IndiaAIFounders — You can Come Back With Your Expired Passports, NIS Tells Nigerians Abroad

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has clarified that Nigerians living abroad do not need a valid passport to return home.

Expired Nigerian passports can still be used for the journey and renewed after arrival in the country.The clarification comes as many Nigerians in the diaspora prepare for end-of-year trips.

The NIS noted that those travelling during the December season can conveniently process their passport renewal while in Nigeria instead of waiting to do so abroad.

Addressing the situation in the United Kingdom, the service said the ongoing passport intervention has not disrupted regular services at the Nigerian High Commission. Applicants whose appointments fall due continue to be attended to as scheduled.

NIS spokesman DCI Akinsola Akinlabi also confirmed that the contactless passport application platform remains fully operational.

This gives Nigerians who prefer not to visit a passport office in person the option of processing their renewal remotely through the app.

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