Introduction
The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, at a stakeholders’ sensitisation forum organised by the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) on 11 April 2025, announced the launch of major reforms in expatriate administration and visa policy in Nigeria.
According to the Minister, the expatriate administration reforms, also referred to as “Expatriate Administration System” (EAS), are mainly, focused on addressing the incidence of abuse of the Expatriate Quota (EQ) policy in Nigeria, enforcing knowledge transfer to Nigerians and shifting the burden of repatriation costs from taxpayers to expatriates.
In addition, a revised visa policy tagged Nigeria Visa Policy (NVP) 2025 will be implemented from 1 May 2025. The Minister stated that the revised visa policy would be targeted at further automation of visa application and approval processes, to facilitate seamless issuance of visas to foreigners seeking to travel to Nigeria for business and other purposes.
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