{"id":11703,"date":"2025-08-28T21:38:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T21:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/247newsvibes.com\/category\/news\/?p=11703"},"modified":"2025-08-28T21:38:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T21:38:14","slug":"immigration-hikes-passport-fees-n100000-n200000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/247newsvibes.com\/category\/news\/immigration-hikes-passport-fees-n100000-n200000\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigration hikes passport fees to N100,000, N200,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Immigration Service has announced an upward review of the cost of obtaining the Nigerian Standard Passport, effective September 1, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement signed by the Service Public Relations Officer, ACI AS Akinlabi, on Thursday, the new fees will apply only to applications made within Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe review which only affect Passport Application fees made in Nigeria, now set a new fee thresholds for 32-page with 5-year validity at N100,000 and 64-page with 10-year validity at N200,000,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>However, the statement clarified that application fees for Nigerians in the diaspora remain unchanged at $150 for the 32-page, five-year passport and $230 for the 64-page, 10-year passport.<\/p>\n<p>The service said the adjustment was aimed at maintaining the quality and integrity of the Nigerian passport while ensuring accessibility for citizens.<\/p>\n<p>This latest review comes\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/punchng.com\/fg-hikes-passport-fees-to-n50000-n100000\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">barely a year<\/a>\u00a0after the Federal Government approved an earlier upward adjustment in August 2024, which took effect from September 1, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, the 32-page, five-year passport booklet was increased from N35,000 to N50,000, while the 64-page, 10-year booklet went from N70,000 to N100,000.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop-only margin-top margin-bottom \">\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>The Immigration Service then explained that the increment was necessary to sustain the quality of the Nigerian passport and enhance service\u00a0delivery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p> <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/247newsvibes.com\/category\/news\/immigration-hikes-passport-fees-n100000-n200000\/\" title=\"Immigration hikes passport fees to N100,000, N200,000\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":11704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11703","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/247newsvibes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/NIGERIAN-PASSPORT.jpg?fit=700%2C400&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/247newsvibes.com\/category\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/247newsvibes.com\/category\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/247newsvibes.com\/category\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/247newsvibes.com\/category\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/247newsvibes.com\/category\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11703"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/247newsvibes.com\/category\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11705,"href":"https:\/\/247newsvibes.com\/category\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11703\/revisions\/11705"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/247newsvibes.com\/category\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/247newsvibes.com\/category\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/247newsvibes.com\/category\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/247newsvibes.com\/category\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11703"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/247newsvibes.com\/category\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=11703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}