Tag: Visas
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Nigerians spend over $1billion buying foreign citizenship, golden visas
Some rich Nigerians have spent over $1billion this year alone buying themselves citizenship of other countries or golden visas as they plan ahead for safe haven should Nigeria collapse as a nation. The $1billion is a conservative estimate, given the number of applications processed by the citizenship advisory firms. According to a report published by…
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UAE begins issuance of Visas to Nigerians Thursday
The United Arab Emirates, UAE, will begin issuance of Visas to Nigerians from Thursday, October 8, 2020. This was disclosed by Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika on Tuesday. He said UAE had confirmed that it would start issuing visas to Nigerians from Thursday and that travellers would have a return ticket. “UAE confirmed that…
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‘Canada denying Nigerians visas unfairly’
Nigeria’s High Commissioner to Canada, Amb. Adeyinka Asekun, says the host country is unfairly denying a lot of Nigerians visas including students. Asekun stated this during a webinar on Nigeria’s 60th Independence Anniversary organised by the mission on Thursday evening. He expressed the hope that the issue would be addressed in the draft bilateral agreement,…
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U.S. cancels visas of over 1,000 Chinese students, researchers
The United States government has revoked visas for more than 1,000 Chinese nationals under a presidential measure denying entry to students and researchers deemed security risks. According to the State Department, on Wednesday, China called the move a violation of human rights. Chad Wolf, the acting head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, said…
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Coronavirus: US urges doctors, nurses around world to apply for visas
The United States has asked medical professionals seeking to work in America to apply for a work visa at the nearest US Embassy as part of measures to strengthen the health system to contain the coronavirus pandemic in the country. The government in a statement published on www.travel.state.gov on Friday, advised foreign medical professionals already…
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NIS promotes 4,797 personnel, issues 24,840 visas
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Monday said it had promoted 4,797 officers and service men as part of comprehensive campaign to boost the morale of its personnel. The Comptroller General, Alhaji Muhammad Babandede, disclosed this at the inauguration of the 2018 Comptroller General Annual Conference in Maiduguri. Babandede disclosed that 3,405 officers and men,…
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Brexit: UK to grant fast-tracked visas to Nigerians, other nationals
Baring any last minute eventualities, the United Kingdom, UK, is perfecting plans to amend its border control system to benefit citizens from 52 Commonwealth countries, including Nigeria. According to a report by UK Telegraph, 45 members of the UK parliament said Commonwealth countries may get fast-tracked visas to the UK after Brexit if the…