Nigeria Immigration Service oga don announce di reopening of Passport application and payment portal starting from 12 midnight June 8, 2021.
Comptroller General, Muhammad Babandede say di reopening go allow eligible passport applicants to apply and make payments for di various categories of passports.
Nigeria Immigration Service bin suspend fresh passport application for May to clear di backlog of passport application wey don already dey ground.
But with di reopening wey go begin from midnight today, new Passport application and payment regime don start.
Why Nigeria bin suspend International passport issuance?
Nigeria Immigration Service bin suspend fresh passport application for May 2021 to clear di backlog of passport application wey don already dey ground.
Di "situation no go allow di Nigerian Immigration Service to accommodate new applications especially as we dey consider our desire to ensure say pipo wey come to our offices comply wit all di COVID-19 protocols.
Na wetin di Comptroller General of di Nigeria Immigration Service, Muhammad Babandede bin explain give kontri pipo.
Im tok say dem don direct Passport Control Officers to continue to send out short message notifications for collection to all applicants wey don submit.
Those wey submit functional contact details/numbers for dia applications na im dem send notice to.
Dis na as "dem dey intensify effort to clear up di remaining applications for some Centres."
Different categories of Nigeria new travel document
Nigeria Immigration Service [NIS] recently introduce a new travel document "Nigeria Temporary Passport" for Nigerians abroad wey need to travel back home but no hold standard passport for hand.
Na for March 2021 Nigerian goment officially launch di new temporary type electronic passport [e-passport] dem call Nigeria Temporary Passport to replace paper-based Emergency Travel Certificate.
Apart from di temporary passport, oda travel documents like di diplomatic [red] passport and Ecowas passport dey wey di immigration service dey issue.
Two types of passports dey for all dis categories wit 64 or 32 pages; Di five and 10-year duration international passport.
Di one of 10 years cost pass di one of five. Na President Muhammadu Buhari goment introduce 10-years valid period for Nigerian International Passport.

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