Registration procedure

According to the Migrant E-Registration document which Saturday Tribune obtained, “the following are the procedure for registration for migrants in Nigeria before January 2020: All migrants above the age of 18 must be captured on the Migrant E-Registration database before January 2020 or risk prosecution.

“This law applies to migrants who intend or have stayed in the country for more than 90 days. Only person enjoying diplomatic immunity or below the age of 18 or intends to stay for a period less than 90 days are exempted from the Migrant E-Registration guidelines.

“The registration is in two stages; Self Service Application, which is web-based and Desktop Registration which takes place at registration centers. We have Migrant Registration offices stationed nationwide for ease of access while the grace period lasts. Migrants are advised to get all necessary documents and walk into any Migrant Registration office in their state of residence to complete their registration. After registration, migrants will get an acknowledgement slip confirming their registration. For migrants in Lagos, they are to go to our registration office at Alagbon, close in Ikoyi.”

Required documents

On the documents that will be needed by migrants who intend to complete the Migrant E-Registration process, the migrant document explains that “We have three categories of migrants, those who come from countries in the West African sub-region, that is the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS); those who hail from other African countries that are not under ECOWAS; and migrants who are expatriate employees.

“For migrants from ECOWAS countries, the following documents are needed to complete the Migrant E-Registration exercise: Introduction letter for registration and acceptance of immigration responsibilities by Diaspora community association or the migrants’ landlord or employer; copy of travel document Data Page; and an ECOWAS residence card.

“For migrants from other African countries not under ECOWAS, the following documents will be needed: Introduction letter for registration and acceptance of immigration responsibilities by employer; copy of travel document data page; Evidence of registration with professional bodies (where applicable); copy of letter of employment; copy of letter of acceptance of employment; copy of quota approval (where applicable); and CERPAC (where applicable).

“For expatriate employees, the following documents will be required for registration: Introduction letter for registration and acceptance of immigration responsibilities by employer; copy of travel document data page; evidence of registration with professional bodies (where applicable); copy of letter of employment; copy of letter of acceptance of employment; copy of quota approval (where applicable); and CERPAC (where applicable).

“Other categories of migrants are students, self employed, spouse of a Nigerian and dependants. For students, documents needed for Migrant E-Registration are: Introduction letter for registration and acceptance of immigration responsibilities by school; copy of travel documents data page; copy of admission letter; copy of letter of acceptance of admission; and evidence of payment of school fees.

“For migrants who are self employed, documents like introduction letter for registration and acceptance of immigration responsibilities by Diaspora, association/landlord/owner of residence; copy of travel documents data page; evidence of business registration; and copy of business permit (where applicable).

“For migrants who are married to Nigerians, the following documents will be needed to complete their Migrant E-Registration: spouse’s consent letter requesting for special immigrant status and acceptance of immigration responsibilities; letter of consent from the wife of the Nigerian, stating willingness to stay with spouse in Nigeria; copy of Nigerian passport bio-data page of spouse; copy of passport bio-data page of spouse; copy of marriage certificate; copy of state of origin or local government identification certificate of the Nigerian spouse.

“For dependants: Copy of travel documents data page; copy of marriage certificate of spouse; and copy of dependants’ birth certificate (children).

“Failure to comply with the Migrant registration is contrary to Section 57 (5) of the Immigration Act 2015 and punishable under same section of the law.”

Source: https://tribuneonlineng.com/undocumented-foreigners-for-deportation-jan-13/

NIS command location: https://immigration.gov.ng/formations-and-addresses/

There's no excuse not to register. Last month 27,046 foreigners registered so far. 17,875 were illegal immigrants and 9,170 were legal immigrants. NIS really needs to disclose where these people are from. Im guessing most from Benin and Niger who either walked across border illegally or over stayed 90 day limit.