The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has moved to clarify what it describes as media reports suggesting that its domestic staff would be posted to foreign embassies to provide driver licensing services.
In a statement dated February 26, 2026, the Authority insisted the initiative does not involve posting DVLA officers abroad.
“This operation does not in any way mean that the DVLA would post its domestic staff to work at Embassies in the aforementioned countries as the news headlines sought to portray,” the statement read.
The DVLA said it has partnered with Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to offer International Driver’s Permit processing and Driver’s Licence Renewal services to Ghanaians living in the diaspora, initially targeting five countries — the United States, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.
Under the arrangement, embassy staff will be trained to verify submitted documents, which will then be sent to DVLA headquarters in Ghana for processing and returned to the embassies for collection by applicants.
The clarification follows comments made by Julius Neequaye Kotey, DVLA Chief Executive, during the commissioning of a new office in Bantama, Kumasi, on February 25, 2026.
Speaking directly to staff, Kotey said:
“Some of you, the DVLA staff, are travelling overseas to go and provide services in five countries outside. We have gotten approval by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for them to travel and do this for Ghanaians staying abroad. They don’t need to come down to renew their one-year license, which has expired. We will provide all licensing services for them.”
His words suggested that DVLA staff would be physically stationed overseas, a point that differs from management’s later clarification describing a back-end processing arrangement via embassy personnel.
