America Embassy (*18*) Nigeria has confirmed that it’ll partially suspend visa issuance from January 1, 2026.
This was confirmed (*18*) a put up on its official X web page on Monday night time.
Nigeria is one in all 19 countries affected by President Donald Trump’s new directive on immigration.
The tweet learn: “Efficient January 1, 2026, at 12:01 a.m. EST, (*18*) line with Presidential Proclamation 10998 on ‘Limiting and Limiting the Entry of Overseas Nationals to Defend the Safety of the US,’ the Division of State is partially suspending visa issuance to nationals of 19 countries – Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Burundi, Cote D’Ivoire, Cuba, Dominica, Gabon, The Gambia, Malawi, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Venezuela, Zambia, and Zimbabwe – for nonimmigrant B-1/B-2 customer visas and F, M, J pupil and alternate customer visas, and all immigrant visas with restricted exceptions for:
• Immigrant visas for ethnic and spiritual minorities going through persecution (*18*) Iran
• Twin nationals making use of with a passport of a nationality not topic to a suspension
• Particular Immigrant Visas (SIVs) for U.S. authorities workers underneath 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(D)
• Contributors (*18*) sure main sporting occasions
• Lawful Everlasting Residents (LPRs).”
