{"id":71582,"date":"2020-02-03T22:18:20","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T21:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=71582"},"modified":"2020-02-03T22:18:20","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T21:18:20","slug":"u-s-notified-nigeria-of-visa-ban-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/u-s-notified-nigeria-of-visa-ban-in-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S Notified Nigeria of Visa Ban In 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1657548544587873455\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">The United States notified Nigeria and all foreign governments about the identity-management and information-sharing criteria in 2019 and the plans to place visa ban.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div>\n<p>This was contained in the full report of the visa restrictions titled, \u2018Proclamation on improving enhanced vetting capabilities and process\u2019 published on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1580847879276000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF67ssma9eaNEoDOzNhjRQYSoUScA\">www.whitehouse.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the document, the U.S. described Nigeria as one of the worst-performing countries on the performance metrics which it said led to the imposition of migrant visa restriction on the country.<\/p>\n<p>The new visa regime announced by the US Government on January 31, involves the suspension of the issuance of \u2018immigrant visas\u2019 to Nigerian passport holders. It comes into effect on February 21.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from Nigeria, others on the list are Eritrea, Myanmar, Tanzania, Sudan and Kyrgyzstan.<\/p>\n<p>It read, \u201cThe process began on March 11, 2019, when the United States Government formally notified all foreign governments (except for Iran, Syria, and North Korea) about the refined performance metrics for the identity-management and information-sharing criteria.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States notified Nigeria and all foreign governments about the identity-management and information-sharing criteria in 2019 and the plans to place visa ban. 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