GhanaDoes not use apostilles

Process

What applies instead

For a document to be used in Ghana, the Ghana High Commission in Pretoria asks that it is first endorsed by the foreign ministry of the country where it was issued, which is DIRCO in South Africa, and then legalised by the High Commission; Ghanaian public documents for use abroad need a cover letter from the issuing authority, a notary public in Ghana, certification by the Judicial Service of Ghana and attestation by the Legal and Consular Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, according to the Ghana embassy in Seoul.²

Contacts

Who to contact

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of Ghana, Legal and Consular Bureau, through the nearest Ghana mission²

Status

How to check whether Ghana has joined

Countries join the Apostille Convention from time to time. The Hague Conference keeps the list of members in its status table. We last checked it on 18 October 2026, when Ghana was not on it.¹

Other direction

If your document comes from a member country

An apostille from a contracting party does not by itself make a document usable in Ghana. Ask the authority in Ghana that will receive the document which steps it requires. An apostille only confirms the signature, the role of the person who signed and any seal or stamp on the document. It does not confirm what the document says. The office that receives the document decides what it accepts.

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