President Muhammadu Buhari on
Tuesday launched Nigeria’s new visa policy.
The policy allows citizens of
other countries to visit Nigeria without visas.
On arrival, the visitor would
commence the process of securing visa for the duration of their stay.
In attendance at the launch were
the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, the Comptroller General of the
Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mohammed Babandede, former Borno governor,
Kashim Shettima, among others.
Aregbesola told reporters at the
presidential villa that the new visa policy has expanded Nigeria’s visa from 6
categories to 79.
He explained that the visa on
arrival could only be obtained in four international airports.
They are Nnamdi Azikiwe
International Airport, Abuja, Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos,
Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano and Port Harcourt International Airport.
Enugu International Airport,
which is undergoing renovation, would be the fifth.
Nigeria Immgration had explained
that the current type of visa classes, which are Transit, Tourist, Business,
Subject to Regularisation (STR), Temporary Work Permit (TWP) and Diplomatic,
were limiting.
DAILY POST reports that the new
policy covers Investors Visa under Permanent Residence Visas for small and
medium enterprises, large corporations, ultra large corporations, oil and gas
with importation and investment capital, among others.
The new short visit visa covers
ECOWAS member states, Visa abolition agreement countries, holders of official
travel documents of the United Nations Organisation, the Africa Union and few
others.
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