{"id":24953,"date":"2021-04-23T07:45:04","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T06:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=24953"},"modified":"2021-04-23T07:45:04","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T06:45:04","slug":"fg-passport-processing-time-now-six-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/23\/fg-passport-processing-time-now-six-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"FG: Passport processing time now six weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The federal government has announced that the passport application processing time by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) will now take six weeks.<\/p>\n<p>This announcement was made by the Interior minister, Rauf Aregbesola at a meeting with Muhammed Babandede, comptroller-general of NIS; passport officers, as well as attaches in Nigerian missions abroad, held at the immigration headquarters in Abuja, on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>According to Aregbesola, this is to ensure a seamless, transparent operation, as well as \u201caccord human dignity to applicants and fulfil <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/07\/i-didnt-file-suit-against-atikus-citizenship-%e2%80%95-malami\/\">citizenship<\/a> integrity in line with the mandate of the ministry\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement by Towoju Raphael, senior information officer at the ministry of interior, Aregbesola said it has become imperative to review the ministry\u2019s operations and rejig its system in order to offer excellent services to clients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA timeline will be fixed for every application i.e., a collection date. This will be six weeks, comparable to what obtains in other countries,\u201d Aregbesola said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is to allow for enough time to investigate and validate personal information supplied by the applicants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we are driving at is the peace of mind that comes from the assurance of certainty. If there are circumstances that will make the date change, it will be communicated to the applicant one week before the collection date.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApplicants will have no basis for further communication with officers, other than to complete their application process and leave the venue. The date for the collection of their passports or any challenge to the application will be communicated to them. The technology for the efficient running of this system has been acquired and will be deployed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The minister also added that the NIS will publish a list of the backlog of applications that are ready, which have not been collected by the owners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey will be required to go to the state commands to collect them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Aregbesola also said efforts are on to embed security operatives both \u201cseen and unseen\u201d in all passport offices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have had several challenges in the past, including shortage of booklets, touting, racketeering, inflating the cost, passports being issued to ineligible persons, among others,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey will wear body cameras. They will detect and report any form of solicitations, inflation, improper communications, extortion, diversion, hoarding and other corrupt practices. Those caught will be dealt with according to the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The minister said an ombudsman will also be created for members of the public to receive complaints and reports on officers trying to deviate from prescribed guidelines and subversion of the process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore, I am declaring a zero-tolerance stance to all forms of touting. No applicant will be made to pay any illegitimate fees,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The federal government has announced that the passport application processing time by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) will now take six weeks. 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