Nigeria reduces the visa fees for US Citizens Seeking for Visas into the country

The Minister of interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has disclosed in a statement, that the Nigerian Government has reduced the
fees for the citizens of the United States seeking for visas into the country.

The statement reads,

The attention of the Ministry of Interior has been drawn to the introduction of reciprocity of visa fees by the United States of America.

The ministry acknowledges that there were engagements with the United States Embassy on the issue and in the aftermath, a committee was set up to conduct due diligence in line with the ministry’s extant policy on reciprocity of visa fees.

The committee had concluded its assignment and submitted a report but the issuance of authorisation for its recommendations was delayed due to transition processes in the ministry at the policy level.

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Rauf Aregbesola, The Minister of Interior,
has approved the reduction of visa fees,
to be paid by US citizens, seeking for admission into the country, in line with
reciprocity policy as recommended by the
committee.

In line with this, Muhammad Babandede, the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration Service, has been directed to implement the reduction in Nigeria’s visa charges to United States citizens with effect from Thursday, August 29, 2019.”

This new fees was implemented 24 hours after US authorities increased the cost of visa application for Nigerians.