The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has clarified that it will not deploy its domestic staff to foreign embassies to provide driver licensing services, following media reports suggesting otherwise.
In a statement dated February 26, 2026, the Authority said the initiative to extend services to Ghanaians in the diaspora does not involve posting DVLA officers abroad. It stressed that headlines implying such deployments misrepresented the arrangement.
According to the DVLA, it has partnered with Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to facilitate International Driver’s Permit processing and driver’s licence renewals in five countries — the United States, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Under the framework, embassy staff in the selected countries will be trained to verify applicants’ documents. The verified documents will then be forwarded to DVLA headquarters in Ghana for processing, after which completed licences and permits will be returned to the respective embassies for collection.
The clarification follows remarks by DVLA Chief Executive Julius Neequaye Kotey at the commissioning of a new office in Bantama, Kumasi, on February 25, where he indicated that some staff would travel overseas to provide services. His comments created the impression that personnel would be stationed abroad , a position management has since corrected, describing the system instead as a back-end processing arrangement supported by embassy staff.
The DVLA said the initiative is aimed at easing the burden on Ghanaians abroad who would otherwise need to travel home to renew expired licences.