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The European Union is planning to soon tighten the procedures for getting a Schengen Visa for the nationals of Nigeria, as the latter is failing to play its part in the return and readmission of its nationals staying illegally in Europe.

According to the EU Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Virginie Battu-Henriksson, the EU may introduce several measures what will make it more difficult for Nigerians to get a Schengen Visa, as a result of the country’s noncooperating government.

“What the EU can do since new rules on short-stay visas to the EU became applicable on 2 February 2020, is to adapt the rules on processing short-stay visa applications, depending on whether a non-EU country cooperates satisfactorily on the return and readmission of their nationals staying irregularly in the EU,” Battu-Henriksson explains while adding that this is by no way a ban on Nigerian nationals, like the one the US President Donald Trump introduced lately on Nigeria.

The new rules on Schengen visas that Battu-Henriksson mentions derive from the recently updated Schengen Visa code, which the EU Commission to regularly assess the level of cooperation of non-EU countries on the readmission of irregular migrants.

If the level of cooperation is insufficient, the commission, together with member states, can decide on a temporary more restrictive implementation of certain provisions of the visa code.

This could have an impact on the processing time, the length of validity of the visa to be issued, the level of the visa fee to be charged and the fee waivers.

Spokesperson Battu-Henriksson also claims that Nigerians are still among the top 10 nationalities detected as staying irregularly in the EU although the number of Nigerians travelling irregularly to the EU had dropped.

“Nigerians still place among the top 10 nationalities detected as staying irregularly on the EU territory, although the number of Nigerians entering the EU irregularly declined drastically last year,” she said.

Statistics by SchengenVisaInfo.com show that in 2018, Schengen embassies and consulates in Nigeria processed 88,587 visa applications, 44,076 of which were rejected thus marking the highest rejection rate of 49.8% among all third-countries in need of visas.

France was the top favourite country for visa submission, as 33,308 of the applications submitted in Nigeria were for Schengen visas to France, followed by Italy with 13,295 and Germany with 10,847 applications.

In terms of expenditures, in 2018, Nigerians spent €5,315,220 in visa applications to Europe, €2,644,560 of which money was spent by applicants who had their visas rejected.

https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/news/eu-plans-to-impose-visa-restrictions-on-nigerians/

Justwise

Justwise I just don't like what you did right now.

Continue overstaying thinking you are sharp.

Very soon hell will impose migrant restriction on Nigerians . Heaven Don close door teytey.

Damnnnnn niggarrr

Not again. No na

"Battu-Henriksson explains while adding that this is by no way a ban on Nigerian nationals, like the one the US President Donald Trump introduced lately on Nigeria"

Okay
Better

Finally, Naija don cast

Na to separate the country be the only way out now

Make everyone answer him papa name

Look how clueless leaders and senseless citizens ruined a potentially prosperous country!

All thanks to baba of the NORTH

Remain Africans nation's to ban Nigerians too



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Why na??..
Meanwhile,
When u are about to bend a kneel and propose to her,then u see Epa for your back..

Thank you baba bubu, you're doing well...


OOOOoooooiinnnnn

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Very soon Afghanistan, Yemen, Pakistan, somalia, Iraq, and Syria
Go dey impose visa ban on Nigeria just because we too shithole pass them
And they are jealous of our high level of shitholing.

Who did we offend oooo

Finally, its about to go down

Nigeria don't cast patapata

It doesn't concern the leaders , the country is already conducive enough for their kins so why bother about visa restrictions

Hshwh

This is serious
When will Nigeria get better
Please who will build the Nigeria of our dream


Revolution is only way out,

Is a pity we are too complex to stand for a common goal


God help us

One will come online to take a break from frustrating reality, only to login on Nairaland and meet more depressing news.

These guys are making billions from Visa fees, why Dem no go dey bounce more����

Where are we heading to

Which Way Nigeria?

Maya faru EU ??, Wetin NIGERIANS DO UNA




MAKE UNA BAN OUR LEADERS INSTEAD ABEG , DOH , THANK YOU ALL...

Everyone is now sanctioning Nigeria.... too bad!

This one everyone is rejecting us like a plague

Another achievement by the useless and clueless FG

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Nice one.... Sai baba till 2023

As for me and my niggas,na European countries dey rush us.Only dumbass fools dey travel to Europe to hustle. Wetin I wan use yeye white people do when I can comfortably sit one corner command Dem do what I want. Tonda faya Dem dia.