By Joke Kujenya SWEEPING REVISIONS to the United States of America (USA) visa process will soon require most non-immigrant applicants, including those seeking H-1B visas, to attend in-person interviews. The US Department of State confirmed that effective 2 September 2025, exemptions introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic will be rescinded, r...
By Juliana Davies, JKNewsMedia Intern THE NIGERIA Immigration Service (NIS) has urged Nigerians travelling to the United States to strictly adhere to the conditions of their visas or risk facing removal, visa revocation, or long-term travel ineligibility. Raising concern over what it described as increasing misuse of American visas by Nigerian...
By JKNewsMedia PROLONGED VISA processing delays have left more than 300 Nigerian students unable to begin their studies in the United States, despite securing admission into various American universities and attending embassy interviews weeks ago. Members of a WhatsApp group comprising 301 affected students raised alarm over what they describ...
By Joke Kujenya THE UNITED States Donald Trump administration has issued a directive to all the country’s embassies worldwide to immediately suspend the scheduling of new visa interviews for international students and exchange visitors, citing a forthcoming expansion of social media screening requirements. A confidential cable from Secr...
