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NIS Introduces Visa On Arrival To Boost Foreign Investments

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The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has stated that its newly launched visa on arrival facility was to draw international investments to the nation.

 

Mr Abdullahi Dalhatu, the Controller of immigration answerable for the Murtala Mohammed Worldwide Airport (MMIA), made the disclosure on Friday October 88.

 

He defined that the visa on arrival coverage was meant to facilitate simple travels, particularly pressing enterprise journeys in addition to promote worldwide buying and selling actions.

 

In accordance with him, the ability covers African and non – African residents, who should not members of the Financial Group of West African states (ECOWAS).

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“Visa On Arrival (VOA) is a category of brief go to visa issued on the level of entry and the ability is available to the incessantly travelled excessive web price investor”.

 

He added that the ability is to offer easy accessibility to potential guests, who could not readily get hold of regular visas on the present Nigerian Missions in their very own international locations or these on pressing enterprise engagements and travels.

 

The controller stated such vacationers should apply for the Visa On Arrival on-line, by means of the official web site of the NIS, stressing that the ability was not a passport on arrival, as earlier misconstrued by some Nigerians.

 

Dalhatu stated that the applying could be processed on-line and all the standards need to be met earlier than a pre- approval was granted to an applicant inside 48 hours.

 

“ It’s the pre-approval slip that the customer would use to board a flight utilizing his journey passport” he added.

Africans, who should not ECOWAS members, have the privilege of making use of for the visa on arrival earlier than or after, he stated, including that non-African residents, exterior ECOWAS should equally apply on-line and get pre–approval earlier than they launched into any journey to the nation.

 

” The service has created a ‘Particular Desk’ in our workplace with a view to take care of such guests on arrival.

 

“The personnel answerable for the desk are a bunch of certified specialists from the service who’re available to take care of such instances”, Dalhatu added.