tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851922323603959385.post8316548142117357500..comments2023-03-18T12:10:48.754+00:00Comments on nnenna: Of the Nigerian Immigration Service, the e-Passport and its reissuance: my storyNnennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09265760866575072421noreply@blogger.comBlogger209125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851922323603959385.post-79989095519359239842016-06-11T19:46:01.590+00:002016-06-11T19:46:01.590+00:00Dear Anonymous (whose friend applied for passport ...Dear Anonymous (whose friend applied for passport and did not collect it)<br /><br />For some reason, my little finger tells me you, yourself, are that "friend". Anyways.. <br /><br />Whose country's passport is your friend using in Europe? Is it Nigerian? If yes, when was that processed? <br /><br />Why will someone apply for a travel document and not collect it? I dont have the Nnennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09265760866575072421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851922323603959385.post-9746810213467674602016-06-10T22:30:30.659+00:002016-06-10T22:30:30.659+00:00Dear Nnenna I have a friend who is facing a e seio...Dear Nnenna I have a friend who is facing a e seious case concerning his passport, he applied for international passport back in Nigeria couple of years ago and he never collected it. Now he is staying in an european country and he needs to get a new passport, so he went to the nigerian embassy to apply for one but they couldn't grant him because from their database they saw he has already Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851922323603959385.post-66159240381017226462016-06-10T13:51:05.384+00:002016-06-10T13:51:05.384+00:00Dear Anonymous from South Africa.
This one na waha...Dear Anonymous from South Africa.<br />This one na wahala oo. I dont want to listen to my little finger that is trying to tell me that someone somewhere is playing funky.<br /><br />Passports dont just go missing like that. They should go and look for it. And no, you should not have submitted the passport at all..<br /><br />Please go and meet the comptroller asap..Nnennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09265760866575072421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851922323603959385.post-34100974487737034552016-06-10T13:46:54.015+00:002016-06-10T13:46:54.015+00:00Hi Olivia
You have a valid reason for passport re...Hi Olivia<br /><br />You have a valid reason for passport reissue. It should not be a problem. Please dont do "I too know" oo. No matter how much you pay online.. you will still need to "do something" on the ground.<br /><br />Dont say we did not tell you<br /><br />CheersNnennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09265760866575072421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851922323603959385.post-47855055495623674482016-06-10T05:19:11.548+00:002016-06-10T05:19:11.548+00:00Dear Nnenna,
Mine isn't a pleasant story, I t...Dear Nnenna,<br /><br />Mine isn't a pleasant story, I travelled all the way from South Africa to Abuja NIS for change of name due to marital issue. Got there on Wednesday capture same day just for immigration office to call that they misplaced my old passport (the one I submitted to get new one on my husband's name) still in shock till now. I have 5 years work permit on the lost passportAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851922323603959385.post-44297982872138704802016-06-10T05:16:28.012+00:002016-06-10T05:16:28.012+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851922323603959385.post-13740186379369759402016-05-20T13:57:45.508+00:002016-05-20T13:57:45.508+00:00Hi Nnenna, I have to admit you're pretty amazi...Hi Nnenna, I have to admit you're pretty amazing for building up this thread as reading through, I am very confident that finally I get the confirmation I desire as all efforts at communicating the immigration centre in Abuja without having to go there has been, well, blehh!<br /><br />It's been eventful reading through the thread as one minute I reckon my question has been answered and IAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851922323603959385.post-13566215417295199062016-04-19T17:51:22.813+00:002016-04-19T17:51:22.813+00:00Hello Nnenna, my husband wants to change his surna...Hello Nnenna, my husband wants to change his surname in his passport because his family name has been changed on religious grounds. His passport is expiring in less than 6 months so he wants to do all together. Please how does he go about this? Because an agent told us that it will be very difficult for a man to change his name, that names are usually changed for women on marital grounds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851922323603959385.post-83114924671794456662016-04-04T20:57:50.636+00:002016-04-04T20:57:50.636+00:00Hello dear nnenna
Please help me out,I travelled t...Hello dear nnenna<br />Please help me out,I travelled through a sponsor and they did an ecowas passport for me getting to Italy the passport was collected from me and I was told they gonna use it for someone else and I can't figure out the details, in 2009 I want to roma for another one and they did the old one for me,so wen I want to Spain embassy in 2011 they told me I have a passport Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03187310146509981152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851922323603959385.post-4159564850667230512015-12-22T07:45:58.334+00:002015-12-22T07:45:58.334+00:00Hi Cocolace,
Please refer to the comment/answer ...Hi Cocolace, <br /><br />Please refer to the comment/answer above this one.<br />Any agent stamping your passport is doing you harm. It is FRAUD. Like I said in the previous comment, the embassy of Germany would have returned the "passport with fraudulent activity" to Nigerian authorities. <br /><br />Here is the situation as it is:<br />1. The owner of that passport is listed by Nnennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09265760866575072421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851922323603959385.post-31206997319433158132015-12-22T06:10:44.452+00:002015-12-22T06:10:44.452+00:00Dear Nnenna,I have a friend whose passports was se...Dear Nnenna,I have a friend whose passports was seized by the German embassy Lagos due to Multiple stamps his travel agent put on his passport to enable him get an Italian visa.He was granted an Italian visa for some days which he used.on getting back to Nigeria he decided to apply to German embassy for businees visa only to have his passport seized and sent to Nigerian immigration Abuja.What do Cocolacechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09700449685487066156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851922323603959385.post-12934154658076066212015-12-21T22:29:41.242+00:002015-12-21T22:29:41.242+00:00Dear Cocolace,
1. An agent has no right stamping ...Dear Cocolace,<br /><br />1. An agent has no right stamping on a passport. Only national authorities stamp passports. <br />2. The German embassy cannot and should not seize a passport, unless it is holding it, to be returned to the appropriate Nigerian authorities.<br />3. It is difficult getting a passport reissued without presenting the previous one.<br />4. He needs to get the old passport Nnennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09265760866575072421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851922323603959385.post-56764698495278543222015-12-20T23:59:21.692+00:002015-12-20T23:59:21.692+00:00Dear Nnenna, I have a friend whose passport was Se...Dear Nnenna, I have a friend whose passport was Seized since 3 months ago by the German embassy due to irregular stamps his agent put on his passport.please what steps need to be taken to get a new passport?I will appreciate your advise .ThanksCocolacechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09700449685487066156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851922323603959385.post-4239869495181762672015-10-15T12:46:03.221+00:002015-10-15T12:46:03.221+00:00Hi Nnenna .Thanks for your selfless job here. plea...Hi Nnenna .Thanks for your selfless job here. please there are mistakes in my epassport I did at Festac lagos in jan 2009. it has now expired and I havent used it to travel. please how and where can I obtain a new passport or renew it with correct date of birth and names.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851922323603959385.post-34267933870364454092015-08-18T09:44:01.102+00:002015-08-18T09:44:01.102+00:00Thank you very much for your reply and your kind w...Thank you very much for your reply and your kind words. God bless you. Habeelzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13781545423516233914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851922323603959385.post-82076168226796736472015-08-17T22:27:22.138+00:002015-08-17T22:27:22.138+00:00Habeelz
Dont stress much. Get your ticket and hea...Habeelz<br /><br />Dont stress much. Get your ticket and head to Nigeria. If you have the correspondences with the Nigerian embassy, you may want to print and keep them with you. You check in with your expired passport and when you get to Nigeria, you will process a new one.<br /><br />It is not your fault. You cannot be criminalised for it.<br />My deepest condolences for the loss of your Nnennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09265760866575072421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851922323603959385.post-10019390389714006152015-08-17T19:11:05.296+00:002015-08-17T19:11:05.296+00:00Hello Nnenna. I have a pretty serious case right n...Hello Nnenna. I have a pretty serious case right now. I am studying in Eastern Mediterranean University in Northern Cyprus, there is no Nigerian embassy or consulate here and everything is usually done via the Nigerian embassy in Turkey. My passport expired in June and I have been waiting for the embassy officials to come, as they do come, take expired passports and help renew them for students. Habeelzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13781545423516233914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851922323603959385.post-82553973102434071202015-07-03T11:11:06.600+00:002015-07-03T11:11:06.600+00:00Waooo.
I was just picturing all that happened, and...Waooo.<br />I was just picturing all that happened, and I must say that in 2011 people were very confused on what the ePassport Issue and reIssue was.<br />The Immigration Officers were not left out, and to say that they now know what they are doing is one of the greatest understatements ever.<br /><br />I am so happy that your experience would teach others how to stick to their Rights as InfoTrav.comhttp://www.infotrav.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851922323603959385.post-92098460753077081912015-05-31T18:03:27.381+00:002015-05-31T18:03:27.381+00:00Dear anonymous,
So many replies and responses have...Dear anonymous,<br />So many replies and responses have been on this topic. <br />Corrections are handled by the central database in Abuja. I have not had too change anything, so I dont have a personal experience.<br /><br />@Aneke, what do you mean "interview"?? If your photo and thumbprints were taken, then what is remaining is for you to collect the passport. No interview needed.<Nnennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09265760866575072421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851922323603959385.post-30123181566095157632015-05-30T18:20:20.773+00:002015-05-30T18:20:20.773+00:00Hi Nnenna, your blog has been helpful to people; I...Hi Nnenna, your blog has been helpful to people; I hope you'll have a solution to my little problem. I stay in Nigeria and I'm applying for the Nigerian standard epassport for the first time. After making payments my interview date was set for July 24, 2017; obviously there must be an error in this date. How will I go about this problem?Anekwe Ekenenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851922323603959385.post-73171195951681292012015-05-29T08:52:35.278+00:002015-05-29T08:52:35.278+00:00Hi Nnenna,I posted a message earlier but I didnt g...Hi Nnenna,I posted a message earlier but I didnt get any reply.i had my passport done in 2012 in festac but I noticed that they made a mistake with my year of birth but my moth and date were correct so I went back there for correction but I was told it is my fault and that I have to go to abuja..I havent been able to go because of funds and schooling but I havent used it to travel anywhere Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851922323603959385.post-56549067446235071182015-05-26T13:24:46.690+00:002015-05-26T13:24:46.690+00:00Dear Thompson Godfrey
The embassy officials were ...Dear Thompson Godfrey<br /><br />The embassy officials were honest to you.<br />There are NO LONGER renewals done onthe Nigerian ePassport.<br />It is reissue. It means that even if you have not used 1 page of the Passport, it still has to be REISSUED once expired.<br /><br />If they dont have the machine, they cannot do it.<br />So check the options they gave you<br /><br />Good luckNnennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09265760866575072421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851922323603959385.post-57060740863820825952015-05-26T00:28:56.172+00:002015-05-26T00:28:56.172+00:00This is job well done. I do appreciate this page.
...This is job well done. I do appreciate this page.<br /> I will like demanding about my issue. I am currently in Burundi. My epassport is 7months to the expiration date. I actually went to the Nigerian embassy today to ask for the renewal. What the consular could tell me, was that the machine to do such is not in Burundi. He gave me options for it. Either, I should go to Kenya or Nigeria for the Talk Africahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03601459667497186731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851922323603959385.post-53792747484280482502015-03-04T20:02:44.270+00:002015-03-04T20:02:44.270+00:00Hi Dr Kinks.
The fact is clear. Your passport is ...Hi Dr Kinks.<br /><br />The fact is clear. Your passport is not filed. The officer in Festac frauded. All passport details should be in Abuja database.<br /><br />If it is not there, it does not officially exist. <br /><br />So just begin a new one with your correct details and please "shine your eyes"<br /><br />Good luckNnennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09265760866575072421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851922323603959385.post-87153886542663207432015-03-04T16:59:53.794+00:002015-03-04T16:59:53.794+00:00Hi nnenna,i started the process of changing my dat...Hi nnenna,i started the process of changing my data in abuja.i was sent with a letter back to festac where i got my e passport from to get my file or a letter from them so that my application cab be approved in abuja.i came with the letter to festac and after 2weeks of searching i was told by the admin that they dont have my record on their system.i went through the legitimate way of processing Dr kinkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06571577557696282190noreply@blogger.com