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Requirements:
1. Passport (valid for at least six months)
2. Duly completed application form with two photographs
3. Invitation letter from Nigeria
4. Company guarantee letter with Bank endorsement
5. Singapore ID Card for Non SAR Citizens
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STR VISA (Subject to Regularisation)
This is the type of visa required by foreigners
seeking to take up employment in Nigeria. Section 8,
sub-section 1, of the Immigration Act provides that
"no person, not being a citizen of Nigeria, may
take up employment in Nigeria other than employment
with the federal or state government without the consent
of the Comptroller - General of Immigration". Section
33 of the Act further provides that an application must
be made to the Comptroller - General by the prospective
employer, in writing, confirming that he/she has a vacancy
on the expatriate quota and at the same time stating
the position in which prospective employee is to be
employed and confirming exceptance of immigration responsibility.
The employer company applies to the Nigerian embassy
or consular office in the country where such indending
employee/applicant resides, requesting that he (and
his accompanying spouse/fiance/children, if applicable)
be granted STR visa (subject to regularisation for residents
work permit) when he arrives in Nigeria. In such application,
the employer company undertakes to assume immigration
and other responsibilities for the employee (and his
accompanying spouse/fiance/children, if applicable)
in Nigeria. The STR visa is issued at Nigerian mission
without reference to the Comptroller - General of Immigration
provided that the applicant presents specified documents.
STR visa is normally given for 90 days without reference
during which an application must be made to the Comptroller
- General of Immigration, to regularise the stay of
the prospective employee, and the person may assume
his employment only when such application is approved
and a RESIDENCE WORK PERMIT granted.
Registration of Aliens
Having undergone the various legal formalities for residency
status, all foreigners are expected to register their
presence at the immigration offices closest to their
places of residence or occupation. It should be noted
that for this purpose, all the state immigration offices
are representatives of the Comptroller - General of
Immigration and application for regulation should be
made to them, which they would refer accordingly, for
approval to issue the residence permit.
Temporary Work Permit (T.W.P)
Companies and organisations wishing to
engage the services of expatriates for short period
assignments, are required to apply direct to the Comptroller
- General in Abuja for visa/entry permits for such expatriates.
This is the temporary work permit visa and is not issued
without reference to the Comptroller - General of Immigration.
If such applications are submitted at the Nigerian missions
abroad, they must be reffered to the Comptroller - General
of Immigration for approval. The temporary assignments
which are eligible for such approval include:
Erection/installation work;
Feasability studies;
Repairs of machinery/equipment;
Auditing od accounts;
Research work, and such other assignments as may fall
into this category.
The visa is normally approved by cablegram sent through
NITEL offices in Nigeria to the Mission from where it
would be issued. The cost of the transmission is borne
by the company/ organisation applying for the fascility.
The T.W.P. Visa is given for a period not exceeding
3 months and may be extended for a further period, upon
application to the Comptroller - General of Immigration
who will determine the desirability of such an extension.
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