Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Nigeria Immigration stops passport processing, migrant e-registration

The Nigeria Immigration Service has suspended the processing of passport and migrant e-Registration.

A statement by Sunday James, the Service Public Relations Officer, on Monday, explained that this was a response to the outbreak and spread of coronavirus.

He said the Comptroller General of Immigration Service, Muhammad Babandede, gave the order on Monday.

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“The service has accordingly directed for the temporary suspension of processing of passport and Migrant e-Registration effective 23rd March – 23rd April, 2020 in line with the government’s directives on Restrictions on International Flight,” he said.

Babandede assured that the period would be used to process all pending passport cases.

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He added that the public would be informed when the passports are ready for collection.

The CGI regretted any inconvenience caused by the suspension.

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