The United Kingdom has lifted the suspension it placed on processing visitors visas in Nigeria.
According to the UK visa and immigration service in a statement (UKVI), the government has lifted the suspension on the processing of visitor visa applications in Nigeria and other countries on the red list.
"The pause on the processing of visitors visa has been lifted due to the removal of Nigeria and other countries from the red list restrictions over Omicron Covid-19 variant."
“From 4:00 am on 15th December, all countries on the red list have been removed. In line with the lifting of red list restrictions, UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) will lift the pause on processing visitor visas in all countries previously on the red list,” the government says.
It added that “due to extremely high global demand, standard UK visitor visas are currently taking significantly longer than usual to be processed.
“UKVI are working hard to process visitor visa applications as soon as possible and sincerely apologize to all our customers affected.
“Non-visitor visa applications (including student and work visas) are still being processed within published service standards, and we are working hard to meet customer demand.”
It stressed further that applicants should not visit the Visa Application Centre (VAC) until they have been invited to do so. Saying that they will be contacted by the (VAC) when their passports are ready for collection.
“Those with an urgent need to travel to the UK for compassionate reasons will still need to apply for a visa in the usual way, including submitting biometrics at a VAC.
“Applicants should clearly explain the compelling or compassionate reasons for the visit in their application form and must alert the VAC staff during biometric submission.”
It stated further that the Priority Visa (PV) and Super Priority Visa (SPV) services remain temporarily suspended for all visa routes in all countries, coming off the red list.
"This will allow UKVI to focus on assessing every application in date order for all visa categories and deal equitably with the increased demand." The government says.
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