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The Minister of Inside, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on Monday, launched an automatic passport utility course of for Nigerians.
The event means Nigerians at residence and overseas can now go surfing to use for passports with out interface with personnel of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS).
The inside minister whereas talking to newsmen on the brand new feat, gave the credit score to the visionary management and assist given by President Bola Tinubu.
The minister was upbeat that the web passports portal would drastically scale back contacts between candidates and immigration officers, including that it could revolutionise the method of acquiring passports.
He additionally added that it could velocity up the complete strategy of acquiring a brand new passport by Nigerians in any a part of the world.
“This initiative is bound to deliver aid to all Nigerians who want to acquire the nation’s passport. The portal has undoubtedly ended the lengthy ready interval for passport issuance. It has additionally ended the cycle of day by day wastage of man-hours by passport candidates”, stated Tunji-Ojo.
The Minister through the coaching of Immigration personnel for the train had hinted that the web passport utility platform was established for each worldwide and Nigerian candidates.
He stated the method which might contain importing passport photographs and supporting paperwork on-line would scale back human interfaces and remove corrupt practices.
He defined that Nigerian candidates who need 32-page passports with five-year validity would pay N25,000, whereas those that need 64-page passports with a 10-year validity would pay N70,000.
International candidates, who want to apply for passports with a five-year validity interval and 32 pages, would pay $130, whereas those that want passports with a 10-year validity interval and 64 pages would pay $230.
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