Issuance of Nigerian visas is based on reciprocity, according to the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS).
According to a BusinessDay report, Kenneth Udo, public relations officer, NIS, disclosed it during a phone interview.
He said Nigeria reciprocates any visa policy put forward by each country.
“For instance, when you apply for United States’ visas, you are given five years. We also give US citizens five years. We give visas on arrival to US and UK citizens, yet they don’t give us visas on arrival.
“Our visa on arrival is simple. All you just need to do is to fill the application forms and upload the necessary documents. On the other hand, to get Canadian visas and US visas, you will not only fill the needed documents, but also book appointments and do biometrics before visas are issued,” he said.
According to him, the reason people say that Nigerian visas are difficult to access is that they think everything should be waived because it is Nigeria.
“Because it is Nigeria, people feel we should give visas to everybody. There is a time stipulated for submission of applications and processing of the visas.”
Udo said all visas on arrival are available to citizens of all countries except Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) nationals who do not require visas to visit Nigeria and other countries which Nigeria has entered into visa abolition agreements with.
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