President Jonathan
Three
months to the commencement of the £3,000 visa bond regime due to be imposed on
Nigerians travelling to the United Kingdom, the Federal Government may have
perfected plans to impose a £5,000 visa bond on prospective British citizens
visiting Nigeria.
This is in retaliation to the new but controversial immigration policy of the UK scheduled to commence in November 2013.
The
Home Office of the United Kingdom recently classified Nigeria, India, as “high
risk” and placed a £3,000 bond on every Nigerian visiting Britain.
The bond will be forfeited to the British government if an immigrant overstays his permit.
The bond will be forfeited to the British government if an immigrant overstays his permit.
More than two million Nigerians are residing in the UK.
Uproar had greeted the immigration policy described as “discriminatory” since its announcement in June.
Nigeria
is one of the countries put on the British “high-risk-list”. Others are India,
Ghana, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
What
do you think about the president’s move?
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