Nigeria now has 79 different classes of visas for foreigners wishing to come into the country for any sort of business. VisaPolicy TravelVisa Buhari Nigeria
with an avalanche of condemnation from some quarters, largely due to misconceptions about how it would operate, perhaps mischief. Chief among the charges against it was that it was a subliminal plot to import more killers into the country under official cover, and that foreigners would come to take available job opportunities meant for Nigerians.
The Short Visit Visa class covers individuals such as non-accredited diplomats, people on transit travellers without visas, single and multiple entries visas for business, tourism, visiting journalists, clerics, medical, sports, among others. Covered under Temporary Residence Visas are temporary work permit, accredited diplomats, spouse/dependents of accredited diplomats, employment , employment , employment , students, academic exchange programme, among others.
At the public presentation in Abuja, Buhari said the Visa Policy 2020 is designed and intended to attract innovation, specialized skills and knowledge from abroad to complement local capacity. “Earlier in the course of this administration, we introduced the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan with one of the objectives being to minimise bottlenecks, which impede innovation and market-based solutions for building an inclusive economy. Nigeria Visa Policy 2020 is intended to attract innovation, specialized skills and knowledge from abroad to complement locally available ones.”
The system is automated. No cash transaction; so, the chances of corruption are reduced. NVP is part of a wider reform of ‘NIS Border Strategy, 2019-2023,’ as it holds immense economic benefits for the country. In a technical presentation, the Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigrations Service , Mr. Muhammad Babandede, said the service had already put in place a technological hub called the Migrants Information and Data Analysis to ensure strict compliance with the conditions for the issuance of the visa. Babandede assured that issues of corruption or bribery would be controlled by the automated system while allaying fears of possible infiltration of the economy by criminals and terrorists.
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