US Government Announces Removal Of Reciprocity Visa Fees For Nigerians

The United States government has announced the total removal of visa reciprocity fee for non-immigrant visa categories or any visa class for Nigerian nationals effective from Dec. 3.

This was disclosed by The Public Affairs Department of the U.S. Embassy in Abuja in a statement on Saturday, stating that reciprocity fees paid before that time were not refundable.

The embassy, however, stated that non-immigrant visa applicants were still expected to pay the $160 non-refundable Machine Readable Visa (MRV) fee.

“Effective Dec. 2, the reciprocity schedule for Nigeria changed to remove all reciprocity fees for the nonimmigrant visa categories. No reciprocity fees are remaining on any visa class for Nigerian nationals.

“All non-immigrant visa applicants are still required to pay the $160 non-refundable MRV fee at the time of application. Reciprocity fees paid before Dec. 3 are not refundable.

“The removal of these reciprocity fees matches the Nigerian government’s removal of additional fees on U.S. citizens applying for Nigerian visas.

“For more information regarding fee schedules, please see the Bureau of Consular Affairs website: www.travel.state.gov.,” it stated.