The Nigeria Immigration Service has announced the immediate disengagement of Online Integrated Solutions (OIS Services) as the operator of Nigeria’s Visa Application and Submission Centres in the United States.In a public notice shared on its official X account on Thursday, the agency urged prospective travellers and Nigerians residing in the US who require Nigerian visas to take note of the new arrangement.
According to the Immigration Service, all visa applicants must now submit their applications directly at the Embassy of Nigeria in Washington, D.C., or at the Nigerian Consulates in New York and Atlanta until further notice.The Consulate General of Nigeria, New York also confirmed the development on its official website, stating that OIS Services has ceased collecting and submitting visa applications on behalf of the consulate.
Before its disengagement, OIS Services served as the outsourced visa application centre for Nigerian diplomatic missions in several US cities, including Washington, D.C., Houston, Atlanta, Los Angeles and New Jersey, where it handled biometric enrolment and document submissions for visa applicants. The Nigeria Immigration Service and Nigerian missions in the United States have not disclosed the reason for terminating OIS Services’ appointment, leaving the circumstances surrounding the decision unclear.
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