CANADIAN EMBASSY INTRODUCES NEW RULES FOR ALL NIGERIANS!

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Canada has rolled out a new set of requirements for Nigerian visa applicants, which include the payment of $85 for fingerprints and digital photographs.

A statement by the Canadian Embassy titled, ‘Protecting Canada’s Immigration System,’ on Thursday said that with effect from October 23, 2013, Nigerian visa applicants would be required to provide fingerprints and a digital photograph when seeking a visitor visa or study or work permit.

The new requirements affect visa applicants in several other countries and are in line with the current practice by the United States, Australia, United Kingdom, European Union Schengen countries and Japan, it said.
However, visa applicants below 14 years or above 79 as well as diplomats and government official on official assignments will not be required to provide their digital photographs and fingerprints.

In the statement, the Canadian High Commission explained that the new rules would “not only help protect the safety and security of Canadians while helping facilitate legitimate travel. It will also protect prospective visitors by making it more difficult for others to forge, steal or use an applicant’s identity to gain access to Canada. The new requirement will put Canada in line with other countries which are already collecting this information from visitors, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, countries in the European Union Schengen Zone, and Japan.

“In the long run, the use of this information will make entry to Canada easier by providing a reliable tool to readily confirm a person’s identity. 

“Applicants will need to go in person to a visa application centre (VAC) to submit their application and give their fingerprints and have their photograph taken. There is a new fee of $85 CAD for the collection of fingerprints and the photograph, which includes application services at the VAC. Family members who apply together for a visitor visa will pay a maximum fee of $170 CAD.

“Applicants under the age of 14 or over the age of 79 will not have to give this information. Diplomats and government officials travelling on official business are also exempt.

“When a traveller arrives in Canada at a port of entry, a Canadian border services officer will use all available sources of information to confirm that person’s identity.”

The statement said that that “visitors can submit their application, their fingerprints and their photo by visiting the VAC located at VFS Canada Visa Application Centre on No. 16, Billingsway, Oregun Industrial Area, Ikeja, Lagos.”