Di United Kingdom don reaffirm say Nigerians and pipo from ova 100 kontri and territories must get visa before dem fit travel go UK for visit or stay wey no reach six months.
Di requirement dey inside di updated UK Immigration Rules Appendix Visitor, wey list kontri and categories of travellers wey must get entry clearance before dem embark on journey go UK.
Di updated immigration rule wey dem release for weekend show say citizens of Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, India, Pakistan, Russia and plenty oda African, Asian, European and Latin American kontri remain classified as visa nationals.
Dema must obtain entry clearance before travelling to UK, except where specific exemptions apply.
Di updated guidance also extend di visa requirement to stateless persons and individuals wey dey travel with documents wey no be national passport or, where permitted, national identity card.
Di UK Home Office, for di rules wey dem release on July 1, indicate say limited exceptions apply to certain nationals of People’s Republic of China and Taiwan, with di relevant exemptions set out for subsequent provisions of di immigration rules.
Di development mean say Nigerian travellers wey dey plan tourism, family visits, short business engagements, or oda visits wey go last less dan six months must continue to obtain di appropriate UK visa before departure.
Oda African kontri for di visa list include Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia and Gabon.
Also listed na The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa dey equally included.
Outside Africa, affected kontri and territories include Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Georgia, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran and Iraq.
Odas na Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Russia, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam and Yemen.
Di list further cover Dominica, Fiji, St Lucia and Suriname, among odas.
Di Immigration Rules separately stipulate say stateless persons must obtain entry clearance before dem travel go UK.
