Ghana Community Network Service : Consignment Approval Online Application GCNet MDA

Name of the Organization : GCNet MDA
Type of Facility : Consignment Approval Online Application
Country : Ghana

Official Website : https://emda.gcnetghana.com/mda/TraderLogin.do

Consignment Approval Applications :

Applicant requests for a consignment document which will be approved by the MDAs. These consignment documents maybe Permits, IDFs or Exemptions.

Related : GCNet MDA Apply For New Unique Consignment Reference UCR Ghana : www.statusin.org/5060.html

In the request form, the applicant enters the UCR which the consignment document will be attached to and also defines the process for which the application will go through. If unsure, the Decision Tree (from the Quick Start section of the homepage) may guide the applicant in determining which process to select.

The following are the types of consignment documents supported by the system :
** Import declaration forms
** Exemptions from payment of duties
** Permits for controlled commodities
** Temporary import application
** Temporary export application
** Clearance on permit request

The Administrator may add documents to the list as needed.

Login/Apply : https://gcnet.com.gh/

Applying for Consignment Approval :
To apply for consignment approval :
From the homepage, click on Application for consignment approvals hyperlink under the New Applications section. The New Consignment Request page is displayed.

Enter information on the following fields :
I want to make a new application using UCR # :
Search for the UCR to which your consignment request will be attached to by clicking on – . This will open the UCR Search pop up window.

Which MDA you wish to apply for :
Select from the dropdown list, the appropriate MDA you want to direct your request to.

What is the eDoc you want to apply for :
Select from the dropdown list the eDoc you want to attach to the request.

Retrieving Draft Consignment Request :
Consignment Documents saved as draft during the filling out process can be retrieved by doing the following :

To retrieve a Draft Consignment Request :
** From the Homepage, click on Retrieve My Draft Application under the Track Status section.
** Retrieve My Draft Applications list page is displayed.
** Click on the Reference No hyperlink of the application. The application’s details page is displayed.

Responding to queries for Consignment Requests :
MDAs may send queries to the applicant who submitted the Consignment Requests. MDA changes the application’s status to Query and then the application is sent back to the applicant for follow up actions.

The applicant can reply to the query or do the necessary follow up actions by doing the following steps :
To view and respond to queries from MDA :
** From the Homepage, click on My follow up action, queries hyperlink under the Track Status section.
** Track Status – My follow up Required page is displayed.
** Click on the hyperlink of an the Consignment Document application. The Summary page of the application is displayed.
** From this page, you will be able to see the MDA Remarks and Queries that contain queries or instruction on follow up actions necessary for the approval of the application. You will also see the Current Status of the application, MDA involved and the Approving Officer.
** Click on the Application Ref No hyperlink to open the application details page.
** Click on the Item Others tab to display the Items page.
** Click on the hyperlink to open the Item details.
** On the Remarks from Applicant field, enter your reply or response to the MDA query then click on . The Item Other tab is again displayed.
** Click on the Approval History tab to display the page.
** From this page, you will see the approval history of the application. It shows the application’s current Status, the Principal MDA involved and current Approver.

Resubmitting Consignment Request :

A Consignment Document Approval request is routed back to the requestor for re-submission when the application is rejected by the approving MDA. There are two ways to resubmit a rejected application. This depends on the type of rejection. For Technical Rejection, the applicant resubmits the same application with the necessary updates required by the MDA. For Process Rejection, the applicant cannot update the original application since it has been deactivated but can copy or clone the contents of the original application and then submit it as if submitting a new application.

To resubmit Consignment Approval Application :
** From the Homepage, click on My follow up actions, queries hyperlink under the Track Status section.
** My Follow up Required page is displayed.
** Click on the Reference No hyperlink of the rejected application you want to resubmit. The application details is displayed.
** Edit information from the different tabs. Refer to Applying for Consignment Approval for the descriptions of the tabs and the steps in submitting the application.

Support Centre :
Tel : 0302610861
Email : supportcentre@gcnetghana.com