Effective worldwide on 29 August, Nigerian citizens will be required to pay extra as visa issuance fee.

The US Consulate announced this in a statement issued earlier today.

In a statement, the US Consulate in Nigeria explained that the extra cost will be applicable to only those whose visa requests were granted.“Effective worldwide on 29 August, Nigerian citizens will be required to pay a visa issuance fee, or reciprocity fee, for all approved applications for non-immigrant visas in B, F, H1B, I, L, and R visa classifications,” the statement read.

“The reciprocity fee will be charged in addition to the non-immigrant visa application fee, also known as the MRV fee, which all applicants pay at the time of application. Nigerian citizens whose applications for a non-immigrant visa are denied will not be charged the new reciprocity fee.

“Both reciprocity and MRV fees are non-refundable, and their amounts vary based on visa classification.”



The statement also explained that the increase in the fee is based on a similar treatment afforded to US citizens by foreign governments, in this case, the Nigerian government.

According to the statement, “Visa issuance fees are implemented under the principle of reciprocity: when a foreign government imposes additional visa fees on U.S. citizens, the United States will impose reciprocal fees on citizens of that country for similar types of visas,” the statement read.

“Nationals of a number of countries worldwide are currently required to pay this type of fee after their nonimmigrant visa application is approved.

“The total cost for a U.S. citizen to obtain a visa to Nigeria is currently higher than the total cost for a Nigerian to obtain a comparable visa to the United States. The new reciprocity fee for Nigerian citizens is meant to eliminate that cost difference.”




Source:


https://autojosh.com/breaking-american-visa-application-fee-increased-for-nigerians/

good

What took the US embassy this long to do this?

Nigeria embassy have already been doing it to the US citizens trying to obtain Nigerian visas.

Stay in ya shithole country

they don't want no scammers and fraudsters
ntoooooor

they should even increase it more so that only affluent people would be able to travel abroad and not all these hungry, struggling wannabe fraudsters with ulterior motives

why wouldn't they increase the fee, when they know the shithole we are migrating from.

If not for the politicians this country has been cursed with, this wouldnt be happening rather people woukd be rushing for nigerian visas, have you ever heard them complain about south africans.

And it gets worse by the day with this present administration supported by blind zombies, empty promises and blame shifting.

Lol, yet they will still deny most of una

Hahahahaha

Ok we are watching. If not for the epileptic government that we've been cursed to have, what will take an average Nigerian to go look for visa in their country.

My friend wey suppose go last year was saying he wanted to finish nysc,

see ur life now Michael,
see your life

Do me I do you

Wont stop people from trying. Maga money

A cool way of TRUMP saying we need you not in our AMERICA

This is surely a sad news for many average income Nigerians

It was bound to happen..

Damn

I support this 1000%!!!

I pray they recover all the money that our flat headed and cone headed brothers have stolen from them

Very good news

Goooooooooooo Trump!!!

Trump till 2024

Even if they increase to billions of Nigeria, when is my own time to go, I will surely have the money to pay then, even when it was cheaper than this many people couldn't go, God please no matter the increament, let my time come asap to go

Amelica no be by force

Wish they could deny every of our politicians from coming to their country

Wow!

Diplomatic GBAS GBOS

A top bank execs enters BRT lane. LASTMA stops the car and threatens with impound, fine etc.

From the back seat he asks how much? They say the fine is 50k. He tells his P.A to pay them and gives them an additional 50k to escort him through the lane.

They agree...

TRUE STORY

This is absolute madness ....

Why increase the visa fees for Every body , Every body in Nigeria is not Corrupt , it’s just the Gino’s that are painting the country black abroad.

Las Las ... Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa , Tiv , Efik ..

Poor man child, Rich man pikin, Ashawo, Virgins, pastors , imams, Muslims , Christians ...

Na all of us go suffer this suffer together cuz we are all Nigerians, A country with jobless youths , a country Fantastically corrupt , A country were a military man kills a police man just to save a kidnapper , a country were police shoots a pregnant woman and nothing go happen ...


Ladies and gentlemen, This is reality