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Nigeria: How Visa Processing Firm, VFS Global, 'Extorts', 'Mistreats' Nigerians
Premium Times, 14 May 2018
Theophilus Abbah, managing editor of Daily Trust newspaper, is one of Nigeria's most regarded investigative journalists renowned for giving voices to the voiceless and helping the… Read more »
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Nigeria: How U.S. Swindles Nigerians in Visa Application Fees
Guardian, 28 March 2018
Though the Federal Government pegged the exchange rate at N305.25 to a dollar, the American Consulate in Nigeria exchanged N400 to a dollar in visa application fees for one fiscal… Read more »
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Nigeria: Embassy in U.S. Steps Up Operations With 48-Hr Visa Service
This Day, 11 February 2018
The long awaited change may have come the way of Nigerians in the US and investors who wish to visit Nigeria as the Nigerian embassy in the United States of America just announced… Read more »
How Visa Processing Firm 'Extorts, Mistreats' Nigerians
Visa processing firm, VFS Global which is based in Nigeria, processes visas for citizens who want to travel to mostly European and African countries such as UK, Canada, Belgium, France and South Africa, among others. To travel to any of these countries, applicants are not allowed to approach their embassies directly, and therefore have no choice but to procure the services of VFS Global. Customers have accused VFS Global of mistreating them, saying the firm often indiscriminately hike their service fees and that the assistance from staff is below the standard for which they pay.
