Nigerian visa goes for a dollar in 13 countries
While many Nigerians may have known visa
fees of different European and American countries, not many take
interest in what the country charges other nationals for the document..
But the fact is that the Nigerian
Immigration Service has a long list of the fees on its website,
indicating clearly the differences in terms of countries, the visa type
and number of entries.
If what the NIS displays on the website
is anything to go by, nationals of Mauritania, Monaco, Morroco, New
Zealand, Panama, Uruguay, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Burma, Dominican,
Chile and Colombia are charged between N100 and N 200 for a single-entry
Nigerian visa. For those applying for multiple entries, the fee is
multiplied by the number of entries they are seeking.
Weighed
against the current exchange rate, it implies that a Nigerian visa is
still going for half a dollar or a little above that.
Applicants from the United States are charged the highest. They pay N14,000 for either a single or multiple-entry visa.
Russia and other former members of the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics are next to the US, and a visa
application from the region attracts N10,500.
A traveller from the United Kingdom, who
is applying for a single-entry Nigerian visa, pays N9,700, whereas a
multiple-visa applicant is charged N16,200.
Interestingly, UK nationals, picking up
temporary employment in Nigeria, pay N9,700, which is less than what
their multiple-visa counterparts are charged.
A British woman, married to a Nigerian,
has the option of obtaining an “indefinite” visa at N40,800, according
to the NIS’s fee schedule.
Most European countries, such as
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Belgium and
Spain, pay a little above N6,000 for a single-visa application.
Multiple-entry visa application fee in most of the listed countries is
N9,000 plus.
Based on the fact that the immigration
service deals with many people in different parts of the world, it is
expected that the facts presented on its website are valid as this is a
major platform where potential visitors to Nigeria can access it.
Many Nigerian establishments have,
however, yet to embrace online operation as an essential part of their
corporate integrity. Hence, what such organisations, especially federal
ministries, departments and agencies, tag new information are, in some
cases, one or more years stale.
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