I have to write a paper application requesting for passport renewal, get it filed in a jacket, and submitted to an officer for approval. The process took the whole day even with the intervention of some good Samaritan who considered my age as a factor to give me accelerated attention. I thought it was a straight forward process, where I would go wait for my turn as recorded in the online schedule, to present my documents and have my biometrics captured within 10-15 minutes or even an hour. I went to the NIS headquarters in Sauka village, Abuja on October 12, which was the selected date available on the NIS application site to have my biometric data captured. I didn’t know I was in for a pleasant surprise. With all these documents attached, I thought I had scaled all hurdles to getting my new passport in a matter of two weeks as was the case when I did the last one. The process began with filing of an online application for renewal and making payment which took about 15 minutes, I was directed to print my appointment slip and payment receipt which would be attached to an application for renewal, a copy of the biodata page of the old passport, and National Identity Card Slip. I took extra time to find answer to this question when I applied for renewal of my expired passport about two months ago. I supposed this is information that should be made available on the NIS website. I put this putative question to many people, including officials of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) headquarters in Abuja, but nobody gave me a satisfactory answer. How Long Does it Take to Process a Nigerian Passport?
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