The US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leonard, said the visa ban could be resolved between the two countries if the Nigerian government meets certain conditions.
The United States has declared that the visa ban placed on Nigeria and other countries was a temporary measure.
The ambassador said the ban was based on US concerns over needs for information sharing and not about character definition.The ambassador said the immigrant visa ban does not affect people who are currently resident in the United States.The US ambassador said: “I need to clarify something for you here, the immigrant visa ban does not affect people who are currently resident in the United States.“What Secretary Pompey said was something that was meant to be temporary.
Ngige said the inclusion of Nigeria in the list of countries under the US travel ban was a shock to the country. “They were all part of the Nigerian residents in the US and it came to us as a rude shock when the US government banned Nigerians and put us in the list of those countries whose residency status have been cancelled.”
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