meetme01:


Long but worth reading

Please, help with that Sanna Pay contact. Very urgent

On their web page, click chat and the buttom left and drop a message, an agent will respond to you.

JimMumin:
Thanks for your response.
Pls, DOB certificate: the one I have is from an LGA, can that work or I should get a court document?

Go to court for affidavit.

Nettybrown:





Bro, I hail you o. Congratulations!
Can you pls help me confirm when they will start producing for the month of September?
Thsnks.

For September? Maybe from next month.

Give it two/three months, then start checking.

JimMumin:


Wow. Congrats.

I had saved the older post earlier. That's too much stress and wahala.

I registered and picked Ibadan too. DIY.

Capture Date is Monday Nov 7. I planned to go sort my file the Thursay or Friday before that, do you think is good enough? I can't go there any other day though - due to distance

Again, I will need the passport number before the end of Jan 2023, do you think I could be possible before then, if I captured Nov 7.

The person who helped you, does s/he do fast track?

Thanks for the updates, again

Go a day before the capturing. Sort your files and find somewhere to sleep due to distance and go the second day for capturing.

Even if you want to fast track, you have to capture first.

After capturing, then you can fast track it because from Nov to January is too close for you to collect it.

So immediately after capturing, do fast tracking. The person can help but i can't guarantee anyone.

fabem:



Here is my experience as a DIY applicant at Ibadan Office of NIS.


Good afternoon to you all. Its a lengthy one but if you take your time, you will find it worthy especially those that wants to do DIY.

I have been following this thread for years but just silent reader since i wasn't ready to apply for any passport.

Around March this year, I decided that it is time to get my passport because of incoming opportunities.

I went through like 50 new pages of the thread to gather latest new infos.

The journey begins;

I went through the web to read all the instructions before i begin my application and after going through it, i begin the application.

- I opened the portal www.passport.immigration.gov.ng and registered within 30mins.

- I copied out my application and reference number, it is a key DIY applicants must have on their phone anytime.

- Time for payment, my mastercard for declining for the payment. kept trying it for days using different options apart from paystack, the same thing, used different banks, the same issue persist I was like village no want make i apply). So i was already behind schedule. Without payment you can't choose appointment date.


- Some days later i open the portal login, i went through other payment options, i saw transfer options, called Sanna pay agent via their web and told me to ahead that they will confirm it within 30mins. I paid 25,000 and 500 as transaction fees making total of 25,500 qnd truly it was confirmed within 10mins and appears on my NIS application page that i have paid. I scaled that hurdle.

- I was like i will choose date later since na Ibadan, we no dey rush things like lag people make i rest small, something tells me to check on how their appointment page looks like, na so i went to through www.appointment.immigration.gov.ng, I paid around May 4th. All the remaining working days in may are fully booked. I said abi na my eyes dey pain me ni? I went through june, fully booked, i was like ha, so things be like this? Only July and August have space, i didn't choose date and left it.

- Few minutes later, i went back to book appointment, fortunately i saw an opening on June 8th, i sharply pick the date and save it for printing later. How did that happen, I don't know. I saved all the application on my phone. I went to business center and to get it printed.

-I have 5weeks of waiting for the appointed capturing date. Well i used the time to gather my documents, I couldn't get guarantor a week to the capturing date, because those i trusted to help as my guarantor are doing somehow even in Church, I let it slide. Chatted an old friend who is a big brother, he offered to help. He gave me his passport and ID to go and use it and bring it back whenever I am through with it this. He filled the form for me and signed. I can never forget that gesture forever.

- I went to local Government magistrate court near my house for the stamp, the man said #500, i sha bargain to #300 and got the stamp.
I went to do enough photocopies. This is just one day to the capturing.

I am ready for the capturing!

On June 8th, 2022. I left early, just an hour to my place, i got there 8.05am and i saw many people outside already. They ushered us in, we all sat down. One of the officers came to address us, they have a parade we should wait until they finished. They spent an hour on the parade ground.

Everyone went to their various offices, the officers brought files, and started calling names, mumu me sat and expecting my name to be called.

I waited for over two hours, i was like what is going on here? Not knowing my real journey just started.

THE REAL JOURNEY

I stood up and approached the officer who just finished calling names. Sir, i didn't hear my name for capturing, he said who is handling my files, i said myself. He asked why? I told him i applied online, he looked at me from head to toe, and hissed! He left! I was dumbfounded and disappointed.

I saw another officer and approached him, i told him my predicament, and i quote him "ha ha, you for don come before capturing date, you never do anything, you just applied, you never do anything. Online application have several stages which includes:"
i. Documents arrangements
ii. Account checking
iii. Verification
iv. Interview
v. Capturing

He said i can't capture that day again, i have to follow the due process first. He directed me to the office where my documents will be properly arranged. I went there, the officer who was on sit is a nice man, he sorted the files, gave me offline application form, almost same form we filled online, told me to go and do 10 photocopies . When i got to the photocopy shop, the one woman said #100/copy.

The vex wey i vex leave the place, i went out and bargain with a guy outside the NIS compound, he did it 3 for #50 for me. I rushed back inside, the man told me to fill the form and collected the remaining, i did so. He also told me to write a letter, i asked for a sample and he gave me one . After writing the letter, he brought a [b]brown file[/b]and attached the documents with it.

He told to go and come back after an hour. I did. Where they took my file to, the officer said they can't do anything again because there are too many crowd. He told me to come back next week (15th June). I collected his number. I chat him two days later and he told me, they have gone through my files and is ready for capturing. I was happy.

On june 15th, i left early as usual. I went straight to the office, and asked the office about my file, na there i know say the officer dey lie. He didn't even know where they kept DIY files again. They were looking everywhere for almost 20mins before they finally saw it. You can imagine. I saw some DIY files which are already dusty and unattended to.

I collected my file, i wanted to get angry. I calm my nerves, he directed me to where do my account checking. He supposed to be the one to carry the files around and get it signed. Here i am, doing his job. But if I don't do it, my file won't be attended to unless i pay, which i have vowed not to give any officer shishi.

Fortunately for me, but unfortunately for other offline applicants, the NIS capturing portal was totally down. So they couldn't do anything, so the officers have time for other things. They have my time now since all their applicants they collected money from, no network to capture them.

I went to the account office, they checked online to be sure i really paid online. And i went for verification, few minutes later. The called me and two other offline applicants for interview. Everything went fast because they have nothing to do that period. The person that interview DIY is different from those that paid through agents. The man was nice. He was shocked that i haven't got captured and asked what the problem was, i told him. He said those officers lied to me, i could have done all everything same day i came last week.

He didn't even looked at my file that much, just glanced through it and signed every documents. He told me to take it back to verification unit, and he informed that Officer to take my file to the capturing unit which he did. I was relieved! It was around 2pm and capturing portal is still down.

Come and see film, some applicants who paid to some officers started shouting at them showing their frustrations. The officers were running up and down sweating. Why? The state controller is around and anyone caught lasan, you go collect kiakia.

When i see that the portal not coming up, there is Ibadan North local government secretariat sharing fence with NIS. I went to their INEC office, the gate man said they can't attend to anyone again time has gone. I was at the gate and saw of one of the Inec staff, i pleaded, told the gateman to open it for me. I went in, did my Inec registration within 10mins and i left. I don use 1 stone kills 2 birds bayen.


I went back, capturing never comes up, but that man at the interview session have told me, son do everything to get captured today because tomorrow or next week is not guaranteed. So i keep waiting, half of those to be captured have left.

We remain like 100+, around 5:25pm, portal came back. So they came with files and call to know who are still there for capturing. I was called among, then i knew i am 75% done! So by 7:30pm, i was called in, portal went off for another 20mins. Came back again. I was captured around 7:55pm. It was dark already.

After capturing, they gave me a piece of paper. Me i no send, i wanted to be sure, then i check www.track.immigration.gov.ng and i saw that my application is at production stage. I left!

Then i went into the production side and i was told to check within three to five weeks it will be out.

Note:

From my experience and mistakes;

1. If you are doing DIY, go there before capturing date, sort your files out till it reaches capturing unit. Then come on the capturing date. If you miss the capturing date, they can do it any day you go there, IF you tip officers at the capturing unit. No need to do reapportionment online again because online is fully booked till may August/September. Those agents are making it more complicated because they choose dates for their applicants too online.

2. What DIY applicants are doing is the same those officers are doing if you pay to them. What they do is, since they work there, they will fast track it. They also applied for you online.

3. If you are rushing to get your passport, DIY is not the best for you. The frustrations alone, many can't deal with it.

4. Many still don't know they can apply themselves. I have to create the awareness for applicants who paid to officers there. Some paid 50k, 70k depending on how the officer prey on their gullibility.

5. If you can negotiate with your agent and agree on 35k -40k, pls go for the agent because the 10k to 15k worth the stress especially if you are a busy type.

6. You can DIY and still pay like 10k to fast track your passport depending on how fast you need it.

7. You can pay to officers and still get delayed. So be sure the options that suite you.

8. DIY applicants are respected because they don't know who is who and nobody wants to loose their job. So they are being careful attending to you, they only use body language to frustrate you.

9. Do every photocopies before coming in or else photocopies go chop all of your money.

10. In Ibadan office, throughout the day i did capturing, out of 100s of files, only 3 are DIY and DIY uses brown file. While others uses white file.

I will stop here for now, sorry for length post, i hope new applicants can learn from it. Questions are welcome.

Thank you.

MY PASSPORT IS OUT

Finally, after four months of waiting, my passport is out!

After capturing in mid-june, i went to their office in August (8 weeks) to check if the passport is ready and i didn't know how i did it, i lost my enrollment ID along the line and that is where another war started.

I mail, tweet and chat them on Facebook, no response. I even did a thread, no response.

Village people: 1
Me: 0

I remembered during one of my tweet before i lost the ID, i dropped my details for NIS Twitter page to confirm if the passport is out, and i went back to check and i couldn't find that tweet again, i was like this is odd. I hardly lost stuff like this, how come it just vanished like that?

Village people: 2
Me: 0



I did all i could to retrieve it but I couldn't. I accepted my fate and was tracking online, still at the production stage. Same stage since i captured.

I was going out one day when i saw the officer at the front office that helped me sorted my files, before i could reach where he was, he was no more there.

I went back to the office a week later, went to his office and we were discussing and i discovered we lives almost same area, if you see the excitement on my face.

Village people: 2
Me: 1


Collected his contact and we got talking, he told me "they print passport every Tuesday and they have backlog passports they are still printing because of no paper Issue back then. So once they finished backlog printing, they stopped at April production, so they would continue from there".

So around late August, they started printing April and by September they had printed may and June. The Officer do chat me to update me.

I sent him token for recharge card to appreciate him and he still went ahead and gave it to someone at the production unit so that once my passport is out, i will be informed. Truly, yesterday he chat me up that production unit informed him my passport is out! and i can come anytime for it.

Village people: 2
Me: 2


So he helped me bypass that enrollment ID wahala. I went there around 3pm, called him and he took me to the lady in charge and she had already helped me kept my passport , called my name with the rest, handed over to me.

Sat down for activations and left few mins later.

Checked my passport and it was correct and also it was printed just last week since June.

Note: They are just starting printing for July, I don't know about fast tracking, i am talking about DIY.

DIY is not for the faint hearted applicants o. Funniest is, it is getting more harder for DIY because of the crowd getting more increasing daily who wants to fast track their passport especially Lagos and Ibadan.

Do not lose that enrollment ID, i was just lucky because if not, they are ready to frustrate your life.

If you are not in hurry, you can do DIY and wait. As at now, the officer told me they are fully booked throughout this year and January. So the more you wait, the more time you are wasting.

Apart from 25,500 i paid online, i didn't give anyone dime. The token i gave the officer, he didn't request for it, i gave him myself just because he was good to me and also we live same area

The end.

You can ask questions especially for Ibadan people.

okooloyun1:
Good job for this detailed information

Thank you.

Location?

Silvaplum:
Will minors bring all these documents too?

Yes minor documents will be checked also.

jasperonyx:
do I need to fill and submit the guarantor form online?
I was told I don't need it for my kids.
Also did you do interview

For guarantor, you will print the form and fill it, then stamp it in court.

Yes. You will take all your kids for interview. Nothing special, just to be sure they are your kids and to cross check your documents .


Check requirements below

jasperonyx:
also confused on the application form page, Is it the page you will see paid or unpaid?

Paid of course.

Olaoptech:


Is it the guarantor that will take it to court to stamp or I can do that on her behalf?

Take it to court yourself and stamp it. Just make sure they stamp his/her photograph passport side and signatory side.

ekitimanalways:


(1)Please how many copies of passport photos?

(2)The guarantor's ID could be his or her NIN slip (photocopy or original)?

I look forward to hearing from you again as soon as you can.

Just take maybe 4 to 5 along in case they ask more.

The guarantor ID is NIN and it should be a photocopy with the data page of his/her international passport, photocopy also.

FavourNation:
Good morning, please I have a little challenge.

1. In the Guarantor's form, What information would my guarantor input. Considering the fact he's just currently serving(NYSC) hence, he's got no real asset yet.

2. In the part 2 of the Guarantor's form, I'm assuming, since I am not travelling anytime soon (at least 6 -12 months) the won't be need to fill that part. (I don't even have any place to travel to yet )

3. In the part 3, I'm a bit confuse.
Please help me out. Thanks

Just put name and other details and leave the rest.let him sign and also stamp it in court.

That is all

[quote author=Spider1 post=114095638]Good evening
I captured today at ibadan immigration office
I want to track my passport production stage,I don't understand the application number and reference number the portal is asking for.
[/quote

Check your application documents, both application and reference no are there.

ekitimanalways:

My friend is planning on going DIY way. On his behalf, may I know the list of documents you attached to your application form? May I further ask if you attached local government letter or proof of state of origin letter or document?

Documents;

- The application and other documents you print online (Application page, Payment page, appointment page and guarantor form)

- Birth certificate

-State of origin certificate

-NIN Slip

-Passport

Offline form - It will be giving to you there

- Handwriting Letter (You will write it there)

-Guarantor Passport first page (photocopy) with the ID

Everything must be correct with what you fill online

biggboy:
I was captured and i have my enrollment slip. I was told i need to arrange file again and provide all the details i provided before. Its really annoying

Do you follow up online?

Once you are captured, you keep following up by tracking it, once there is issue, you will go there and arrange.

Maybe they didn't verify your NIN before capturing because you ought not to be experiencing it after capturing.

Go back, rearrange your files, check NIN very well of its correspond with your name on the document.

ochukoccna:
@ fabem, from your experience, it seems this is a fresh passport issue not a renewal, please confirm?

@ thread, from what I've read, it seems most are applying for the 5 year 32/64 page passport and not the 10 year one?
Any special reasons to this? Or is the 10 year booklet scarce?
I remember reading someone on this thread saying he got a 10 year passport issued to him.
To me it seems logical to apply for a 10 year issue due to all the challenges many are listing here rather than repeating this cycle again in roughly 60 months i.e. 5 years.

Alausa seems to be the most active office in the South West and by extension Lagos while Festac seems not to have many good testimonies due to booklet issues.
Please can anyone update this thread if he/she has made use of Abeokuta or Sagamu offices of the NIS for passport issuance or renewal recently .
Thank you.

Yes. It is fresh.

biggboy:
DIY will surely frustrate you!. I did DIY at Alausa passport office sometime in April. I know the stress i went through to arrange the file. I visited today to get update and they wrote NRF on the collection slip. I asked what NRF means, the officer said it means No record found and i will have to arrange the file again. I was shocked. He said there is nothing he can do. I dont even know what to do now. This country is messed up with corruption and its really frustrating. Please who can advise on what to do?

My file was just 7days with them and it was already getting lost, imagine you leave your files for whole two months?

It is never too late, follow the due process yourself by making sure you get captured. Do not leave your files unattended to for days.

jasperonyx:
thank you very much,did they take money for verification?

No! Just follow the step and carry the files to the offices yourself to make it fast.

jasperonyx:
I can't believe I read all these ooo, it is worth it.
What did you verify?, Is it your national id card?[Chquote author=fabem post=113987571]


Here is my experience as a DIY applicant at Ibadan Office of NIS.


Good afternoon to you all. Its a lengthy one but if you take your time, you will find it worthy especially those that wants to do DIY.

I have been following this thread for years but just silent reader since i wasn't ready to apply for any passport.

Around March this year, I decided that it is time to get my passport because of incoming opportunities.

I went through like 50 new pages of the thread to gather latest new infos.

The journey begins;

I went through the web to read all the instructions before i begin my application and after going through it, i begin the application.

- I opened the portal www.passport.immigration.gov.ng and registered within 30mins.

- I copied out my application and reference number, it is a key DIY applicants must have on their phone anytime.

- Time for payment, my mastercard for declining for the payment. kept trying it for days using different options apart from paystack, the same thing, used different banks, the same issue persist I was like village no want make i apply). So i was already behind schedule. Without payment you can't choose appointment date.


- Some days later i open the portal login, i went through other payment options, i saw transfer options, called Sanna pay agent via their web and told me to ahead that they will confirm it within 30mins. I paid 25,000 and 500 as transaction fees making total of 25,500 qnd truly it was confirmed within 10mins and appears on my NIS application page that i have paid. I scaled that hurdle.

- I was like i will choose date later since na Ibadan, we no dey rush things like lag people make i rest small, something tells me to check on how their appointment page looks like, na so i went to through www.appointment.immigration.gov.ng, I paid around May 4th. All the remaining working days in may are fully booked. I said abi na my eyes dey pain me ni? I went through june, fully booked, i was like ha, so things be like this? Only July and August have space, i didn't choose date and left it.

- Few minutes later, i went back to book appointment, fortunately i saw an opening on June 8th, i sharply pick the date and save it for printing later. How did that happen, I don't know. I saved all the application on my phone. I went to business center and to get it printed.

-I have 5weeks of waiting for the appointed capturing date. Well i used the time to gather my documents, I couldn't get guarantor a week to the capturing date, because those i trusted to help as my guarantor are doing somehow even in Church, I let it slide. Chatted an old friend who is a big brother, he offered to help. He gave me his passport and ID to go and use it and bring it back whenever I am through with it this. He filled the form for me and signed. I can never forget that gesture forever.

- I went to local Government magistrate court near my house for the stamp, the man said #500, i sha bargain to #300 and got the stamp.
I went to do enough photocopies. This is just one day to the capturing.

I am ready for the capturing!

On June 8th, 2022. I left early, just an hour to my place, i got there 8.05am and i saw many people outside already. They ushered us in, we all sat down. One of the officers came to address us, they have a parade we should wait until they finished. They spent an hour on the parade ground.

Everyone went to their various offices, the officers brought files, and started calling names, mumu me sat and expecting my name to be called.

I waited for over two hours, i was like what is going on here? Not knowing my real journey just started.

THE REAL JOURNEY

I stood up and approached the officer who just finished calling names. Sir, i didn't hear my name for capturing, he said who is handling my files, i said myself. He asked why? I told him i applied online, he looked at me from head to toe, and hissed! He left! I was dumbfounded and disappointed.

I saw another officer and approached him, i told him my predicament, and i quote him "ha ha, you for don come before capturing date, you never do anything, you just applied, you never do anything. Online application have several stages which includes:"
i. Documents arrangements
ii. Account checking
iii. Verification
iv. Interview
v. Capturing

He said i can't capture that day again, i have to follow the due process first. He directed me to the office where my documents will be properly arranged. I went there, the officer who was on sit is a nice man, he sorted the files, gave me offline application form, almost same form we filled online, told me to go and do 10 photocopies . When i got to the photocopy shop, the one woman said #100/copy.

The vex wey i vex leave the place, i went out and bargain with a guy outside the NIS compound, he did it 3 for #50 for me. I rushed back inside, the man told me to fill the form and collected the remaining, i did so. He also told me to write a letter, i asked for a sample and he gave me one . After writing the letter, he brought a [b]brown file[/b]and attached the documents with it.

He told to go and come back after an hour. I did. Where they took my file to, the officer said they can't do anything again because there are too many crowd. He told me to come back next week (15th June). I collected his number. I chat him two days later and he told me, they have gone through my files and is ready for capturing. I was happy.

On june 15th, i left early as usual. I went straight to the office, and asked the office about my file, na there i know say the officer dey lie. He didn't even know where they kept DIY files again. They were looking everywhere for almost 20mins before they finally saw it. You can imagine. I saw some DIY files which are already dusty and unattended to.

I collected my file, i wanted to get angry. I calm my nerves, he directed me to where do my account checking. He supposed to be the one to carry the files around and get it signed. Here i am, doing his job. But if I don't do it, my file won't be attended to unless i pay, which i have vowed not to give any officer shishi.

Fortunately for me, but unfortunately for other offline applicants, the NIS capturing portal was totally down. So they couldn't do anything, so the officers have time for other things. They have my time now since all their applicants they collected money from, no network to capture them.

I went to the account office, they checked online to be sure i really paid online. And i went for verification, few minutes later. The called me and two other offline applicants for interview. Everything went fast because they have nothing to do that period. The person that interview DIY is different from those that paid through agents. The man was nice. He was shocked that i haven't got captured and asked what the problem was, i told him. He said those officers lied to me, i could have done all everything same day i came last week.

He didn't even looked at my file that much, just glanced through it and signed every documents. He told me to take it back to verification unit, and he informed that Officer to take my file to the capturing unit which he did. I was relieved! It was around 2pm and capturing portal is still down.

Come and see film, some applicants who paid to some officers started shouting at them showing their frustrations. The officers were running up and down sweating. Why? The state controller is around and anyone caught lasan, you go collect kiakia.

When i see that the portal not coming up, there is Ibadan North local government secretariat sharing fence with NIS. I went to their INEC office, the gate man said they can't attend to anyone again time has gone. I was at the gate and saw of one of the Inec staff, i pleaded, told the gateman to open it for me. I went in, did my Inec registration within 10mins and i left. I don use 1 stone kills 2 birds bayen.


I went back, capturing never comes up, but that man at the interview session have told me, son do everything to get captured today because tomorrow or next week is not guaranteed. So i keep waiting, half of those to be captured have left.

We remain like 100+, around 5:25pm, portal came back. So they came with files and call to know who are still there for capturing. I was called among, then i knew i am 75% done! So by 7:30pm, i was called in, portal went off for another 20mins. Came back again. I was captured around 7:55pm. It was dark already.

After capturing, they gave me a piece of paper. Me i no send, i wanted to be sure, then i check www.track.immigration.gov.ng and i saw that my application is at production stage. I left!

Then i went into the production side and i was told to check within three to five weeks it will be out.

Note:

From my experience and mistakes;

1. If you are doing DIY, go there before capturing date, sort your files out till it reaches capturing unit. Then come on the capturing date. If you miss the capturing date, they can do it any day you go there, IF you tip officers at the capturing unit. No need to do reapportionment online again because online is fully booked till may August/September. Those agents are making it more complicated because they choose dates for their applicants too online.

2. What DIY applicants are doing is the same those officers are doing if you pay to them. What they do is, since they work there, they will fast track it. They also applied for you online.

3. If you are rushing to get your passport, DIY is not the best for you. The frustrations alone, many can't deal with it.

4. Many still don't know they can apply themselves. I have to create the awareness for applicants who paid to officers there. Some paid 50k, 70k depending on how the officer prey on their gullibility.

5. If you can negotiate with your agent and agree on 35k -40k, pls go for the agent because the 10k to 15k worth the stress especially if you are a busy type.

6. You can DIY and still pay like 10k to fast track your passport depending on how fast you need it.

7. You can pay to officers and still get delayed. So be sure the options that suite you.

8. DIY applicants are respected because they don't know who is who and nobody wants to loose their job. So they are being careful attending to you, they only use body language to frustrate you.

9. Do every photocopies before coming in or else photocopies go chop all of your money.

10. In Ibadan office, throughout the day i did capturing, out of 100s of files, only 3 are DIY and DIY uses brown file. While others uses white file.

I will stop here for now, sorry for length post, i hope new applicants can learn from it. Questions are welcome.

Thank you.

Yes! Your NIN is very important. The names on NIN must be the same with on your application and documents. If there is any mistake, you won't get captured. They verify your NIN online before any other thing.

Factism:


Thank you for this write-up, it is helpful.
Can you please describe how to locate the office you did your document arrangement at the Ibadan office. This will enable me go there straight.

Anywhere you are coming from, F
Find your way to Gate/busstop, take bike to immigration office or trek there, just 5mins trekable.

I sorted my documents at the sorting office. There is officer in charge of that, get all the documents ready and ask for the office you can sort your documents.

AgentXxx:
You are blessed my brother.... Good job in helping DIY ibadan branch with this large information

Thank you sir

krcboy:
my guy did you later collect your passport in the said "week" time? or you still dey wait? if so share update

I am sure he will update us

fabem:
When i am less busy, i will share own my experience at Ibadan Immigration Office as a DIY applicant.

I will give indepth analysis because people hardly know about the online application here in Ibadan, only few did DIY, the rest are through agents. So you can imagine the intimidations and stress i went through before capturing.


Anyways, for now questions are welcome.

Here is my experience as a DIY applicant at Ibadan Office of NIS.


Good afternoon to you all. Its a lengthy one but if you take your time, you will find it worthy especially those that wants to do DIY.

I have been following this thread for years but just silent reader since i wasn't ready to apply for any passport.

Around March this year, I decided that it is time to get my passport because of incoming opportunities.

I went through like 50 new pages of the thread to gather latest new infos.

The journey begins;

I went through the web to read all the instructions before i begin my application and after going through it, i begin the application.

- I opened the portal www.passport.immigration.gov.ng and registered within 30mins.

- I copied out my application and reference number, it is a key DIY applicants must have on their phone anytime.

- Time for payment, my mastercard for declining for the payment. kept trying it for days using different options apart from paystack, the same thing, used different banks, the same issue persist I was like village no want make i apply). So i was already behind schedule. Without payment you can't choose appointment date.


- Some days later i open the portal login, i went through other payment options, i saw transfer options, called Sanna pay agent via their web and told me to ahead that they will confirm it within 30mins. I paid 25,000 and 500 as transaction fees making total of 25,500 qnd truly it was confirmed within 10mins and appears on my NIS application page that i have paid. I scaled that hurdle.

- I was like i will choose date later since na Ibadan, we no dey rush things like lag people make i rest small, something tells me to check on how their appointment page looks like, na so i went to through www.appointment.immigration.gov.ng, I paid around May 4th. All the remaining working days in may are fully booked. I said abi na my eyes dey pain me ni? I went through june, fully booked, i was like ha, so things be like this? Only July and August have space, i didn't choose date and left it.

- Few minutes later, i went back to book appointment, fortunately i saw an opening on June 8th, i sharply pick the date and save it for printing later. How did that happen, I don't know. I saved all the application on my phone. I went to business center and to get it printed.

-I have 5weeks of waiting for the appointed capturing date. Well i used the time to gather my documents, I couldn't get guarantor a week to the capturing date, because those i trusted to help as my guarantor are doing somehow even in Church, I let it slide. Chatted an old friend who is a big brother, he offered to help. He gave me his passport and ID to go and use it and bring it back whenever I am through with it this. He filled the form for me and signed. I can never forget that gesture forever.

- I went to local Government magistrate court near my house for the stamp, the man said #500, i sha bargain to #300 and got the stamp.
I went to do enough photocopies. This is just one day to the capturing.

I am ready for the capturing!

On June 8th, 2022. I left early, just an hour to my place, i got there 8.05am and i saw many people outside already. They ushered us in, we all sat down. One of the officers came to address us, they have a parade we should wait until they finished. They spent an hour on the parade ground.

Everyone went to their various offices, the officers brought files, and started calling names, mumu me sat and expecting my name to be called.

I waited for over two hours, i was like what is going on here? Not knowing my real journey just started.

THE REAL JOURNEY

I stood up and approached the officer who just finished calling names. Sir, i didn't hear my name for capturing, he said who is handling my files, i said myself. He asked why? I told him i applied online, he looked at me from head to toe, and hissed! He left! I was dumbfounded and disappointed.

I saw another officer and approached him, i told him my predicament, and i quote him "ha ha, you for don come before capturing date, you never do anything, you just applied, you never do anything. Online application have several stages which includes:"
i. Documents arrangements
ii. Account checking
iii. Verification
iv. Interview
v. Capturing

He said i can't capture that day again, i have to follow the due process first. He directed me to the office where my documents will be properly arranged. I went there, the officer who was on sit is a nice man, he sorted the files, gave me offline application form, almost same form we filled online, told me to go and do 10 photocopies . When i got to the photocopy shop, the one woman said #100/copy.

The vex wey i vex leave the place, i went out and bargain with a guy outside the NIS compound, he did it 3 for #50 for me. I rushed back inside, the man told me to fill the form and collected the remaining, i did so. He also told me to write a letter, i asked for a sample and he gave me one . After writing the letter, he brought a [b]brown file[/b]and attached the documents with it.

He told to go and come back after an hour. I did. Where they took my file to, the officer said they can't do anything again because there are too many crowd. He told me to come back next week (15th June). I collected his number. I chat him two days later and he told me, they have gone through my files and is ready for capturing. I was happy.

On june 15th, i left early as usual. I went straight to the office, and asked the office about my file, na there i know say the officer dey lie. He didn't even know where they kept DIY files again. They were looking everywhere for almost 20mins before they finally saw it. You can imagine. I saw some DIY files which are already dusty and unattended to.

I collected my file, i wanted to get angry. I calm my nerves, he directed me to where do my account checking. He supposed to be the one to carry the files around and get it signed. Here i am, doing his job. But if I don't do it, my file won't be attended to unless i pay, which i have vowed not to give any officer shishi.

Fortunately for me, but unfortunately for other offline applicants, the NIS capturing portal was totally down. So they couldn't do anything, so the officers have time for other things. They have my time now since all their applicants they collected money from, no network to capture them.

I went to the account office, they checked online to be sure i really paid online. And i went for verification, few minutes later. The called me and two other offline applicants for interview. Everything went fast because they have nothing to do that period. The person that interview DIY is different from those that paid through agents. The man was nice. He was shocked that i haven't got captured and asked what the problem was, i told him. He said those officers lied to me, i could have done all everything same day i came last week.

He didn't even looked at my file that much, just glanced through it and signed every documents. He told me to take it back to verification unit, and he informed that Officer to take my file to the capturing unit which he did. I was relieved! It was around 2pm and capturing portal is still down.

Come and see film, some applicants who paid to some officers started shouting at them showing their frustrations. The officers were running up and down sweating. Why? The state controller is around and anyone caught lasan, you go collect kiakia.

When i see that the portal not coming up, there is Ibadan North local government secretariat sharing fence with NIS. I went to their INEC office, the gate man said they can't attend to anyone again time has gone. I was at the gate and saw of one of the Inec staff, i pleaded, told the gateman to open it for me. I went in, did my Inec registration within 10mins and i left. I don use 1 stone kills 2 birds bayen.


I went back, capturing never comes up, but that man at the interview session have told me, son do everything to get captured today because tomorrow or next week is not guaranteed. So i keep waiting, half of those to be captured have left.

We remain like 100+, around 5:25pm, portal came back. So they came with files and call to know who are still there for capturing. I was called among, then i knew i am 75% done! So by 7:30pm, i was called in, portal went off for another 20mins. Came back again. I was captured around 7:55pm. It was dark already.

After capturing, they gave me a piece of paper. Me i no send, i wanted to be sure, then i check www.track.immigration.gov.ng and i saw that my application is at production stage. I left!

Then i went into the production side and i was told to check within three to five weeks it will be out.

Note:

From my experience and mistakes;

1. If you are doing DIY, go there before capturing date, sort your files out till it reaches capturing unit. Then come on the capturing date. If you miss the capturing date, they can do it any day you go there, IF you tip officers at the capturing unit. No need to do reapportionment online again because online is fully booked till may August/September. Those agents are making it more complicated because they choose dates for their applicants too online.

2. What DIY applicants are doing is the same those officers are doing if you pay to them. What they do is, since they work there, they will fast track it. They also applied for you online.

3. If you are rushing to get your passport, DIY is not the best for you. The frustrations alone, many can't deal with it.

4. Many still don't know they can apply themselves. I have to create the awareness for applicants who paid to officers there. Some paid 50k, 70k depending on how the officer prey on their gullibility.

5. If you can negotiate with your agent and agree on 35k -40k, pls go for the agent because the 10k to 15k worth the stress especially if you are a busy type.

6. You can DIY and still pay like 10k to fast track your passport depending on how fast you need it.

7. You can pay to officers and still get delayed. So be sure the options that suite you.

8. DIY applicants are respected because they don't know who is who and nobody wants to loose their job. So they are being careful attending to you, they only use body language to frustrate you.

9. Do every photocopies before coming in or else photocopies go chop all of your money.

10. In Ibadan office, throughout the day i did capturing, out of 100s of files, only 3 are DIY and DIY uses brown file. While others uses white file.

I will stop here for now, sorry for length post, i hope new applicants can learn from it. Questions are welcome.

Thank you.

Houston17:



Very much interested in this Fabem. I sent you a mail, please can you reply?

I have reply your mail.

When i am less busy, i will share own my experience at Ibadan Immigration Office as a DIY applicant.

I will give indepth analysis because people hardly know about the online application here in Ibadan, only few did DIY, the rest are through agents. So you can imagine the intimidations and stress i went through before capturing.


Anyways, for now questions are welcome.

I need one in my area, many are not registered yet.

Location; Olorunsogo, Ibadan

For Batch C Stream 2:

Hi Applicant,

Is longer news that stream 1 is coming
to an end in some months. Reason why Npower decided to open portal for stream 2 applicants to start their biometric.

You now have access to do your biometric on the portal. If you are in Ibadan and its environment, I can help you with the biometric. The earlier the better before the portal becomes crowded.

NB: To know if you are being selected for Stream 2; Login into the portal and go to verification, if you see a congratulatory message telling you to go for biometric, then you have been selected.

Home Service: If you are many, i can come over to your location to do it for you all.

Contact us at;

Instinct Computer Consult
WhatsApp: 08029359834

Thank you.

For Batch C Stream 2:

Hi Applicant,

You now have access to do your biometric on the portal. If you are in Ibadan and its environment, I can help you with the biometric. The earlier the better before the portal becomes crowded.

NB: To know if you are being selected for Stream 2; Login into the portal and go to verification, if you see a congratulatory message telling you to go for biometric, then you have been selected.

Home Service: If you are many, i can come over to your location to do it for you all.

Contact us at;

Instinct Computer Consult
WhatsApp: 08029359834

Thank you.

Oyo State getting theirs today. Many got theirs this evening.

ezenwaez:
The problem is that you guys abuse someone a lot, but on one of my thread I said there will be physical verification

I do follow your thread and you are doing great. I love your maturity the way you are handling the whole thing. Those that mocked you then, are still coming back to ask questions, such is life.

Keep doing your own, do not relent, people are watching.

I appreciate you.