Everyone want to run out of Naija?..The U.S. Mission in Nigeria says
that no fewer than 220,000 Nigerians applied for non-immigrant visas in
2014.
The Chief Consular Officer of the U.S. Embassy, Ms Stacie Hankins, made
this known at a media tour in Abuja on Wednesday. Hankins said its
Consular Section approved 66 per cent of tourist visa applications.
She explained that two in every three applicants were
successful, adding refusal of visa applications and failure to make use
of visa had no disadvantage on the applicants, NAN reports. She also
said the U.S. Mission received more than 138,578 applications for
non-immigrant travel to the U.S. for the 2015 fiscal year, which started
in October, 2014. “Fiscal year 2014 ended Sept. 30, 2014 and Lagos and
Abuja together processed about 220,000 non-immigrant visa applications.
“Fiscal year 2015 started Oct. 1, 2014 and from then till date, we’ve
processed about 138,000 non-immigrant visa applications. Hankins said
the Abuja Consular Office processed about 400 visa applications everyday
from Monday to Friday, while the Lagos Consulate office processed about
900 applications daily. She said that cases of visa racketeering had
been received while cases of fraudulent activities had been reported to
the police, which had made arrests and detained the suspects.
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