FG moves to end visa-on-arrival policy

The Federal Government on Friday announced plans to cancel the visa-on-arrival policy.

The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, announced this during the closing ceremony of a weeklong capacity-building training for personnel of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS.

According to reports, the capacity building training is one of the measures being adopted by the NIS to document everyone visiting the country.

Recall that the administration of the former President Muhammadu Buhari introduced the visa-on-arrival policy in 2020 as a short-stay visa issued at the point of entry.

Tunji-Ojo said the Federal Government would introduce landing and exit cards, which prospective visitors will pre-fill before coming into the country in place of the visa-on-arrival policy

The minister stressed the need to harmonise the immigration data centre and have integrated solutions for decisions that has to do with migration into Nigeria.