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Immigration temporary stops request for new passport

The Nigerian Immigration Service has announced a temporary stop to entertaining request for new or reissuance of passport.

The Service has further announced that passport Issuing Centres have been directed to clear existing backlog of applications on or before 31st May, 2021.

To this effect, requests for Fresh and/or Reissue shall not be entertained with effect from 18th May 2021-31st May 2021 in all Centres except for locations in the Missions abroad.

The Service in a press release in Abuja today further said that notifications for collection of produced Passports are already going out to applicants who indicated functional phone numbers in their applications.

It also revealed that, a new Passport application and processing regime shall commence by 1st June 2021.

Critical features of the reform shall include the following:

  • Applicants shall visit http://immigration.gov.ng to apply, pay & upload all the required documents for Passports;
  • Book interview/appointment after a successful online application;
  • That no applicant who have not booked online appointment shall be attended to;
  • That no cash payment to anyone shall be entertained in any Issuing Centre;
  • That Passport application processing and issuance shall take a period of Six weeks after a successful enrollment;
  • That requests for reissue can be submitted Six Months before expiration.

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