Nigeria Immigration Reopens Passport Application Portal

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has reopened the passport application and payment portal.

The Assistant Comptroller for Immigration Service, Amos Okpu, made the announcement on Tuesday, stating that applicants can apply and make payments for the categories of passports of their choice.

The portal will begin to function by 12 midnight to allow eligible passport applicants to apply and make payments for the various categories of passports of their choice.

Recall the NIS portal was closed on the directives of the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, on May 17.

The suspension was to allow the service to clear all backlogs of applications that had piled up across issuing centres in the past few months.

It was slated to reopen on June 1 but was postponed to June 8.

All applications and payments for passport services shall be made through the NIS website www.immigration.gov.ng.

The applicants are expected to visit the portal to apply and upload their support documents for vetting and processing.

There is a chat room facility to guide applicants through the application and payment process has been provided on the portal.

The applicants are required to make their online booking interview/enrollment appointment on any day, time and location they consider convenient.

The new timeline for passport production and issuance after enrollment shall be six weeks for fresh applications and three weeks for re-issue.

“No applicant who is yet to make an online application and payment shall be allowed into any of the Passport Issuing Centres.

“Applicants will be contacted through email and phone number they provided during application when their Passports are ready,” the statement read.