Topic: Getting international passport is now easier (Read 119 times)

This wan sweet me die, it means I'll have to start my Japa process.

E dey fast and not that expensive anymore and plenty scam no go dey like before, dem scam my guys ehh Kai.

It goes to show how much the digital sector needs to improve on, and the adoption of Crypto in the country as a legal tender for payments and transactions would boost the chances of the country being more technologically and A.I advanced, and as such, this delivery service for passports and other identity cards would be seamlessly easy and quicker to deliver.

Making laws and policies in Nigeria has never been the problem, it's enforcing them that's the issue. I think international passports will still be expensive because the people who are supposed to enforce the new policy are the people it affects negatively.
The people at the immigration office make money from people who want to get international passports, and this new format will stop them from ripping people off so it won't work.
Like you said, the rate at which people request a passport is high because a lot of people want to leave the country and this is an opportunity for the immigration officers that they must exploit no matter what laws are put in place.

If na true be dis Naim be say na welcom development. Because i remember last year wey me and person dey discuss about passport, how e dey very expensive and how the government no wan chuk eye for the matter. emaging spending rougly #70k for international passport like say if person get guarantee dey to move to another country. But with this your news i believe everything now na free. But if not be so e be you also let me know.

Tunji Ojo needs to be wholeheartedly applauded and duly appreciated for the landmark achievements he have recorded in the ministry, especially, when he orchestrated the clearance of over 200,000 backlogs of passports left in the system for the very long time now. I can't imagine that gone are those days when you find it very difficult to get a passport ready, but you have to wait tirelessly or lobby for it with an insider officer to help you push the process to a fruition. To the point that he was even awarded with the "Public Service Person Of The Year 2023” by Leadership newspaper.


His attention to the neglected border community have also been profound which before he came it was a big issue by those people who are most oftentimes being ignore in the scheme of works. The second aspect is the milestone he recorded with the decongestation of over 4,000 inmates in the Nigerian correctional facilities.

Na true you talk but we no fit compare NIN and international passport in terms of which one go get crowd. NIN na compulsory for all the citizens and the case of this linking of sim and NIN make the situation worse back then wey everybody dey rush go register to avoid their Sims been blocked. International passport no be for everyone and na mostly people wey get plan to travel abroad dey do am so I no think say the place go dey choke like that NIN own.

Concerning the price, Omo no be lie. I escort one of my friend go do am like five months back but I surprised to know how much it cost. Although that one na on emergency dem do am for us and wait to collect it that same day but him pocket dry. Apart from the cost wey the thing cost, you go need guarantor again and the person go also possess international passport. I begin dey wonder how person wey no get anyone with international passport go do.


You are right but let hope and remain positive always that it will be for the best. The reason for this delay some time is due to laziness of the staffs working in that department. Aside that most of the machines using to process the passport is outdated, the staffs are not ready to perform their duties efficiently to make things easier. They would rather wait for workload to accumulate before beginning to work on it.

this one is just like the terms and condition that brings you back to the old delay. We all know that in this country, once you are told to go and wait for a certain period of time after which you would be called back for a particular thing, it would take them twice that period of time before you are called back.

I just hope I'm being negative and that they can keep to their assertion. If they are able to keep to what they say, then it would indeed be a welcome development.

Always heard of how difficult it was to get passports in this our country but 4 months ?

Anyways, at least we are improving. Easily opening the borders would make foreign Interactions easy. People who leave the country for any reason especially Education and are patriotic enough can even come back and better the country. So, if possible the price and time span should also be cut down in the near future. God bless this country.

This one look like new development way go better that’s if them fit set the system to work and no be just to keep am like that after few days eh break down again, with this to stay for house enroll nah just same thing them do with NIN were you fit they ur house do the primary registration u still need carry the print out go the office which nah still stress to pass that biometric cuz the system they always slow and crowd they plenty I just hope say things work out for good as them plan am.

About the price way dem increase, eh no make sense say to acquire normal international passport for country way person from the person go spend pass the country minimum wage how the system carry look fair as them design am like that.

I think one of the reasons for the increase in price is that more people are requesting for it. But another reason which I am certain about is the naira devaluation that is causing rise in the costs of goods and services.

This is the only thing am seeing nas a new development and this seems that it has returned to how it has always been before now, some years back, it will take you not more than two weeks before you could achieve making your international passport and getting it ready for collection from the immigration office, but lately in the last two years encounters, you will have to wait for more than 4 months to achieve having your passport ready for collection, despite all this delay challenges, people still find the cost of doing it to be more expensive than before, government can do more in making things as more affordable for the people just as the way they have reduced the extended time of getting it done.

For some times now e dey very difficult to obtain international passport for this country. The money wey you go spend and the long time e go take before being processed really dey discouraging. This administration together with the ministry of interior and immigration services don launch the automation passport system.

For your studies abroad, japa mission or any other purpose, you no need to worry about passport again because you go get am within a short period of time without going to offices and waste your time. Yes, the long anticipating passport automation system is now active for enrollment.

In case, you need to enroll yourself and get the passport for any purpose, here are the steps to follow:

Step 1
Visit the official website and input your NIN to auto fill your details from NIMC.

Step 2
Complete other data fields that are not auto filled.

Step 3
Upload your passport photograph and other documents needed (make sure it meets ICAO standards).

Step 4
Visit any nearby immigration office for biometric capturing.

Step 5
Wait for a maximum of two weeks to collect your passport.

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Indeed, this na commendable development as it seems to make things easier for the citizens who wish to get the passport.