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BY  Roshni Majumdar with Reuters

57 minutes ago

The US State Department has said it is going to issue single-entry three-month visas for Nigerians in non-immigrant and non-diplomatic categories, rolling back five-year multiple-entry visas.

The US State Department has announced new visa rules for Nigerians wishing to travel to the US in the non-immigrant and non-diplomat categories.

The US embassy in Nigeria posted to its website

 on July 8 that the US would issue single-entry visas with a three-month validity period.

That rolls back the previous five-year multiple-entry visas that Nigerians enjoyed when it came to traveling to the US.

US President Donald Trump has signed a directive banning the citizens of 12 countries, seven in Africa, from entering the US.

A State Department memo from June indicated the US was considering a travel ban on 36 other countries, including Nigeria. That proposed, expanded, ban has not yet been officially announced. 

"We wish to underscore that as is standard globally, visa reciprocity is a continuous process and is subject to review and change at any time, such as increasing or decreasing permitted entries and duration of validity," the statement said. 

A Nigerian foreign ministry official told local media that Nigeria had no similar policy toward US citizens, according to Reuters news agency.

Nigeria received nearly one-fifth of the non-immigrant visas issued by the US government in 2024 in Africa, according to the State Department.