Afrigather The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has raised the charges for passports to make them higher high quality, course of them quicker, and make them simpler to get.
Ibrahim Mohammed, the NIS Comptroller in Adamawa, shared this info at a public occasion in Yola, launching a marketing campaign to let residents know in regards to the price adjustments beginning September 1.
The worth for a 32-page passport legitimate for 5 years will now be ₦50,000, up from ₦35,000. A 64-page passport with ten years of validity will price ₦100,000, elevated from ₦70,000.
Among the causes for the rise:
1. Improved High quality and Safety
The brand new charges will assist improve the general high quality and security measures of the passports to fulfill worldwide requirements. The brand new passports could have higher security measures, like fingerprint checks, making them very laborious to faux.
2. Rising Manufacturing Prices
The rise addresses the rising prices related to the manufacturing of passports, resembling supplies and expertise wanted for superior security measures.
3. Enhanced Entry and Effectivity
By growing the charges, the NIS plans to open extra passport entrance places of work and biometric centres. This enlargement goals to make passport providers extra accessible to the general public and cut back wait occasions.
4. Home Manufacturing
A part of the price improve will help the NIS’s purpose to fully localise the manufacturing of Nigerian passport booklets, guaranteeing that every one elements of the method meet excessive requirements of high quality and safety.
5. Particular Pricing Modifications
Beginning September 1, 2024, the fee for a 32-page passport with a 5-year validity will improve from N35,000 to N50,000. Equally, a 64-page passport with a 10-year validity will rise from N70,000 to N100,000. Charges for Nigerians making use of from overseas will stay unchanged.
