It is good news for Nigerians wishing to travel to the United States –
and you can bet there are a whole lot of them – as it has been revealed
that they can now secure the American visa within 20 days, and not 150
days anymore.
This was made known by the United States ambassador to Nigeria, His
Excellency Terence McCulley, during an exclusive interview with us.
According to him, “We recognize that the visa is an important part of
our relationship and we have every interest in facilitating legitimate
travel visas of students, people and tourists who want to travel to the
US as part of dynamic series of exchanges between both countries.”
The ambassador attributed this to the hard work of the consular
offices in both Abuja and Lagos. Both offices have been able to manage
what is a very significant increase in work load without a concomitant
increase in human or physical resources to manage the interviews that
are being undertaken, he added.
Over the past years there had been a huge increase in demand for the
US visa by Nigerians which led to a significant wait time to secure a
visa interview.
This, unfortunately, had permitted middle men and touts to grab
appointments and then resell them, he said: “By reducing the time
Nigerians have to wait to secure a visa we hope to eliminate these
people who are profiting on the gullibility of visa applicants and we
hope to be able to offer better services,” he said.
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