Visit your local post office to get a passport application form (if you do not yet have a passport). Fill out all required information, such as your full name, address, Social Security number and birth date.
Take your passport photograph at the post office. The post office offers this for a slight fee (although the fee does change depending on location, it typically costs anywhere from $10 to $15). It is possible to take your own photograph but there are dozens of different regulations on the actual image so it is best to have the post office take care of it.
Pay the application fee in either cash or check (credit and debit cards are not accepted). The application fee for anyone over 16 is $75; if you're under 16, the cost is $60 (as of May 2010).
Submit the information and a copy of your birth certificate and Social Security card to the post office, pay for shipping, and the passport information is mailed out. It takes several weeks (more during the summer months as it is the peak travel season) to receive the passport back in the mail.
Land in Ghana, West Africa. With your passport ready, go through customs. To receive the mandatory visa, you must pay $100 for a 60-day stay. Once you receive the visa, you may enter Ghana.
