US-Nigeria Trade Council Seeks 10 Year Visa Policy, Trade Treaty – http://citybusinessnews.com
The US-Nigeria Trade Council has urged Foreign Affairs Ministry and the United States Secretary of States to expand U.S. Visa validity period from two to ten years.
Reviewing the recent visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to the United States, the Council advised the United States and Nigeria to focus less on the politics of the visit “but rather drive explicit policies to lower the barriers of trade and promote economic inclusion on both sides.
The Council explained that the two years Visa policy has “led to long wait times for US visa and sometimes business opportunities are lost.”
As with other non-immigrant U.S. visas, a B-1/B-2 visa has a maximum validity period of two years and allows for one or multiple entries into the United States from Nigeria.
The Council in a statement issued by President/CEO, Titus Olowokere and Director, Marketing & Communication, Sennami Goziem said: “We call upon the Foreign Affairs Ministry as well as the US Secretary of States to expand this to 10 years. Currently US visas issued from Australia has validity period of 5 years; France 10 years, Kenya 5 years and little-known Kyrgyzstan-5 years”.
