Today in Abuja, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, the Minister of Interior, is scheduled to open the country’s first online passport application gateway.
This was revealed last Friday at a live demonstration session in which the Minister and Caroline Adepoju, the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, presented the cutting-edge web interface.
The minister promised in December to completely automate the passport application process nationally, and the new platform was created for both foreign and Nigerian applicants. According to Tunji, the automated system is currently “99 percent done,” with features including the ability to upload supporting documentation and passport images.
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The new fee structure will cost Nigerian applicants N25,000 for a 32-page passport with a five-year validity period and N70,000 for a 64-page passport with a 10-year validity period.
The costs for overseas applicants are $130 for a 32-page passport good for five years and $230 for a 64-page passport valid for ten years. All applications have to be filed via the official website, passport.immigration.gov.ng.
Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission; Stephen Matete, International Organisation for Migration representative; Joe Abah, Country Manager of Development Alternatives Incorporated; Tijjani Musa, Founder of Kwandala Foundation; and David Afolayan, Co-founder of Technext were among the notable guests at the launch event.
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