Nigerian citizens applying for United States’ visas will be required to pay a visa issuance fee, or reciprocity fee, with effect from August 29. The reciprocity fee will be charged in addition to the non-immigrant visa application fee, also known as the Machine Readable Visa fee, which all applicants pay at the time of application. The reciprocity fee is applicable for all approved applications for non-immigrant visas in B, F, H1B, I, L, and R visa classifications, the US embassy said in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday.
Real reasons US is restricting Visa on Nigerian politicians – Atiku Former Nigerian Vice President and, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 general elections, Atiku Abubakar has hailed the visa restriction on some Nigerian politicians by US authorities.