Submit the dully filled in form G and attached with pay slip to the Authorized Officer in charge of the foreign media whose officers shall carryout inspection of your foreign mass media organisation.
10. Collect your Accreditation card from where your application was submitted within 30 days from the date the application was received at Media council in case there is no rejection.

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Required Documents

• Application form
• Three recent passport size photos
• National identity card or Ghana citizen card
• Original certificate of registration (Mass media organisation name)
• Certificate of incorporation (Company)
• Tax clearance certificate
• Two-passport size photographs and a Scanned Copy of your Passport
• A letter from an employer
• Professional Certificate (ORIGINAL) that is either a Degree of Diploma in Communication from a recognized training institution.
• A reference letter from an organization that publishes your work
• A clear passport size digital photograph
• Valid Work permit
• Passport
• A letter from training institution indicating that the student is to go for internship.
• Valid Student ID.

Office Locations & Contacts

Location: Accra
Address: ministry of foreign affairs and regional integration
Post office box M53, Accra-Ghana.
Physical address: no.5 agostinhoneto road. Liberation Avenue, airport residential address, Accra
GPS Address: GA-057-0036
Contact number- +233 30 299 9604/ +233 30 2738 473
Email id: [email protected]
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Eligibility

The following cadre of people is eligible for accreditation:

• Journalists working in media enterprises.
• Freelance journalists.
• Students pursuing media, journalism and communication studies.
• Public Relations Practitioners.
• Advertising Companies.
• Media Trainers.

Fees

• A fee, the cedi equivalent of USD 80.00 per head covers only one visit.
• A fee USD 200 per head is charged for the issue of accreditation covering a period of one year.

Validity

• Press Accreditation Permit validity for 3 year.

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Processing Time

• The processing time for this procedure is 10 working days.

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Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

Instructions

• In the event of the need for corresponds to travel at short notice to cover breaking news in Ghana, permission can be sought through the director of information services in Accra through Ghana Diplomatic mission.
• Request for interview with the President should be submitted through the Mission accompanied by questions for the interview. The questions should be received in Accra not less than four (4) weeks before the arrival of the correspondent in the country.
• Requests for interview with Ministers of State and Government officials should be made through the Information Services Department.

Required Information

• Particles of the (applicant) journalists
• Passport details of the applicant
• State the event or topic you intend to cover (journalist/photographer)
• State the time frame required for coverage
• Type of media
• Media name you will be representing
• Editors particular
• Declaration by the applicant
• Mode of travel to and from Ghana
• List of equipment and their serial Nos. for Identification
• List of questions

Need for the Document

• The purpose of granting press accreditation permit to foreign journalists is to ensure that Ghana is not misrepresented by giving false information to the outside world

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