LAGOS: In a bid to streamline the immigration process for frequent business travelers, the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) recently published guidelines for a new visa on arrival process for business travelers and investors
While this process is seen as a positive change overall and allows business travellers the possibility to enter Nigeria without undergoing any sort of consular visa filing, there are several requirements that make this announcement different than other visa on arrival policies seen throughout the world.
Similar to the consular-based business visa process, the visa on arrival requires, among other things, prior approval from the NIS. This approval is obtained by forwarding the standard business visa documentation to the Immigration Service in Abuja.
