The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, Muhammad Babandede, has announced the reopening of the passport application and payment portal effective 8th June 2021 to allow eligible Passport applicants to apply and make payments for the various categories of Passports of their choice.
In a statement signed by the Service Public Relations Officer, Amos Okpu, it would be recalled that the passport portal was closed following the directives of the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on the 17th of May, 2021 to afford the Service the opportunity to clear all backlogs of applications that have piled up across Issuing Centres in the past few months.
Okpu also noted that with the reopening of the portal, a new passport application and payment regime has commenced, hinting that under the new passport regime, applications and payments for passport services shall be made through the Service website and also applicants are expected to visit the portal to apply and upload their support documents for vetting and processing.
The Comptroller General also advised Nigerians and indeed passport applicants to avoid patronizing touts as the entire process has been made seamless for effective and efficient service delivery.
While warning passport racketeers to desist from acts capable of undermining the reform efforts to avoid very strict sanctions.