The federal government has apparently caved in to pressure and approved a reduction in visa charges payable by United States of America citizens from $180 to $150.
Speaking on the matter on Wednesday in Abuja, the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, said the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration Service, Muhammad Babandede, had been directed to implement the decrease in the visa charges with effect from Thursday (tomorrow).
The federal government’s action was as a result of the new visa regime announced by the US government on Tuesday, saying that Nigerians applying for US visas will be required to pay a visa issuance fee, or reciprocity fee, with effect from August 29.
The US Mission in Abuja had said that the reciprocity fee will be charged in addition to the non-immigrant visa application fee, also known as the Machine Readable Visa fee, which all applicants pay at the time of application.
