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The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has witnessed series of changes since it was extracted from the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) in 1958. The Immigration Department as it was known then was entrusted with the core Immigration duties under the headship of the Chief Federal Immigration Officer (CFIO). The department in its embryo inherited the Immigration Ordinance of 1958 for its operation. At inception the department had a narrow operational scope and maintained a low profile and simple approach in attaining the desired goals and objectives of the government. During this period, only the Visa and Business Sections were set up.
On August 1st, 1963, Immigration Department came of age when it was formally established by an Act of Parliament (Cap 171, Laws of the Federation Nigeria). The head of the Department then was the Director of Immigration. Thus, the first set of Immigration officers were former NPF officers. It became a department under the control and supervision of the Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs (FMIA) as a Civil Service outfit.
Nigeria Immigration Service Operational Structure
As a result of the restructuring of the Service, the directorates have been increased to seven (7) from the previous three (3). Eight Zonal offices, Thirty-Six State Commands & Federal Capital Territory and Immigration offices in the 774 local government areas.
The seven directorates are:
- Human Resources
- Finance and Accounts
- Planning, Research and Statistics
- Work and Procurement
- Investigation, Inspectorate/ Enforcement
- Operations/ Passport
- Border Patrol, ECOWAS/ African Affairs
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- HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTORATE
This directorate is mandated to handle the following:
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- Appointment, Promotion and Discipline
- Staff Welfare and Gender
- Training and Staff Development
- Personnel
- To ensure that appropriate Nominal Roll is kept and implement Biometric Registration of all officers
- To ensure enhance welfare of officers
- Proffer unbiased recommendation for the discipline of erring officers
- To provide necessary administrative and technical support for the smooth running of the service
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- FINANCE AND ACCOUNTS
Its primary role is that of providing the necessary financial support for the smooth running of the service. Its basic responsibilities
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- Accounts
- Budget
- Revenue
- To ensure timely preparation and submission of budget
- To ensure timely payment of claims and salaries to officers
- Handling all financial transactions of the service
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- PLANNING, RESEARCH AND STATISTICS
The directorate is saddle with the responsibility of:
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- Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
- Research and Statistics
- ICT and Data Bank
- Generate research and policies to drive the service
- Analyze monthly returns and make necessary recommendations
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- WORK AND PROCUREMENT
The directorate is to handle:
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- Works
- Procurement
- To ensure the maintenance of our facilities and buildings nationwide
- Ensure that contracts are duly awarded, monitored and done according to specifications
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- INVESTIGATION, INSPECTORATE/ ENFORECEMENT
This directorate is charged with the responsibility:
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- Investigation, Intelligence
- Inspectorate/ Enforcement
- Anti-Human Trafficking
- Migration and Aliens
- Investigation of breaches of Nigeria’s extant Immigration laws
- Prepares eligibility, briefs on applicants seeking to obtain Nigeria Citizenship
- Enforces repatriation and deportation orders
- To ensure that incidence of Human Trafficking and Smuggling of migrants is reduced
- To vet all officers holding strategic positions in the Service and all new in-takes
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- OPERATIONS/ PASSPORT
The directorate is to handle:
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- Visa/ Entry Permit
- Standard Passport
- Other Travel Documents
- Issue various Immigration facilities within specified real time
- To drive successfully the implementation of the new Visa Policy
- To pursue to logical conclusion the investigation and cancellation of any fraudulently issued passports
- To ensure that a credible watch list is maintained and is circulated to passport offices and periodically updated
- To keep a soft-copy of Nigerians renouncing their citizenship and ensure their passports are duly cancelled
- Implementation of multilateral and bilateral agreements
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- BORDER PATROL, ECOWAS/ AFRICAN AFFAIRS
The directorate is charged with manning all
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- Land Border
- Marine Border
- Airport/ Air Patrol
- ECOWAS/ African Affairs
- Manning of Nigeria’s exit and entry points
- To patrol Nigeria’s aerial, Coastal and Land Borders
- To monitor the movement of ECOWAS and other African Citizens
- To ensure that irregular movement of persons through unapproved routs is reduced to the barest minimum- so as to effectively combat the incidence of Human Trafficking, Weapon smuggling and Terrorism
- To ensure that prohibited and wanted persons do not enter or leave the country undetected