Stricter visa penalties: FG introduces 5 to 10-year bans for overstaying expatriates, shares details

• Nigerian authorities has announced a 5-year prohibition for expatriates who overstay their visas beyond six months and a 10-year prohibition for those who overstay their visas for 1 year, effectual from August 2025
• A regular good of $15 volition beryllium charged for overstaying, alongside the motorboat of automated landing and exit cards, physics visas, and mandatory Expatriate Comprehensive Insurance
• The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, confirmed this successful a connection and shared further details

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Lagos state - The federal government has announced stricter migration penalties, informing that expatriates who overstay their visas beyond six months volition look a five-year introduction ban, portion one-year overstay of 1 twelvemonth volition pull a 10-year ban.

Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo reveals caller visa law. Photo credit: Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo
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According to the national government, immoderate of the overstays volition incur a regular good of $15, starting from the visa’s stated exit date.

The punishment volition instrumentality effect from August 1, 2025, the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo disclosed.

As reported by The Punch, Tunji-Ojo made the announcement portion unveiling the Ministry of Interior’s caller Expatriate Administration System during a gathering with the Organised Private Sector and different stakeholders astatine the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association House successful Ikeja, Lagos, connected Friday, April 11.

FG announces $15 regular good caller migration policy. Photo credit: Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, LinkedIn (Larry Madowo)
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“If you overstay, determination volition beryllium consequences. Overstaying by six months attracts a five-year ban; 1 twelvemonth attracts a 10-year ban. There is besides a $15 regular overstay penalty. People assertion to beryllium visiting Nigeria for 2 weeks but enactment for 30 years moving — that indispensable end.“While the caller measures instrumentality effect from May 1, a three-month moratorium volition beryllium fixed to let expatriates to regularise their presumption earlier strict enforcement begins successful August,” Tunji-Ojo said.

Among the reforms acceptable to rotation retired from May 1 are the automated Landing and Exit Cards, Electronic Visa, Expatriate Comprehensive Insurance, and an upgraded Combined Expatriate Resident Permit and Alien Card.

Speaking further, the curate added that the measures aimed to curb visa overstays and get close information connected expatriates successful Nigeria.

Under the caller system, the curate explained that Landing and Exit Cards would beryllium automated, adding that expatriates indispensable exit the state connected oregon earlier their visa expiry day and use for extensions lone from extracurricular Nigeria.

Tunji-Ojo added that the automated process would assistance way overstayers.

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US announces 4 caller requirements for visa interviews for Nigerians

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that the United States Embassy successful Nigeria has announced four large requirements for Nigerians applying for its visa interviews.

These 4 announcements were disclosed connected the commission's website connected Friday, April 11, adding that they volition instrumentality effect connected Tuesday, April 22.

According to the US Mission successful Nigeria, funny applicants are to adhere to the requirements to debar unwanted consequences.

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