By John Ikani
United Arab Emirates (UAE) Immigration authorities have imposed a visa ban on Nigerians and rejected all submitted applications without fee refund.
The ban was announced in a notice issued by UAE immigration authorities to its trade partners in Nigeria including travel agencies.
No reason was given for the visa ban, but UAE Immigration authorities said all applications are on-hold until issues between the UAE government and the Nigerian government are resolved.
It says: “All Dubai applications submitted are now rejected. It is general for Nigerians and approvals are on hold at the moment.
“Kindly advise your clients to resubmit C2=A0 applications when the issue is resolved between both governments.”
Heritage Times [HT] gathered that a Nigerian airline – Air Peace is still flying to Dubai with those who already have a valid visa.
A representative of the airline who spoke with newsmen said no issue had been raised at the moment, adding that the press will be duly notified if any changes were to occur as regards flight for Nigerians.
