British High Commission Accra

Location:: Ghana, Benin, Burkina Faso and Togo
Part of:: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

The British High Commission in Ghana maintains and develops relations between the UK and Ghana.

Find out more on our UK and Ghana news page. We provide services to British nationals living in and visiting Ghana. You can access UK government services while in Ghana.

Urgent assistance

If you’re travelling in Ghana, see how to Return to the UK during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. If you cannot return at this time, see how to stay safely in Ghana during coronavirus.

See also our coronavirus travel advice for all our latest guidance on travel during coronavirus.

Get an emergency travel document

You can apply for an emergency travel document if you’re abroad and your passport has been lost or stolen, damaged or expired, and you can’t get a new or replacement passport in time to travel.

Apply online for an emergency travel document

If the person needing the emergency travel document is under 16, a parent or guardian should apply on their behalf.

If you are travelling in more than 3 weeks, check if you can get a new or replacement passport in time to travel.

If you are not a British citizen or have not had a British passport before

If you’re not sure, check if you’re a British citizen

If you’re not a British citizen but think you may be eligible, contact us to apply for an emergency travel document.

Other consular services

Consular fees

We charge for some services. See our list of consular fees.

Development work in Ghana

Ghana’s story is one of relative development success. A beacon of stability and democracy for over 20 years, it has halved the proportion of people living in poverty and has held peaceful and internationally-recognised elections, most recently in 2016.

Development programmes in Liberia are also run from the Ghana office.

Find out more in the country profile for Ghana and Liberia.

Development work in Burkina Faso

Development Tracker: Burkina Faso to explore international development projects funded by the UK government by country and sector
Burkina Faso and the UK updates, news and events from the UK government in Burkina Faso

Find out more in the profile for Sahel.

Our people

Iain Walker

British High Commissioner to Ghana

Tom Hartley

Deputy High Commissioner to Ghana

Contact us