Ghanaian nationality law
| The Citizenship Act, 2000 | |
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| An Act to provide for acquisition and determination of Ghanaian citizenship. | |
| Citation | Act No. 591 of 2000 |
| Enacted by | Parliament of Ghana |
| Date assented to | 30 December 2000 |
| Amendments | |
| The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 1971, the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 1972, the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 1978, the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 1979, the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2000, and the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2002 | |
| Summary | |
| Along with the Constitution of Ghana, the Citizenship Act, 2000 is the exhaustive law relating to citizenship in Ghana. | |
Ghana amended its nationality law in 2000, to the 2000 Ghana Citizen Act Dual Citizenship Scheme, which came into effect from Friday, November 1, 2002 in accordance with the provisions of the Citizenship Act 2002. Applicants eligible for dual citizenship are those who hold citizenship of any country in addition to the citizenship of Ghana. In these instances, all applicants are required by law to provide evidence of their Ghanaian nationality or their country of birth. Its intention was to increase immigration of skilled labour, but the law has been criticised for not giving full citizens rights as native-born citizens.
In 2000 Citizen Act Dual Citizenship Scheme with effect from Friday, November 1, 2002 in accordance with the provisions of the Citizenship Act 2002:
People who have been convicted of criminal acts are ineligible for Ghanaian nationality.
The 2000 Citizen Act has been criticized for being inflexible and not allowing full citizenship rights to people of dual nationality.
(1) A person born before 6 March 1957 is a citizen of Ghana by birth if—
(1) A person born on or after 6 March 1957 and before 22 August 1969 is a citizen of Ghana by birth if—
(2) A person is not a citizen of Ghana for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section if at the time of his/her birth the parent, grandparent or great-grandparent through whom the citizenship is claimed has lost his/her citizenship of Ghana.
(3) A person born on or after 6 March 1957 and before 22 August 1969 is a citizen of Ghana by birth if—
A person is a citizen of Ghana by birth if he/she was born in or outside Ghana on or after 22 August 1969 and before 24 September 1979 and at the date of his birth either of his/her parents was a citizen of Ghana.
A person born on or after 24 September 1979 and before 7 January 1993 is a citizen of Ghana by birth if—
A person is a citizen of Ghana by birth if he/she was born on 7 January 1993 or born after that date in or outside Ghana at the date of his/her birth only if either of his/her parents or one grandparent was or is a citizen of Ghana.
A child of not more than sixteen years of age neither of whose parents is a citizen of Ghana who is adopted by a citizen of Ghana shall, by virtue of the adoption, be a citizen of Ghana.
(1) A citizen of age and capacity of any approved country may upon an application, and with the approval of the President, be registered as a citizen of Ghana if he/she satisfies the President that—
(2) Where upon an application for registration after five years of marriage it appears to the Minister that the marriage had been entered into primarily for the purpose of obtaining the registration, the Minister shall request the applicant to establish that the marriage was entered into in good faith.
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