- ALL current passport backlogs to be issued on or before May 31, 2021.
- Those with issues with their application will be contacted.
- Names of all those whose passport are ready and currently waiting for collection will be published on the Immigration website and they will be required to visit the Command HQ in the state where they applied for collection.
- New passport application regime begins June 1, 2021
- Passport application processing to collection has now been standardized to take a total of 6 weeks.
- Those who desire express service of 24hrs-72hrs waiting time, can visit any of the passport express centres (it will come with an additional fee).
- One passport express centre has been launched in Maitama, Abuja and 10 more to open across the country in the next few weeks.
- A zero-tolerance stance to all forms of touting has been declared. No applicant will be made to pay any illegitimate fees.
- Security operatives – seen and unseen – has been embedded in all passport offices. They will wear body cameras. They will detect and report any form of solicitations, inflation, improper communications, extortion, diversion, hoarding and other corrupt practices. Those caught will be dealt with according to the law.
- An ombudsman has been created for members of the public to receive complaints and reports on officers trying to deviate from prescribed guidelines and subversion of the process.
- Applicants will have no basis for further communication with officers, other than to complete their application process and leave the venue.
- The date for the collection of their passports or any challenge to the application, will be communicated to them. The technology for the efficient running of this system has been acquired.
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