The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) says it will soon introduce various categories of visas for the country as part of its visa reform. The Comptroller General of Immigration (CGI), Mohammad Babandede, disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin.

Babandede said that the visa categories being considered were visa for tourists, visa for retirees outside the country who wish to retire in Nigeria and visa for incentive/investors.

According to him, “If you have money, genuine money, we are encouraging visitors who have intellectual capacity to assist in building capacity in Nigeria.

“If the visa is not going to break National security, good economy, we would encourage it to be delivered in a transparent way to cut corruption.

“We will ensure that Nigerians realises that there is reforms based on the anti corruption strategy of Mr President.”

The CGI told NAN that the 2019 Comptroller General of Immigration annual conference did a lot of group work towards achieving the various reforms in the Service within the shortest possible time.

He added that there were some quick wins that could be done immediately, noting that one of such was in the area of passport. “As a quick win, we promised to make the prices of passport available to the public to see and read the price and pay for it.

“One of the quick wins we have done is to standardise the operations of the passport, we want Nigerians to know the process of getting passport and visa on the passport. “So its not just the reforms, but what is in the reforms is for greater service delivery.

“The important thing is that in each reform we do, we consider national security,” he said. Babandede said that the current “Operation Swift Response” under the supervision of the office of the national security officer was intended to tackle border insecurity. He said that the present borders’ closure has helped the nation to curtail not just the people who enter, but also Nigerians who take the bush paths to travel without passports.

He disclosed that a month ago the NIS records showed that not fewer than 11,000 persons have been prevented from traveling out through illegal means. The CGI added that the service also deported persons who were not supposed to be in the country.

Similarly, Mr Kayode Eniolorunda, the Comptroller, NIS, Edo command, said that the CGI conference was the most important event in the calendar of the service, because far reaching decisions and reform strategies were usually conceived and adopted during the conference.

He said that the State command hosting of the 2019 conference was in view of the theme which has to do with migration management and the role of NIS.

He noted that irregular migration like human trafficking and smuggling in persons thrive and was very rampant in the state. He, however, said that e-registration would commence in the state before the end of the year as equipment and facilities needed were already on ground. (NAN)

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/nigerian-immigration-to-introduce-various-visa-categories.html

Federal government should invest in tourism first .

According to him, “If you have money, genuine money, ...

See emphasis!

Nice one

All ways now lead to income

Okay

did i read somewhere they said people who want to retire to Nigeria? lol

is it in old age that someone will leave a country with good medical facilities to live in Nigeria at an age when you are bound to have health challenges?

Rubbish

Useless visa...

Who wants to come to this hell hole?

Various visa categories just to milk the masses dry again. We live in a country where masses are at the mercy of government we voted to change our lives. They have introduced different programs which at the end of the day did not have any meaningful effect. I wonder what our sins are to deserve this kind of government.

Dsourcee:
All ways now lead to income

I noticed too... I even heard that they are even looking to start taxing whatsapp calls... Pun intended

The current state of the country should be the government concern, we thought we were out of recession but the country is not, create my opportunities for the youths. A country with no plans for the youths ain't going no where

You guys should check the embassies/consulates. Those guys are being either mean or lazy. How can a friend be waiting for over 4 months to get a passport after capturing. I wonder how it's going to be for visas.

Buhari is actually doing us proud, and carrying our shoulders up for us(but people with inferiority complex would always complain)

What people dont know is that thousands of South Africans seek naija visa just for our pastors miracle, chinese and indian drag it for job and to come and hustle.. even when we hike our prices for US citizens they had to retaliate

To the People lamenting, VISAs are for foriengners not Nigerians, so why are you complaining again unbehalf of Indians, South Africans and others

..

Foxman19:
Federal government should invest in tourism first .

State can do that. What the government should do is to invest in human capital development

You people should sort out the massive corruption going on during the process of acquiring visa and passports first.

Yinmu

Who cares

Who wants to be in the 6th most miserable countries in the world? Mtcheww.

Ok

I wish I can leave Naija without their passé

More promises....we are watching....

Nigerian High Commission in Nairobi is now smiling over the new directive that visas must be paid for in Nairobi before departing no more visa on arrival, collecting extra on top the official rate.

Okay

Naira Marley is truly the problem of Nigeria.

Na them kw

Im Nigerian.



See my siggy

Cmanforall:


You guys should check the embassies/consulates. Those guys are being either mean or lazy. How can a friend be waiting for over 4 months to get a passport after capturing. I wonder how it's going to be for visas.

Passport comes out within a day just be able to bribe
Your friend does not know way

am so sure u don't expect to start reading this epistle cos today us Sunday sha do it well

Butterfly wey think say him be bird.