The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has lifted a 21-month-long visa ban on Nigerian travelers and introduced new rules requiring digital verification for Nigerian passport holders seeking visas.
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Travelers from Nigeria will be required to submit documents proving their identity including their travel history in order to generate a verification number that would then be used to apply for a visa.
Exceptions will be granted for applicants 13 years or younger.
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The UAE’s ban on Nigerian travelers was implemented in October 2022 due to various allegations of improper conduct and attempts to circumvent visa rules.
Tensions escalated when the Nigerian government cut back Emirates Airlines’s flights to Nigeria from 21 times a week to just once.
What They’re Saying
Nigeria’s information minister Mohammed Idris the UAE’s decision to lift the ban came after “mutually beneficial negotiations” between both governments.
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