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The United States Embassy in Nigeria has confirmed that it will partially suspend visa issuance from January 1, 2026.
This was confirmed in a post on its official X page on Monday night.
Nigeria is one of 19 countries affected by President Donald Trump’s new directive on immigration.
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The tweet read: “Effective January 1, 2026, at 12:01 a.m. EST, in line with Presidential Proclamation 10998 on ‘Restricting and Limiting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the Security of the United States,’ the Department 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 visitor visas and F, M, J student and exchange visitor visas, and all immigrant visas with limited exceptions for:
• Immigrant visas for ethnic and religious minorities facing persecution in Iran
• Dual nationals applying with a passport of a nationality not subject to a suspension
• Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs) for U.S. government employees under 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(D)
• Participants in certain major sporting events
• Lawful Permanent Residents (LPRs).”
In other news, United States President, Donald Trump, has recalled the country’s ambassador to Nigeria, Richard Mills, and 29 other career diplomats from ambassadorial and other senior embassy postings in a bid to reshape Washington’s diplomatic posture in line with Trump’s “America First” priorities.
The ambassadorial recalls, first reported by Politico, and the latest major shake-up of the diplomatic ranks under Trump’s administration, affected mostly African continent with ambassadors from 15 countries recalled.
Other countries affected are Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Gabon, Côte d’Ivoire, Madagascar, Mauritius, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, Algeria, Egypt and Uganda.
