The United States has explained that immigrant visa restriction was imposed on Nigeria as a result of the country’s failure to comply with its established identity-management and information-sharing criteria. In a statement, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said the restriction became necessary due to America’s inability to verify a traveller’s identity and “assess whether […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday, arraigned a woman, Rabbi Okpara, before a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Maitama for allegedly issuing fake international passports to people. Ms Okpara was arraigned on a four-count charge of using her travel agency, Green Valley Concept Limited, to lure unsuspecting members of the […]
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Most applicants for the United States’ visa will have to submit their social media details under newly adopted rules. The State Department regulations say people will have to submit social media names and five years’ worth of email addresses and phone numbers. When proposed last year, authorities estimated the proposal would affect 14.7 million people […]
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Russian state media on Sunday reported that Chelsea football club owner Roman Abramovich’s British visa has run out, while his spokesman declined to comment. Russian state news agency TASS and other media picked up a report on The Bell website, which said an acquaintance of Abramovich and two in his inner circle had told it […]
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The US government is proposing to collect social media identities from nearly everyone who seeks US Visa, according to a State Department filing on Friday. The proposal, a broad expansion of the information gathered from applicants for U.S. visas, if approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), would require most immigrant and non-immigrant […]
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U.S. President Donald Trump has called on Congress to end the visa lottery programme, citing a Justice Department crackdown on a recipient who abused resident status to finance terrorist activities abroad. “Time to end the visa lottery,” Trump said in a Twitter post. “Congress must secure the immigration system and protect Americans.” Trump linked his […]
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President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Tuesday that any African can get a visa on arrival in Kenya, and will be free to settle in the country if they marry a Kenyan, removing restrictions on some nations. Kenyatta was on Tuesday sworn-in for a second term in office. “If you wish and find a willing partner, […]
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Abdulrahman Dambazau, minister of interior, has warned that Nigeria would no longer tolerate delay in issuance of visa to its nationals from any country. The minister said this on Monday in Abuja while meeting with Geoffrey Onyeama, foreign affairs minister, to resolve some of the issues militating against visa issuance. The meeting also had in […]
Continue ReadingAuthorities in Ghana have busted a fake U.S. embassy in the capital Accra, run by a criminal network that had issued visas illegally for one decade, the U.S. State Department said in a statement. The statement noted that until its shutdown this summer, the sham embassy was housed in a run-down, pink two-storey building with […]
Continue Reading(NAN) The United Kingdom has launched super priority visa service in Nigeria to allow customers to process their applications within 24 hours. In a statement posted on its website, the British high commission said the new service was brought up to particularly meet the needs of those requiring urgent traveling service. The statement said Paul […]
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