The Federal Government has set August 1, 2025, as the deadline to begin issuing stiff penalties to foreigners who have overstayed their visas.
It opened an online immigration amnesty portal in July to allow affected individuals to regularise their stay before the penalties take effect.
The minister for interior Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on Monday, said that once the amnesty period is over, the law would be implemented by 100 per cent and there would be penalties for overstaying in Nigeria.
He disclosed this at a stakeholders’ sensitisation on major Nigeria Immigration Service innovations in international passenger travel, at the Service headquarters in Abuja, further saying that the recently launched electronic visa regime has processed over 14,000 applications within its first six weeks, adding that the e-visa system would spur economic growth.
