Nigerians, No Longer Permitted To Get A UK Visitor Visa

The UK will stop processing applications for visitor visas from Nigeria because, according to the UK, travelers from Nigeria have contributed 15% of its omnicron case as of Dec. 5. Information Guide Nigeria

According to QUART AFRICA, in a statement, announcing the suspension, the UK said prospective travellers can still apply for visas but they will not hear back from the immigrations unit on the status of their application, nor will they be refunded if they have provided biometric details during the application process.

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The UK issues visitor visas for such needs as visiting friends and family, tourism, business meetings, studies for less than 6 months, and for private medical treatment. But except for British and Irish citizens living in Nigeria, request for any of this will be suspended. jamb results

The visa suspension affects applications from Nigeria and 10 Southern African countries on the UK’s covid-19 red list. Nigeria’s addition to the list today (Dec. 6) comes less than a week after first case of omnicron variant was found in the country. Ghana reported cases on the same day but is not on the UK’s red list.

Though the UK said the visa suspension is temporary (submitted applications will be responded to at some point), it draws attention to the fact that only African countries are on the UK’s red list for a variant spotted in at least 45 countries including developed European economies like Denmark where 183 cases were reported on Dec. 5.

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