UAE Opens Visa Center In Lagos

By Uche Mbah

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has officially inaugurated its Visa Application and document attestation Centre in Lagos, Nigeria.

The visa office is situated at the office of the Consulate General of the United Arab Emirates, 8th floor, Nipost Towers, 1, Ologun Agbaje Street, off Adeola Odeku, Victoria Island, Lagos.

The event was witnessed by government officials, organized private sector and media houses.

The Consul General Dr Abdulla Al Mandoos, led the guests on a tour of the consulate, while explaining that the in spite of the pandemic, bilateral relations with Nigeria is important to the UAE.

According to him, measures are already in place for covid 19, preventive protocol.

“The vision to establish a Visa and Attestation office in the Centre of Excellence has been in the works for a while now. Lagos being the economic capital of Nigeria with over 20 million in population, the centre aims to put to ease, the bilateral business processes between both countries. The best equipment has been installed to ensure the process remains fast and convenient with a target of 6 minutes to complete the entire process from the walk-in”, he said in a statement.

“With this new development, we anticipate that the people of Lagos and neighbouring states no longer feel compelled to travel to Abuja to process visas and attest their documents as they can now achieve all that in Lagos State,” he said.”

Prominent individuals present were the special adviser to the Lagos State Government on Sustainable Development Goals and Investment, Solape Hammond; Comptroller General of Immigration for Lagos State, Ahmed Aliyu; Country Manager of Emirates airline, Paulos Legesse; Vice president of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Gbenga Ismail, and Head of UAE visa Centre, Abdulla Alqahtani.