{"id":307060,"date":"2024-01-24T07:35:57","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T06:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=307060"},"modified":"2024-01-24T07:35:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T06:35:57","slug":"32462-nigerians-apply-for-passports-in-two-weeks-as-japa-intensifies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/01\/24\/32462-nigerians-apply-for-passports-in-two-weeks-as-japa-intensifies\/","title":{"rendered":"32,462 Nigerians apply for passports in two weeks as Japa intensifies"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>the Immigration boss said of the 32,462 applications, 11,505 were awaiting approval, while 3,406 who made payment were yet to book appointments<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The desire and frenzy among Nigerians to escape the harsh socio-economic realities of the country and seek greener pasture in foreign clime has reached its crescendo.<\/p>\n<p>This is as 32,462 Nigerians applied for international <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/01\/08\/just-in-minister-of-interior-unveils-automated-passport-application-system\/\">passports<\/a> and submit their documents to the Nigeria Immigration Service site between January 8 and 21,2024.<\/p>\n<p>The Comptroller-General of Immigration Service, Caroline Adepoju, made this known on Tuesday during a visit to Ikoyi and Alausa passport offices.<\/p>\n<p>The minister was at the passport offices to assess the working conditions regarding the introduction of the automated passport application process.<\/p>\n<p>Briefing journalists at the end of the assessment, the Immigration boss said of the 32,462 applications, 11,505 were awaiting approval, while 3,406 who made payment were yet to book appointments.<\/p>\n<p>According to her, 1,438 applications were queried for various reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Adepoju said: \u201c50 per cent of the total applications have been successfully approved for biometric capture, production and issuance, 35 per cent awaits approval, 11 per cent made payments but yet to book appointments and only four per cent of total applications were queried.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen queries are successfully answered, the applications return to the queue and are subsequently approved for biometric acquisition, production and issuance \u201c.<\/p>\n<p>Adepoju, who noted that the introduction of the automation of passport applications was not new, clarified that further: \u201cThe major difference now is that supporting documents are now uploaded online. It is a research-based decision and we have been recording successes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs of this morning (yesterday), we have only recorded four per cent rejection of uploaded documents which may be due to errors on the side of the applicant. But our help desk is operational 24\/7.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Nigeria Immigration Service, our technical partners, service providers and other stakeholders worked together with the Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, to come up with this reform on the automation of passport process which has been in place since the inception of the issuance of enhanced e-passport in 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She disclosed that the automation of passport application was aimed, among other benefits, at easing the application process and reducing human interface which had been a major complaint from applicants who had been extorted by touts during application.<\/p>\n<p>The Immigration boss called on Nigerians to be patient and allow the NIS to ensure the perfection of the process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the Immigration boss said of the 32,462 applications, 11,505 were awaiting approval, while 3,406 who made payment were yet to book appointments. 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