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  • Additional Services

On this page you will find the services listed below. You can use the quick links listed here to take you the information or you can scroll down the page.

  • SMS Service - track your application

  • Premium service

  • Courier service

  • Internet facility

  • Photograph service

  • Photocopying service



  • SMS service - track your application

    What does it offer?

    SMS news updates will be sent to you informing you of the status of your visa application. Once purchased you will receive several automated feedback messages to your mobile phone informing you what stage your application is within the process. The service supports the transfer of SMS text into the English language only and re-assures you that your visa application is progressing towards the final stages of the visa application process. At the end of the process you will receive an automated email message (in English only) to your registered email address, informing you that the UK Border Agency has made a decision on your visa application and your documents have been returned.

    You can buy this service for GH 3.50 only (VAT included), at the same time you submit your visa application form, supporting documents and biometric data at the visa application centre.

    Note: This service is optional.

    Please read the SMS Service Disclaimer carefully before applying for this service.


  • Premium service

    This service is available for visit visas only. Applications that meet the eligibility criteria listed below. Applicants will receive a decision on their visa application in 2 working days from the date the visa application form and biometric data is submitted at the visa application centre.

    Premium service - eligibility criteria


    1. An applicant who has travelled and complied on 2 separate occasions within the last 2 years to visit the UK, Canada, Australia, America and New Zealand and has not been refused a visa since travel. This evidence will be in your passport and will it show entry/exit stamps showing that you have travelled twice in the last 2 years.
    2. A diplomat in the Ghanaian Foreign Service or in a diplomatic mission in Ghana. An official note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the appropriate mission is required.
    3. If travelling on official Government of Ghana business (spouse and children may also apply). A letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or relevant government department is required.
    4. Dependent children, under 18 years of age, who are travelling with a parent who meets the premium service criteria (or who already holds a long term multiple entry visa for the UK). Unaccompanied children are not eligible for premium service.
    5. Spouses who are travelling with their partner when the partner meets the premium service criteria. If travelling alone, a spouse must meet the criteria in their own right.
    6. Employees of organisations enrolled in the Business Select Programme.

  • Applications that do not meet the eligibility criteria will be processed according to the times set out on the 'guide to processing times' page on this website and Customer Service Standards. In certain circumstances a visa may be processed on urgent and compassionate grounds, such as a medical emergency. Please contact VFS using the contact details on this website if you have an urgent or compassionate visa application.


  • How to apply

    If you meet the premium service eligibility criteria you should follow the instructions on the 'how to apply' page of this website.

  • Premium service submission times: Monday-Friday, 07:30 -15:00


  • Premium service collection timings: Monday-Friday 16:00 -17:00


  • Courier service

    Applicants can use the courier service to return the decision on their visa application and documents to their home or work address. Delivery usually takes 3 working days from when the visa application centre receives your documents and the decision on your visa application from the UK Border Agency at the British High Commission Accra. If you have paid for this service, you can track your shipment using your airway bill. This facility is available at an extra cost.

    Delivery/Collection Point Price
    1kg 1.5kg 2kg
    DHL offices in Abidjan - Ivory Coast, Lome - Togo, Ouagadougou - Burkina Faso GHC 135 GHC 166 GHC 197
    Applicants' Addresses within Accra GHC 41 GHC 52 GHC 52
    DHL Office - Accra GHC 38 GHC 48 GHC 48
    Applicants' Addresses in Kumasi and Takoradi GHC 52 GHC 66 GHC 66
    DHL Office - Kumasi and Takoradi GHC 47 GHC 62 GHC 62

    Please read the Service Disclaimer carefully before applying for any VFS services

  • Internet facility

  • To complete your visa application form is 5.75GHC


  • Photograph service

    Photographs that meet UK Border Agency photograph specifications are 4 GHC for a set of 4

  • Photocopying service

    Photocopying is 8 Pesewas for each page
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