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The 20 Designated Consular HubsWhile the State Department has not yet updated its public websites, the 20 approved "hubs" that will retain full immigrant and non-immigrant visa processing services have been identified:

West Afbidjan (Côte d'Ivoire), Accra (Ghana), Dakar (Senegal), Lagos (Nigeria), Lomé (Togo), Monrovia (Liberia), Praia (Cape Verde)

East Africa: Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Djibouti (Djibouti), Kampala (Uganda), Nairobi (Kenya), Kigali (Rwanda)

Central & Southern Africa: Cape Town (South Africa), Johannesburg (South Africa), Kinshasa (DRC), Luanda (Angola), Malabo (Equatorial Guinea), Port Louis (Mauritius), Yaoundé (Cameroon)

Impact on Non-Hub CountriesConsular sections located in the remaining 30+ African nations will cease regular visa processing for the general public. However, they will remain open for limited functions, including:Assisting American citizens (e.g., passport renewals and emergencies)

Processing diplomatic visasHandling special national interest cases

Consequences for Applicants
Applicants living in a country without a designated hub face severe financial and logistical hurdles. They must travel across international borders to a hub country simply to attend a mandatory visa interview, drastically increasing travel expenses, wait times, and administrative burdens.A Stricter FrameworkThis restructuring follows a series of aggressive immigration policies enacted earlier in 2026:Immigrant Visa Suspensions: In January 2026, the U.S. enacted Presidential Proclamation 10998, pausing immigrant visa processing for roughly 26 African nations under a "public charge" reassessment.Visa Bonds: Selected non-immigrant applicants (including nationals from Nigeria and several other African states) must post high-cost, refundable bonds of $5,000, $10,000, or $15,000 to mitigate overstay risks.Strict Interview Rules: Non-immigrant applicants are now required to interview strictly within their country of nationality or legal residence, ending previous policies that allowed flexible, third-country scheduling.Are you planning a trip to the U.S. from a specific African country, or do you need details on how these changes affect a specific visa type (such as student or tourism)?AI can make mistakes, so double-check responses 9 sitesU.S. plans major reduction in consular services across Africa2 June 2026 — U.S. plans major reduction in consular services across Africa * A consular network narrowed to 20 hubs. According to the internal ...VisasNewsUS to reduce visa processing embassies, consulates in Africa ...2 June 2026 — US to reduce visa processing embassies, consulates in Africa to... * According to the memo, the 20 hubs to remain open for all pro...TheCableUS to slash number of embassies in Africa processing visas2 June 2026 — FILE- A man waits in line to enter the U.S. embassy after visa processing services

The U.S. Embassy in Abuja is losing its authority to process routine tourist, student, and work visas, as it was explicitly excluded from the State Department's newly finalized list of 20 regional African hubs.Instead, the U.S. Consulate General in Lagos will serve as the only remaining U.S. visa-processing hub in Nigeria.

What This Means for Abuja Applicants Mandatory Travel to Lagos: If you live in Abuja or northern Nigeria, you can no longer complete your routine visa processing locally. You must travel to the U.S. Consulate in Lagos for your mandatory, in-person document reviews and visa interviews.Longer Wait Times: With Abuja's massive applicant volume redirected entirely to Lagos, appointment slots are expected to face unprecedented backlogs and surging wait times.Restricted Interview Rules Still Apply: You cannot bypass Lagos by booking an interview in another country; the strict "no visa shopping" rule requires you to interview within your country of nationality or residence.

charisma1986:
The zoological Republic will never cease to amaze me

Zoo Love where you live pls. This zoo is where foreigners wanted to live.

Dynduhh:
I'm asking btw the Army, Navy or Air force... What sector is best for the time being

Navy!!!!!!!!!!, I would suggest Navy. They are more organised, structured and well supported. I got few working there as medical professionals.

SharonLoveth:
I need the name of this animal?

Mods should please move to front page

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Move on , if you cannot help keep quiet , anyone willing to help , will do. Thank God for His love

Deeper Life is truly a great place to worship. It's a ministry known for transparency, with nothing hidden. You’re taught the undiluted Word of God directly. Whether you choose to stay, move on, start your own ministry, or join another, you’ll leave spiritually enriched. Many ministers in Nigeria today have passed through Deeper Life at some point in their journey. While the doctrine may not be perfect—as no church is—it remains rooted in the sincere desire to uphold biblical truth

timilehin007:
then I’ll be mindful of what I search from now on

Just be born again. That is the ultimate solution.

Wifeoflgbo:
I am an Australian woman who is married to an Nigerian man. I was told that if I want to stay in Nigeria and live here, that I need to apply for a resident permit?

Is this correct?

I was told it will cost $2000AUD (1077870.00000 naira) for 2 year resident permit. Surely it cannot be this much?

As a spouse of a Nigerian I don't think you have to pay that much or at all even.

See the link below
[url] [https://immigration.gov.ng/residence-permit/ url]

Hmmmm

Stephen2324:
One wrong sex fit steal your peace for life

ruin for life time

God bless Pastor Kumuyi

Approximately €78,500 in cash have been seized by India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) last Friday, August 25, in a search related to visa fraud in the French Embassy conducted at the premises of a travel agent.

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The investigation was carried out in Ludhiana, a large industrial city in the north Indian state of Punjab, where the suspect travel agent, Balwinder Singh Bartia, resides, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports.

The CBI later announced that incriminating materials were recovered during the search, whereas an amount of approximately Rs 70.10 Lakh (€78,542.45) were seized from a bank locked in the same city.

According to the Bureau, the suspect charged young farmers and unemployed people in the state of Punjab between Rs 25 lakh to Rs 45 (€2,800 to €5,600) in exchange for Schengen visas from the Embassy of France, New Delhi. He also arranged their flights to the United States from France within a period of ten days after arrival in the latter.

To date, the French Embassy has not commented on the incident.

CBI’s investigation has resulted in legal procedures being initiated against six private persons, two of whom were previously employees of the Visa Department of the Embassy of France, New Delhi. The CBI claims that these two persons have worked with others to fraudulently issue visas in a period of four months, between January 1, 2022 and May 6, 2022.

Amongst the fraudulent acts committed by these people include providing forged letters supposedly written by a private company based at Bengaluru to the Consulate General of France, Bengaluru, for issuing Entry Visas for their joining private companies in Port-Le-Havre, France.

Related to the case, the CBI has previously conducted searches at six locations, including Delhi, Patiala, Gurdaspur and Jammu at the premises of the accused in December 2022, during which it had collected incriminating evidence, including laptops, mobile phones, suspicious passports etc.

India is the third largest source for Schengen visa applicants for 2002, just behind Türkiye and the Russian Federation. 671,928 applications were filed at the Schengen embassies in India in 2022, 18.3 per cent of which were rejected.


The highest number of applications were submitted at the French consular authorities in India (138,643), followed by Switzerland (106,025), and Spain (80,098). Accordingly, France also rejected the highest number of applications, as many as 27,681, out of the total 121,188 rejected by the Schengen countries.

Obtaining a visa is often costly and time-consuming for applicants. The procedures include collecting several documents, paying a Schengen visa fee of €80, purchasing the right travel insurance, and much more


https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/news/indias-bureau-of-investigation-seizes-e785k-in-french-embassy-visa-scandal/#google_vignette

bellong:
Townsville is a nice regional town but I think for someone coming in new, why not go to a bigger city with more opportunities. Every major city has a university.

Gold Coast , Sunshine Coast all got universities even Hervey Bay too.

MrsJoycey1:
It's because I plan to pursue an academic program while simultaneously exploring and applying for job opportunities.

Why not Bundaberg, Hervey Bay, Sunshine Coast and even Springfield Brisbane?

Zonefree:
A further proof that men masturbate not cos they lack kpekus but because they don't have strength for wahala from the bleeding gender.

Bleeding gender? Not a good qualifier.

I will counsel you to focus on your goals and remember that everything in life is by God grace We all have different path in life. May God help you in all your endeavours.

Solution : Jesus

Kriss216:
Coc.k and Bull story!


She never tell the real story.

Don't so sir, remember the Dr that was shot in the train, who sent sos on twitter? Someone was mocking then that it wasn't true , but it was . The doctor died eventually. So we can't underrate anyone experience.

Needadvice200:
Sorry I had to create new account to remain anonymous.

Please men of the house I seriously need advice. Straight to the point, we've been married for 6 years now and I love her so so much, our compatibilities is 100%. We have a beautiful baby girl and we are still currently living together at the moment.


Thank y'all

Deeper life crusade is going on now in Taraba. You log in online and join virtually from the corner of your room every evening. Who knows you may receive mercy and your story may change.

[quote author=Righteousness2 post=109161597]David Adeleke , pay up the young man. It is Wickedness of the wicked to withhold someone dues and you busy Galivanting all over social media as this and that.

GOD ALMIGHTY hates things as this..[/quote
Be quick to listen but restrain to respond, for you never know the full detail of the story.

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Check which jobs are on the shortage occupations list in each area of the UK.

If your job is on the list, you can be paid 80% of the job’s usual going rate to qualify for a Skilled Worker visa.

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Occupation codeJob types included on the shortage occupations listAreas of the UK where there is a shortageAnnual salary (80% of going rate)1181Health services and public health managers and directors – all jobsEngland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland80% of going rate: £30,720 (£15.15 per hour)1242Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors – all jobsEngland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland80% of going rate: £21,360 (£10.53 per hour)2111Chemical scientists – only jobs in the nuclear industryScotland only80% of going rate: £21,360(£10.53 per hour)2112Biological scientists and biochemists – all jobsEngland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland80% of going rate: £23,760(£11.72 per hour)2113Physical scientists – only the following jobs in the construction-related ground engineering industry:
engineering geologist
hydrogeologist
geophysicistEngland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland80% of going rate: £29,200(£14.40 per hour)2113Physical scientists – only the following jobs in the oil and gas industry:
geophysicist
geoscientist
geologist
geochemist
technical services manager in the decommissioning and waste areas of the nuclear industry
senior resource geologist and staff geologist in the mining sectorEngland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland80% of going rate: £29,200(£14.40 per hour)2114Social and humanities scientists – only archaeologistsEngland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland80% of going rate: £20,720(£10.22 per hour)2121Civil engineers – all jobsEngland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland80% of going rate: £28,000(£13.81 per hour)2122Mechanical engineers – all jobsEngland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland80% of going rate: £26,720(£13.18 per hour)2123Electrical engineers – all jobsEngland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland80% of going rate: £29,600(£14.60 per hour)2124Electronics engineers – all jobsEngland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland80% of going rate: £27,760(£13.69 per hour)2126Design and development engineers – all jobsEngland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland80% of going rate: £27,280(£13.45 per hour)2127Production and process engineers – all jobsEngland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland80% of going rate: £26,480(£13.06 per hour)2129Engineering professionals not elsewhere classified – all jobsEngland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland80% of going rate: £26,160(£12.90 per hour)2135IT business analysts, architects and systems designers – all jobsEngland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland80% of going rate: £29,280(£14.44 per hour)2136Programmers and software development professionals – all jobsEngland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland80% of going rate: £26,640(£13.14 per hour)2137Web design and development professionals – all jobsEngland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland80% of going rate: £20,800(£10.26 per hour)2139Information technology and communications professionals not elsewhere classified – only cyber security specialistsEngland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland80% of going rate: £25,440(£12.54 per hour)2216Veterinarians – all jobsEngland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland80% of going rate: £26,000(£12.82 per hour)2425Actuaries, economists and statisticians – only bio-informaticians and informaticiansEngland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland80% of going rate: £26,240(£12.94 per hour)2431Architects – all jobsEngland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland80% of going rate: £28,000(£13.81 per hour)2461Quality control and planning engineers – all jobsEngland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland80% of going rate: £24,400(£12.03 per hour)3111Laboratory technicians – all jobsEngland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland80% of going rate: £14,560 (£7.18 per hour)3411Artists – all jobsEngland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland80% of going rate: £16,800(£8.28 per hour)3414Dancers and choreographers – only skilled classical ballet dancers or skilled contemporary dancers who meet the standard required by internationally recognised UK ballet or contemporary dance companies.
The company must be endorsed as being internationally recognised by a UK industry body such as the Arts Councils (of England, Scotland or Wales).England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland80% of going rate: £23,840(£11.76 per hour)3415Musicians – only skilled orchestral musicians who are leaders, principals, sub-principals or numbered string positions, and who meet the standard required by internationally recognised UK orchestras.
The orchestra must a full member of the Association of British Orchestras.England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland80% of going rate: £22,000 (£10.85 per hour)3416Arts officers, producers and directors – all jobsEngland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland80% of going rate: £24,000(£11.83 per hour)3421Graphic designers – all jobsEngland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland80% of going rate: £18,800(£9.27 per hour)5215Welding trades – only high integrity pipe welders, where the job requires 3 or more years’ related on-the-job experience. This experience must not have been gained through illegal working.England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland80% of going rate: £18,240(£8.99 per hour)6146Senior care workers – all jobsEngland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland80% of going rate: £13,520 (£6.67 per hour)

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SportTokyo Olympics
OK, Boomers: Australia fail to hit heights in first-up victory
By Malcolm Knox
July 25, 2021 — 8.52pm
Australia 84 Nigeria 65

Okay, Boomers. At the end of a weekend that had produced plenty of surprises for the wider Australian Olympic team, several of them nasty, it was down to one of the more popular, experienced and high-profile outfits to provide a shot of morale.

Anxious Australian athletes would have been gathered around their TVs on Sunday night in Tokyo expecting the Boomers to look after them.

Joe Ingles drives to the hoop against Nigeria.
Joe Ingles drives to the hoop against Nigeria. GETTY

The Australian men, ranked third in the world, fresh off a practice match win over the United States, were expected to account comfortably for the 22nd-ranked Nigeria at the Saitama Super Arena. Like the Tokyo Games themselves, the result was a while coming and beset by human and non-human error.

For the first half, the Boomers struggled to shake off a Nigerian team that outperformed Australia in rebounds and turnovers, harassed them with willing defence and deprived them of cohesion. With coach Brian Goorjian giving long slabs of game time to old heads Patty Mills and Joe Ingles, there were flashes of coordinated offence, but only flashes.


In an irony that would have been observed by those noting the absence of Ben Simmons, off seeking a cure for the free-throw yips, it was only Nigeria’s poor free-throw shooting that saved Australia’s blushes. Swap Nigeria’s free throw percentage for Australia’s on the night, and the result goes the other way.

Patty Mills looks to find some space as the Nigerians close him down.
Patty Mills looks to find some space as the Nigerians close him down. GETTY

Like some other Australian Olympians in the first few days of these games, the Boomers left the court with frowns on their faces and a look of puzzled frustration.

After a prolonged struggle, eventually class prevailed. Or, put another way, lack of class failed to prevail. As the game developed, Nigeria’s poor shooting spread from the free-throw line around the court, and while they continued to thwart Australia with their enthusiasm and physicality, there was no making up for their shooting inaccuracy.

As if another obstacle needed to be put in the way of the athletes at these Olympics, the shot clock horn went on the blink in the third quarter, leading to extended conferences, contingency plans and effectively a supplementary three-quarter time break for both teams. Just one thing after another. When play resumed, the ever-impressive Dante Exum landed a three-pointer, followed up with a steal, and the Australian gears looked like they were finally meshing.


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But not really, or in any satisfying way. It was that kind of night. A six-point margin at the official final break was enough for confidence but not for comfort. The disqualification of Nigeria’s Chimezie Metu of the Sacramento Kings, for an unsportsmanlike foul on Matthew Dellavedova spelt the end of the contest when Dellavedova nailed his free throws, and from that point Australia strung some together nicer offensive play, with Mills at the forefront. The captain’s game-high 25 points were as reassuring as his solid 33 minutes of court time.

Australia’s win, by a final margin of 84 points to 65, was one of those looked better on the scoreboard than it would have felt, and will leave the Australians knowing they have work to do. It wasn’t pretty, and a more polished opponent would have held Australia to greater account.

“Jitters,” said Exum when asked later to explain Australia’s scratchy start. “Everyone wants to do so well and win this first match, and when we went to the locker room we sat down and said we need to get this together.”

Ingles, who was vocal in gingering up his teammates during breaks in play, said credit had to be given to the “up and in, full-court style of play” employed by the Nigerians, who had eight NBA players in their squad. “We need to be better with the ball,” he said, predicting that Goorjian ‘will get into us a little bit’ in the review of the game.

An unfazed Mills said the overall aim is a two-week project: to qualify out of the group stage and, simply, “to be the last team standing”.


At least the Boomers won’t have to worry about the hazards of peaking too early.

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HRMK:
yes,this lady has every right to complain!i however blv she is overblowing the whole thing!for a lady that culd afford half a million naira as school fees,she can also afford to pursue this case legally!ENOUGH OF THESE DRAMA!IT SOLVES NOTHING!!

Exactly, But the way she is going about is a concern.

This woman is pursuing a legitimate cause but the manner she is going about it s now a concern . Initially everyone seems to give her thumb up but the support is wanning. The thing is she should have let the government, police and human right people conclude their investigation. She can even petition the IG but this media court thing. With time the sympathisers will ignore her, in everything wisdom should applied.

[quote author=Triggerdaclub post=87122575]Please guys.
I need your candid advise.
I'm a medical doctor wanting to do Masters in Australia.


Check for graduate entry nursing program and once you are given admission, you are good to go. Nursing is in high demand globally not just in Australia . Personal opinion now, why can't you give uk a trial as doctor. You get your fellowship in UK easily and migrate to Australia in a grand way. But if age isn't on your side then follow your plan.

https://www.ecu.edu.au/degrees/courses/master-of-nursing-graduate-entry

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