{"id":18036,"date":"2018-03-28T22:33:01","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T22:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=18036"},"modified":"2018-03-28T22:33:01","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T22:33:01","slug":"visa-rip-off-despite-making-n19b-in-eleven-months-u-s-is-increasing-visa-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=18036","title":{"rendered":"VISA RIP-OFF: DESPITE MAKING N19B IN ELEVEN MONTHS, U.S IS INCREASING VISA FEES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<div data-contents=\"true\">\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"aff65-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"aff65-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"aff65-0-0\">Though the Federal Government pegged the exchange rate at N305.25 to a dollar, the American Consulate in Nigeria exchanged N400 to a dollar in visa application fees for one fiscal year, until yesterday.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"98uis-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"98uis-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"98uis-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"dhq5r-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"dhq5r-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"dhq5r-0-0\">This was deduced from the visa fees and exchange rate published on the website of the American Consulate:http:\/\/www.ustraveldocs.com\/ng\/ng-niv-visafeeinfo.asp.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"m896-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"m896-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"m896-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"7p2uk-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"7p2uk-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"7p2uk-0-0\">Consequently, at the exchange rate of N400 to a dollar, a Nigerian applying for the non-immigrant U.S. visa at $160 fee was made to pay N64, 000 instead of N48, 840. The N400-to-a dollar exchange rate allowed the U.S. Consulate to cream off excess gain of N15, 200 per applicant. Even at the black market rate of N370 to a dollar, which was sustained for months, the consulate made an excess gain of N8, 400 on each visa granted Nigerians.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"6k44t-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"6k44t-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"6k44t-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"ahst8-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"ahst8-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"ahst8-0-0\">According to the U.S. Department of State, more than 163,000 immigrant and non-immigrant visas were issued to Nigerians between March 2017 and January 2018.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"2crd3-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"2crd3-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"2crd3-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"dfdph-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"dfdph-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"dfdph-0-0\">The number of applicants denied visa in 2017 were over 130,000, representing 44 per cent of the visas granted in the fiscal year.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"660vl-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"660vl-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"660vl-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"50ojc-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"6idj4-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"6idj4-0-0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=15835&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"c61d-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"c61d-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"c61d-0-0\">Therefore, at the exchange rate of N400 to a dollar, the consulate made nearly N19 billion in 11 months instead of N14.5 billion it would have made at N305.25 to a dollar. The difference of N4.5 billion represents 23 per cent excess gain.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"94njn-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"94njn-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"94njn-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"lfht-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"lfht-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"lfht-0-0\">Considering that other visa types such as H, L, O, P, Q, R, K and E attract higher fees, ranging between $190 and $265, the embassy\u2019s gross earnings increased by a significant amount.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"adj4i-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"adj4i-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"adj4i-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"8c1bl-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"8c1bl-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"8c1bl-0-0\">For instance, a religious worker travelling to the U.S. had paid N76, 000 for P-type visa instead of N58, 000; the same for athletes, artists and entertainers.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"6ekd1-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"6ekd1-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"6ekd1-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"8qi7s-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"8qi7s-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"8qi7s-0-0\">Adam Alqali, a reporter with an online newspaper, African News Page, said he felt cheated when he realised he paid $160 at N400 to a dollar rate, more so, when he was eventually denied a visa.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"7shhq-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"7shhq-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"7shhq-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"8lerc-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"8lerc-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"8lerc-0-0\">Alqali was offered a fellowship to attend Federation of Science Conference in San Francisco in October 2017, all expenses paid by his sponsor.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"41jm8-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"41jm8-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"41jm8-0-0\">\u201cDespite the fact that all my papers were valid, I was still denied a visa. That was how I missed an opportunity to attend the fellowship,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"8446j-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"8446j-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"8446j-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"c7edt-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"c7edt-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"c7edt-0-0\">A visa applicant, Kayode Bello, described the exchange rate as \u201cextortion.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"cgiu6-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"cgiu6-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"cgiu6-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"61nof-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"61nof-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"61nof-0-0\">Bello, who was denied U.S. visa early March 2018, said the ideal for which America is known globally did not support taking advantage of people who want to travel to the United States.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"5ptud-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"5ptud-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"5ptud-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"ddjhj-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"ddjhj-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"ddjhj-0-0\">\u201cNot all of us are running away from Nigeria as the U.S. consular officers always like to assume,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"cbmo4-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"cbmo4-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"cbmo4-0-0\">Bello said he had written to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, asking the authorities to wade into the matter but there was no response.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"a0cp1-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"a0cp1-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"a0cp1-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"6048b-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"6048b-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"6048b-0-0\">In a mail sent to The Guardian, Darcy Fyock Zotter, the Public Affairs Officer U.S. Consulate, Lagos justified the exchange rate of N400 to a dollar.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"cf0ie-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"cf0ie-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"cf0ie-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"8q0ek-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"8q0ek-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"8q0ek-0-0\">\u201cWe note that there are multiple exchange rates listed for Nigeria. The U.S. Mission Nigeria uses a market-based exchange rate for the payment of U.S. visa fees.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"71p15-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"71p15-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"71p15-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"26hrp-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"26hrp-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"26hrp-0-0\">But Zotter did not explain how the Consulate arrived at N400 to a dollar rate.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"2k999-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"2k999-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"2k999-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"9jqnj-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"9jqnj-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"9jqnj-0-0\">Notwithstanding, more Nigerians are being refused the chance to visit America in the last three years.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"brthu-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"brthu-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"brthu-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"2km2d-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"2km2d-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"2km2d-0-0\">The statistics published by the U.S. Department of State show that the refusal rate for B-visa has increased from 32 per cent in 2015 to 44 per cent in 2017, despite the rip-off.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"81eco-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"81eco-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"81eco-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"65bs1-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"65bs1-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"65bs1-0-0\">One of the applicants denied B-visa recently, Paul Oletu, said he had been twice denied the permit in 2015 and 2018.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"38f10-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"38f10-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"38f10-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"c0cis-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"c0cis-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"c0cis-0-0\">\u201cAt the last time, I did not spend more than two minutes with the consular officer before I was dismissed. I could not believe it happened so fast. I don\u2019t know what the visa officer saw that made him to make such a quick decision. It was a group visa, and only two applicants in the group were granted out of 50 of us.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"1di9m-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"1di9m-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"1di9m-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"37kia-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"37kia-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"37kia-0-0\">Oletu said the news of his denial sent him into depression. \u201cI could not go to work for three days after they denied me. I paid a total of N190, 000, including consultancy fees, all for nothing,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"64ku7-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"64ku7-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"64ku7-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"bml51-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"bml51-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"bml51-0-0\">The Guardian\u2019s effort to get reaction from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was rebuffed.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"bqs9h-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"bqs9h-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"bqs9h-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"b204a-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"b204a-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"b204a-0-0\">Meanwhile, the exchange rate was lowered yesterday to N360 to a dollar.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"70qok-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"70qok-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"70qok-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"bqae3-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"bqae3-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"bqae3-0-0\">In a mail sent to The Guardian yesterday, Information Officer at the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. embassy in Nigeria, Russell K. Brooks, confirmed the change.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"esrqq-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"esrqq-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"esrqq-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"o2h9-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"o2h9-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"o2h9-0-0\">He reiterated that naira-to-dollar rate changes periodically subject to market-based exchange rate established by commercial banks in concert with the Central Bank of Nigeria.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"c03t2-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"c03t2-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"c03t2-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"bat97-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"bat97-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"bat97-0-0\">Brooks also gave a hint that visa fees might increase soon.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"1np71-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"1np71-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"1np71-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f0s81\" data-offset-key=\"2bitc-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"2bitc-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"2bitc-0-0\">\u201cU.S. policy requires reciprocity with regard to visa fees. Discussions have been underway to ensure that the fees paid by U.S. citizens match those paid by Nigerians,\u201d he said.<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/us-visa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18037\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/us-visa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/us-visa.jpg 720w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/us-visa-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/us-visa-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/us-visa-80x80.jpg 80w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/us-visa-40x40.jpg 40w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/us-visa-64x64.jpg 64w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/us-visa-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though the Federal Government pegged the exchange rate at N305.25 to a dollar, the American Consulate in Nigeria exchanged N400 to a dollar in visa application fees for one fiscal year, until yesterday. \u00a0 This was deduced from the visa fees and exchange rate published on the website of the American Consulate:http:\/\/www.ustraveldocs.com\/ng\/ng-niv-visafeeinfo.asp. \u00a0 Consequently, at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":18037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[23,4],"tags":[4535,4533,4534],"class_list":["post-18036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news","category-national","tag-darcy-fyock-zotter","tag-russell-k-brooks","tag-u-s-embassy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/us-visa.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4oswh-4GU","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18036"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18038,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18036\/revisions\/18038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}