FG slashes visa fees for U.S citizens
A review of the U.S.’ visa reciprocity policy for Nigeria
has led to a slash of visa application charges for citizens of the North
American country by the Nigerian government.
Confirming the
development, the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr
Muhammad Babandede said the visa application charges for American citizens was
slashed from $180 to $160.
The information was
conveyed in a memo marked NIS/HQ/CGI/806/7 and addressed to the Permanent
Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
All Nigerian missions were asked to immediately implement
the new visa charges and discontinue the old fee broken down as "$160 as
visa fee and $20 as “processing and expedient fees”.
The new directive is
however coming months after the US government imposed additional visa fees on
Nigerian citizens in retaliation of an increased visa fee for US citizens by
the Nigerian government.
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