{"id":15751,"date":"2018-10-22T12:36:58","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T12:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/?p=15751"},"modified":"2018-10-22T15:59:09","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T15:59:09","slug":"norway-plans-to-increase-visa-issuance-to-nigerians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/norway-plans-to-increase-visa-issuance-to-nigerians\/","title":{"rendered":"Norway Plans To Increase Visa Issuance To Nigerians"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Victor Asije.<\/p>\n
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The Norwegian Ambassador to Nigeria, Amb. Jens-Petter Kjemprud, on Monday disclosed the plan by the Embassy to increase visas issuance to Nigerians.<\/p>\n
Kjemprud told the News of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the embassy would soon be discussing the possibility with the VFS Global and the Nigerian-Norwegian Chambers of Commerce (NNCC).<\/p>\n
According to him, the number of Nigerians issued visas to Norway has been quite small.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe really want to see more Nigerians engage with Norwegians in the near future. But we know that the visas issued to Nigerians have been quite few.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe embassy is planning to discuss with VFS Global and the Nigerian-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce(NNCC) to increase the number of visas to Nigerians soon,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n
The ambassador noted that out of the 870 visa applications from Nigerians last year, only 370 were issued, adding that more Nigerians needed to be issued visas.<\/p>\n
Kjemprud also disclosed that out of the 600 visa applications received by the embassy from Nigerians between January and August this year, only 290 of them were issued visas.<\/p>\n
He said that Nigerians were always applying to visit Norway for family, business and official as well as for tourism.<\/p>\n
The ambassador expressed optimism that the issuance of more visas to Nigerians would promote people-to-people relationships, trade, investment opportunities and other exchanges between both countries.<\/p>\n
He said that there was currently a growing interest of more Norwegian fishery companies in doing businesses in Nigeria, as well as promoting exchanges with their Nigerian counterparts.<\/p>\n