US Visa Drop Field Provision has been quietly eliminated in Nigeria.
PoliticalNews Nigeria experiences that the drop field visa processing choice is not obtainable for US visa candidates in Nigeria, marking a big shift within the visa renewal course of.
Sources confirmed to PoliticalNews Nigeria that the service, which beforehand allowed eligible candidates to resume their visas with out an in-person interview, has been quietly faraway from the appointment reserving system.
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Whereas the US Embassy in Nigeria has but to concern an official assertion on the change, candidates making an attempt to schedule visa renewals have reported that the drop field function is not an choice on the appointment reserving platform.
Candidates who spoke to PoliticalNews Nigeria acknowledged that they haven’t been capable of entry the platform suggesting that it might have been eliminated.
Nonetheless, PoliticalNews Nigeria sources verify the function might have been eliminated as a slew of government orders from Donald Trump began to influence the world.
This growth is coming amid a backlog of visa purposes, with many candidates ready months to safe drop field appointments earlier than this elimination.
- Some even reported ready practically a yr to get a bodily appointment, including to the frustration of an already tedious course of.
- This transformation comes at a time when many candidates had already been combating lengthy wait instances—some so long as a yr—to safe an in-person visa appointment.
- As of January, dropbox appointment slots have been unavailable in Lagos, pushing many candidates to hunt options in Abuja.
Now, with the entire elimination of the drop field function, all candidates should undergo in-person interviews, returning to the method that was in place earlier than 2020.
Recall that the drop field (Interview Waiver) program in Nigeria was initially launched to ease the visa renewal course of by permitting sure candidates to submit their paperwork with out attending an in-person interview on the US Embassy or Consulate.