visas

US Have Restored Long-Term Visas For Ghanaians After Deal

September 29, 2025 2:28 am

US decision to restore long-term visas for Ghanaians, follows Ghana’s agreement to accept deportees, easing tensions and boosting travel between the two nations.

The United States has lifted visa restrictions on Ghana, reinstating five-year, multiple-entry visas for Ghanaian citizens after more than a year of diplomatic tension.

The move, announced during the United Nations General Assembly in New York, comes after Ghana agreed to accept citizens deported from the United States and other West African nations. The restrictions, imposed in July 2025, had limited Ghanaian travelers to single-entry visas valid for only three months, drawing criticism from business leaders, students, …

UAE Halts New Tourist, Work Visas For Nine Nations

UAE Halts New Tourist, Work Visas For Nine Specified Nations

September 29, 2025 1:58 am

UAE blocks visas of Afghanistan, Lebanon, Sudan, Somalia, Bangladesh, Yemen, Cameroon, Uganda, and Libya citizens amid security and health reviews.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has temporarily suspended new applications for tourist and work visas from citizens of nine countries, in a move officials say is tied to national security, public health, and migration control policies.

The suspension, which took effect immediately, impacted nationals from Afghanistan, Libya, Yemen, Somalia, Lebanon, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Sudan, and Uganda. Those who already hold valid visas are not affected and may continue to travel to, live, and work in the country as normal.

The UAE, …

‘Don’t Open Nigeria For Africans Without Visas’

December 22, 2019 1:39 pm

A Rights group, Human, Right, Liberty Access, and Peace Defenders’ Foundation (HURIDE), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari not to plunge Nigeria into dangerous religious war with his new foreign policy of opening Nigerian borders to Africans without visas.

The group made the call after its national executive end of the year meeting, expressing shock that President Buhari who few months ago closed border ahead of 2019 Christmas will immediately open it for people from other parts of the continent to troop into.

The group urged Buhari to immediately stop the policy, or carry on with it at the risk …

58,000 Visas Issued To Foreign Investors At Lagos Airport

December 6, 2019 9:14 am

Comptroller of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in charge of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Mr Abdullahi Usman, has disclosed that not less than 58,000 visas have been issued to foreigners at the airport located in the Ikeja area of Lagos State.

Mr Usman, in a chat with newsmen at the airport, stated that most of the visas were issued to foreigners coming into the country to invest in the economy, thereby creating jobs for citizens.

According to him, these visas were given to these foreigners on …

U.S. To Deny Visas To Those Who Cannot Afford Healthcare

October 5, 2019 8:47 am

President Donald Trump has announced that he wants people to be denied U.S. visas if they cannot afford healthcare in order to prevent immigrants from “financially burdening our healthcare system’’.

In a statement released late Friday, the White House said immigrant visa applicants would have to demonstrate that they will be covered by health insurance within 30 days of entering the country.

He added that they should alternatively have their financial resources to pay for medical costs.

The new rule, which will come into effect November 3, applies to those seeking visas, not those seeking asylum and will not apply …