Omolabake Fasogbon When Mrs. Benita Ogar handed over a sum of N6 million to a travel agent introduced by her children’s school proprietress, little did she know she was unknowingly parting with her life savings. Ogar, based in Kaduna, had believed she was finally securing her family’s long-awaited relocation to Canada. She submitted her international passport, […]
Despite the deployment of advanced technology to expedite passport processing, coupled with the increase in the official rate of international passports by the federal government, officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) are still extorting passport applicants, an undercover investigation carried out by THISDAY has revealed. A Nigerian who recently applied for passport, and was […]
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has sensitised stakeholders on the new Visa reform, Expatriate Quota Reforms and Post-Amnesty Voluntary Return. During the sensitisation programme held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, the Comptroller General of Immigration Service, Kemi Nandap, said the essence of the engagement was to create an open platform for dialogue. Nandap, represented […]
Michael Olugbode in THISDAY The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has issued an advisory urging Nigerians to use their United States visas responsibly and in strict compliance with the stated purpose of their application. This advisory followed concerns raised by the United States Government over the misuse of visas by some Nigerian citizens. In […]
Although the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has significantly improved the processes of obtaining e-visa and passport renewal in order to encourage investors and others travelling to Nigeria, complaints persist over the difficulties encountered in the processes, a development that is giving intending travellers a serious concern. For instance, the applicants said it takes too long […]
