Tag: Immigration
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U.S. mission expands eligibility period for non-immigrant visa renewals
The U.S. Mission has expanded the eligibility period for nonimmigrant visa renewals from 24 months to 48 months.
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Nigerians with expired passport can return home – Immigration
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Tuesday said that Nigerians in diaspora with expired passport would no longer require visas to visit home. The Service, however, stated that they must show their expired Nigerian passports to ensure they were truly from Nigeria.
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Canada reveals immigration plan amid critical labour shortage
The Canadian federal government has revealed its immigration plan to welcome half a million immigrants each year by 2025 to tackle the problem of labour shortage. Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Sean Fraser released Canada’s 2023-2025 Immigration Levels Plan which embraces immigration as a strategy to help businesses find workers and to attract the…
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Just In: Terrorists attack Nig Immigration post, kill officer, injure two others
The Jigawa State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service has lost one of its officers after bandits attacked a patrol base of the agency along the Galadi-Birniwa axis. The deceased was identified as Abdullahi Mohammed. TheNewsGuru.com reports the two other officers were identified as Abba Musa Kiyawa and Zubairu Garba also sustained serious gunshot wounds…
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No passport booklets shortage in Nigeria – Minister
Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, says there is no passport booklets shortage in Nigeria, as the Federal Government has cleared all backlogs of passport applications.
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Allow Nigerians with expired passports to return home – Aregbesola orders NIS
The Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), to allow Nigerians in diaspora to return to Nigeria with their expired International Passports. Aregbesola gave the directive on Wednesday, in Lagos, while responding to a complaint by a Nigerian-American citizen, Mr Jamui Kasumu, at the Alausa Passport Office during his…
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Passport issuance: Nigerians lament extortion at immigration offices, task govt on tackling fraud
The Federal Government has been asked to take punitive action against officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) fingered in the extortion of passport applicants at various immigration offices nationwide.
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BREAKING: Immigration releases ex-Governor Odili’s passport
T he Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has released the international passport it seized from a former Rivers Governor Peter Odili. NIS’ lawyer, Jimoh Adamu, told a Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday that
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Police Recruitment: Behind the Figures – By Azu Ishiekwene
A small news item from a police statement tucked inside the print edition of PUNCH on Wednesday stirred more interest than usual. In the statement, the police had asked those who applied for the position of constables to resume at the state commands between February 1 and 20.
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Why Nigeria’s international passport is scarce – Immigration
Why Nigeria’s international passport is scarce – Immigration