The USA has introduced sweeping modifications to its non-immigrant visa coverage for Nigeria, slicing the length and situations underneath which most Nigerian travellers can enter the nation.
Staring 8 July, the US Division of State says almost all non-immigrant and non-diplomatic visas issued to Nigerian residents will now be single-entry and legitimate for under three months.
It says that is a part of a world reciprocity realignment, a pointy shift from earlier visa phrases, which regularly allowed for a number of entries over two years or extra.
Nigeria additionally affords single-entry visas legitimate for 3 months just for these planning to go to the nation from the US.
The Nigerian authorities has not but commented.
The State Division says visa insurance policies stay “topic to ongoing assessment” and should change relying on evolving diplomatic, safety, and immigration benchmarks.
In an announcement, the US authorities mentioned it was working carefully with Nigerian authorities to make sure the nation meets key worldwide requirements.
These embody:
- issuing safe journey paperwork
- managing visa overstays
- sharing safety or felony information for public security functions
The US additionally ordered that the social media accounts of all foreigners making use of for visas, together with from Nigeria, can be vetted for “any indications of hostility towards the residents, tradition, authorities, establishments, or founding ideas of the US”.
Nigerians account for one of many highest variety of student-visa functions to the US on the earth.
