PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Consular protection for EU citizens in Ghana
You are an EU citizen in Ghana?
Learn more about your right to consular protection and how you can benefit from it in Ghana.
Consular protection is the help an EU Member State can provide to its citizens in case they need assistance abroad. Typically, consular protection can include cases such as:
- A need for emergency travel documents;
- A serious accident or serious illness;
- Relief and repatriation in case of an emergency;
- Being a victim of crime;
- Arrest or detention;
- Death.
In Ghana 10 EU Member States have a resident Embassy/High Commission: Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Malta, the Netherlands, and Spain.
You are an EU citizen in need of consular protection in Ghana?
- You can contact your resident Embassy/Consulate able to provide consular protection.
- If your EU Member State has no resident Embassy/Consulate able to provide consular protection, you can turn to another EU Member State for consular protection.
- There are specific arrangements for your consular protection if you are from Estonia, Finland, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Sweden.
Indeed, any EU citizen abroad whose own Member State has no local representation is entitled to receive consular protection from the diplomatic or consular authorities of any other EU Member State. In that case, EU citizens are entitled to benefit from consular protection under the same conditions as the nationals of that other EU Member State.
You can find contact details of the resident EU Member States Embassies/Consulates who can provide consular protection as well as existing arrangements between EU Member States for consular protection in Ghana in the list below.
Please note that the EU Delegation in Ghana cannot provide direct consular assistance.
As an EU citizen, you can take simple steps to make consular protection more effective, for example:
- Following the travel advice issued by your country’s Foreign Ministry.
- When abroad, registering with your Embassy or Consulate and/or through dedicated platforms, if applicable.
- Other tips include keeping an electronic copy of your travel documents, subscribing to a travel insurance or saving crisis contact details.
For more information on consular protection, see the dedicated pages on the websites of the EEAS, the European Commission and the Council of the EU.
List of EU and Schengen Associated countries’ diplomatic missions present in Ghana
You are kindly advised to also consult the websites of the EU and Schengen Associated countries indicated below, for the most recent and up-to-date contacts and travel advice.
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Embassy of Austria |
Honorary Consul: Hon. Rosemary Orthner |
+23324 382 7037 |
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Belgium |
Honorary Consul: Hon. Dimitri Avraam |
+233302776561 |
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Bulgaria |
Honorary Consul: Hon Nico Van Staalduinen |
+233 (0) 243832200 |
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Croatia |
Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Trg N.Š. Zrinskog 7-8, 10000 Zagreb |
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Cyprus |
Honorary Consul: Hon. Marianna Gavriel |
+233 (0)561088808 +233 (0)508527955 |
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Embassy of the Czech Republic to Ghana |
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+233 540 126 815-6 |
Crisis/emergency contact: +233 (0)24 701 1428 |
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Embassy of Denmark to Ghana |
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+233 (0) 302 208 730 |
Crisis/emergency contacts: +233 (0) 302 208 730; Outside office hours: +45 3392 11 12 (24/7 Operations Centre, Copenhagen) |
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Estonia |
Consular Assistance provided by Germany Honorary Consul : Hon. Nabil Basbous
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+ 233(0)244357218 + 233(0)302 976866 +233302221629 |
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Finland |
Consular Assistance provided by Denmark Honorary Consul: Professor Elikem Nutifafa Kuenyehia |
+233 302 777 500 +233 53 622 4593
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Embassy of France to Ghana |
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+233 2 21 45 50 |
Crisis/emergency contacts: +233 5 40 12 20 05. In case of crisis: +233 3 02 21 45 77 |
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Embassy of Germany to Ghana |
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+233 302 21 10 00 |
Emergency: +233 (0)24 432 4889 |
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Greece |
Consular Assistance provided by Spain Honorary Consul : Hon. Marianna Gavriel |
+233(0) 561088880 +233 (0)503867350 |
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Embassy of Hungary to Ghana |
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+233 (0) 55 648 8650 |
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Ireland |
Honorary Consul: Hon. Leonard Comerford |
+23324 434 5600 +23330 251 8114 |
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Embassy of Italy to Ghana |
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00233302775621 00233302775622
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Crisis/emergency contacts: 00233 (0) 244317079 |
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Latvia |
Consular Assistance provided by Germany Honorary Consul: Hon Carmel Mouhtiseb |
024 650 2029 055 789 8553 032 202 3550 |
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Lithuania |
Consular Assistance provided by Germany Honorary Consul: Hon Arthur Roskovskis |
+233202295442 +233246143355 |
+141 68579813 (Whatsapp) |
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Luxemburg |
Consular Assistance provided by the Netherlands Honorary Consul: Hon. Edmond Boateng |
+233(0)244219000 |
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High Commission of Malta to Ghana |
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+233 (0) 242420804/5/6 +356 2204 8891/2204 8892 |
Emergency: +233 (0) 547044295/+233 (0) 501661414 |
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Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Ghana |
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+233 30 221 4350 |
Crisis/emergency contact for consular assistance: +31 247 247 247 or +233 30 221 4350 Whatsapp for consular assistance: +316 8238 7796 |
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Royal Norwegian Embassy in Accra |
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Tel: +233 (0) 302744300 |
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Poland |
Consular Assistance provided by Germany Honorary Consul: Hon. Enchill Kofi Asare |
00233 244 289 733 |
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Portugal |
Consular Assistance provided by Spain Honorary Consul: Hon. Antonio Fernandes |
024 651 7940 0303 215114 0303 214115 |
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Romania |
Consular Assistance provided by Germany |
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Slovakia |
Consular Assistance provided by the Czech Republic |
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Slovenia |
Consular Assistance provided by Italy |
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Embassy of Spain to Ghana |
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+233 302 77 40 04 +233 302 77 40 05 +233 (0) 539934661 |
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Sweden |
Consular Assistance provided by Denmark Honorary Consul: Hon Nickie Akosa |
+233 (0) 553 102 051 |
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Embassy of Switzerland to Ghana |
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[email protected] (Visa Section) +233 30 222 81 25 (Headquarters) +233 302 248 226 (Visa Section) +233 302 225 008 (Economic Section) +881 652 442 017 (Satellite) |
+233 244 327 616 (Emergency number); |