NIN INTEGRATION AND VERIFICATION FEES FOR SPEEDY PASSPORT APPLICATION AND ISSUANCE

NIN INTEGRATION AND VERIFICATION FEES FOR SPEEDY PASSPORT
APPLICATION AND ISSUANCE

ALIMOTU SHADIAT

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) wishes to inform
the general public that it has devised and agreed on a framework with
the Nigerian Immigration Service(NIS)to significantly improve the quality
of service, accuracy,and speed of passport services through the timely
verification of the National Identification Number (NIN).

This new arrangement is in furtherance of the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy’sdirective to streamline passport application, renewal,and issuance processes.

Consequently, aNIN Verification fee would be charged for each
Nigerian passport application for this service.

According to the the agency Nigerians will be charge one thousand naira only, African countries will be charged $5.00 or its equivalent in other currencies while $15.00 will be charge or it’s equivalent in other currencies.

NIMC and NIS have agreed on a revised applicant journey that will
significantly improve the speed of passport issuance/re-issuance and
reduce the traffic visiting the NIS office(s).

The NIN service,fees,and the new NIS process will go live on 1st Apri
2023.