Who has ever been in the kind of situation described below?why is the largest African country having problems issuing passport to its citizens?
Please if you know any government official who should read this and take some action,please join me in forwarding this post to them..I have disturbed most of them so much that my nickname is now 'Dramaqueen'..lol
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''Stella The issue is that when i got married and i needed to change to my husband's name on my international passport,I went to the immigration office,they told me I've to go to Abuja for scanning that they don't do re-issue in any state again except Abuja (All the way from Ibadan) that they could only help me with the processing and they will call me to know when am due for scanning in Abuja.
I made payment and provided necessary document needed from me to start the processing. After some weeks,i proceeded to Abuja as instructed for scanning. I thought i was the only one, come and see people from different state all over the country. I got there as early as at 9am (first flight in the morning to return back last flight the same day because i don't know anyone to pass the night with in Abuja) before they called me in for scanning it was around 4:30pm, I scanned and left back to my base waiting for the collection date they gave me, the date passed, no passport, only for them to tell me that my finger print was not showing well on the system that I've to come back to Abuja for scanning again.
(look at the risk and money waisted from Ibadan to Lagos to board a flight to Abuja) am begging you madam Stella to please help make this a post because i know many people might be going through this too. My pain is that, why is it not possible for this thing to be done in any state you are in Nigeria instead of been referred to Abuja. And the way they treat people is something else in that place.
A place where they call headquarters and it's only four people that's scanning more than hundreds of people. I know some government officials visit this blog,they should please look into this issue''.
*Ah ah..what kind of stress is this?Abeg they should do something about this fast.
It truly is a problem! I know so many tales of woe regarding this Nigerian Immigration System. Waste of people's time and money
ReplyDeleteMe sef go abj go do my own when it got damaged.
DeletePoster sorry you "waisted" money on transport. Nigeria go better.
Welcome to the club there poster. As I'm writing, my pass port has also not been given to me. All d way from warri, I went to abj to do a change of name on my passport. I arrived there on a tuesday aftanoon ( aftanun flight ). I went strait to d immi office and was told to provide d neccesary documents which I did, I had to pay xtra inorder to facilitate my passport. I ended up stayin there till friday without even been issued my passport and dat of my son( cos I also did a new passport for my baby). They asked me to come back in abt 2wks time for d passports. As I write, d time dey gave me has elapsed but yet my passport is still not ready, tho my son's own is ready. They said d person in charge of change of name is bereaved, so it wasn't done. Meanwhile wen I was in lag, it took me just 2days to get my passport d 1st time I did it. I even made a friend there( a lady dat also came to do change of name 4m lag). Those immi officers are all crooks, terrible set of humans.
DeleteIt's so frustrating cos I tried to change my passport from my maiden name in New York but they said it's only in Abuja that can be done. Maka why? I hope they do something about it soon. Even with all the soap that green passport robs on me, I'm still proudly Nigerian #shineswhiteteeth
DeleteThis is so true, took me a whole year for my passport to be issued. Firstly when I applied for change of name due to marriage, I flew from my base accra to abuja as they had already hinted me at nigerian Embassy in accra that change of name was only done in abj. Got the at 9am, waited forever to be scanned, one officer pitied me cuz I had a my baby with me and she was 3months then, and offered me a seat in hs office. de heat she had to endure sitting under thier so called canopy was terrible. I had my return flight booked for that evening back to accra cuz de had assured me I wud have everything done that day. But trust me as at 4pm dt day nothing was done. They officer on seeing how tired and restless I was due to de cry and wailing of my baby offered to process everything for me and have me come back for scanning. This was a friday n I had no way to put up in abj and with a lil baby. I flew back to accra, and was always communicating with the officer after a week I couldn't reach his phone again. Called severally no response, phone turned off. After 3wks of trying to reach him all to no avail, I sent a friend to go and find out what was the problem since I had his full name and rank. She returned and told me that mr officer suddenly took ill and was rushed to india for treatment he was due back in nigeria de nxtwk. Nxtwk came and I asked her to go back only to hear mr officer came back and died de nxt day after his return. Meanwhile my old passport that had my maiden name was wt him. P.s I used my ecowas passport bk to accra so I left my international passport with him. I was told I had to swear and affidavit, declare the old passport missing and reapply for a new passport/change of name again due to marriage. I did the processes all over again n was now waiting to be called for interview on how I lost my passport and then snap a new one.approval was out Only to be told twas salah and the oga in charge went to Mecca I had to wait for him to come back. Waited for another month before I embarked on a trip back to abj, ds time around I knew better and went alone wt no baby. First I waited for 3hrs to b interviewed even tho I was the only one waiting to see the oga in charge, all because he had friends visiting him from his home town so he was busy with them while I was waiting. I finally got dt over and done with and proceeded to go and snap and thumb print. Even tho I was taken to the vip section I waited another 2hours even tho we where less than 10 people waiting to be attend to. All because the people in charge where busy gisting among themselves and taking close to 20mins to attend to one person in something that cud av been done in less dan 5mins. Finally it got to my turn and the gentleman after taking my thumb prints said I should pray there's no irregularities with the thumb prints if not I wl be asked to come back and re do it. I told him point blank that if am asked to come back I won't even bother wl dash them the passport and get a Ghanaian passport instead. Told me in 10 working days passport will be ready, got it in 5wks. When I told my husband that my passport was out he told me to go to church and give thanksgiving cuz he has nvr seen anything like dt.
DeleteP.s sorry abt de typos, stl trying to get a hang on ds touch screen thingy.
Me sef go abj go do my own when it got damaged.
DeletePoster sorry you "waisted" money on transport. Nigeria go better.
I lost my passport, so does that mean I have to go to Abuja to get a new one also. Someone should please make it clear for me
Delete@Laye it's only Abj that can re-issue lost passport. Before u go, depose to an affidavit stating how it got missing, where and ur passport nos. get a police report evidencing same. I pray u get it in 3 months, got mine after 2 whole day of waiting to get captured and 5 months after thumb printing and capturing. Immigration service sucks.
Delete@LAYE Yes ooo. With police extract. If you have the photocopy of the old info page, its easier....
Delete@ i luv naija.If you are in newyork nd need change of name of ur passport,u can just fill d form online with d naija embassy in DC.its in connecticut ave .follow d directions given to u online nd u can den proceed to d embassy..my sister got hers in 3 weeks.Its just dat for change of name dey will ask u to pay a little extra..
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ReplyDeleteNa wah ohh..
Oriegwu!!..
I don't understand this country at all. My friend is married to an Italian who's lived about 30years in Nigeria and they won't issue him a Nigerian passport. It's taking months before her 2 girls can get theirs! The Italian embassy gave them passports one week after applying. Why must Nigeria always be backwards? I would travel to SA to renew my passport if possible instead of travelling back to Nigeria. And Ibori is asking why Nigerians are angry, why won't they be angry?
ReplyDeleteUduaghan you mean?
DeleteVery true and annoying. I wen to abuja for change of name on passport. if there's a mistake on the passport like mispelt name u'll have to go back. Must one go to Abj so so very crazy. Govt shd pls look into this.
ReplyDeleteThis country is so frustrating. Why is my country like this?
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Yes I agree with the poster.its so annoying and pathetic
ReplyDeleteImagine the whole stress she went through , upon that they say finger print is not showing, OH !!! I WEEP FOR NIGERIA
ReplyDeleteWhen you're in Rome, please behave like the Romans. Roger them and all shall be well with you and your family
Deletemadam am sure you trying to do this the legit way.
ReplyDeleteif you drop egunje, your passport will be out in less than 3days.
I used to have a number of one immigration guy.
lost it when my phone got stolen. I for rojer you the number sharply and your problem solved
chai. pele
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it is difficult to get a government document easily without sorting. if I tell you my experience in obtaining my renewed DL, you will scream. but I got the shit in less than two days. i.e the temporary one...before the main is brought forward whenever thy are ready.
#owo #kudi #ego is the game
Bloglord,Omobekiaful wot u say in public. Hmmmmm
DeleteCom and chop kis BL.
DeleteE be like say d poster, na my papa, acting like u r nt a nigerian n u don't no how it goes.
The system is corrupt, and its not 1 person dat wld repair it.
@ BL, 3days is too much sef.
Bloglord you are wrong, even with egunje you cant do the change of name in any other state. It has to be Abuja. Madam poster, just renew your old passport with your maiden name like that. Thats what ive been doing o and I carry my marriage certificate with me when travelling or off to the embassy. Biko, until they make change of name available in other states, I aint going to abuja before boko boys strike
DeleteAm curious blogLord , what's DL please?
DeleteBL money no de 4 ds abj own, if u like pay 1mil. Once na change of name 4 abj forget it. The people are useless.
DeleteNamesake did not lie jare
DeleteYou can never get any Nigerian government easily without; knowing someone that knows someone. Without dropping egunje. Nigerian federal government workers are the worse.
I can't wait to discard my green passport
NIGERIA MY COUNTRY ,I WEEP FOR NIGERIA MY COUNTRY .CANT THEY JUST MAKE PROVISION FOR SCAN IN EVERY STATE ,MUST YOU GO TO ABUJA TO GET THINGS DONE ,SO PERSON WEY NO GET FLIGHT MONEY OR TRASPORTATION TO ABUJA NKO ,THEY DONT EVEN CONSIDER ACCOMADATION ,OMO NIGERIA IS NOT ORGANISED ,MAKING POOR PEOPLE POORER ,MAKING PEOPLE SUFFER FOR NOTHING .NIGERIA IS ONE OF THE RICHEST OIL PRODUCING NATION IN THE WORLD,YET POOR COST OF LIVING.
ReplyDeleteIf you no get money, you go trek na.
Delete@ poster you are a Nigerian by now you should know that contact matters in such agency of government, for me when my passport expired and went to that same office it didn't take 20min to get all done. My advise is get someone who works there to fix it for you or an agent for a little token
ReplyDeleteYour passport expired you say, you didn't do change of name. So you def don't know what you are talking about. Try doing change of name
DeleteThis thing is "normal", from benin my aunt goes to Abj for scanning almost every week, same issue, fingerprints not showing, ears not showing, head too big, flimsy excuses!!!
ReplyDelete@Head too big!!!!!!! hahahahahahahaha
DeleteThen pls don't say it's normal I beg.
DeleteLaffing so hard @ head too big
DeleteGovernment should do something about it is really stressful
ReplyDeleteThis ghost workers they are not helping at all
I know way so many ghost workers here that is earning money in Nigeria. Some have not visited Nigeria in years. Simply because they have an uncle or Aunty director in one ministry or the other.
DeleteMake una dey fear God oo
Hian! Now am scared. *thinking*
ReplyDeleteThis is what happens when you try to do things the right way in Nigeria. Poster maybe your stingy or still playing the clean guy attitude. If you have given them something you wont even wait that long to be issued the passport and no one will even tell you to come and redo the scan. Its the canker worm called corruption that is still eating deeply in every aspect of our national life.
ReplyDelete#God answers all prayers#
Happy moments - Praise God, Difficult moments-Seek God,
Quiet moments -Worship God, Painful moments-Trust God,
Every moment - Thank God.
I know someone who paid 40k and had to wait 2 frustrating weeks for same change of surname.
DeleteSoutheastern stupid comment...
DeleteShe couldn't even spell 'you are' properly. I don't know why people copy every rubbish they see nitwits write on internet. How people substitute "your" a word for a phrase 'you are' beats me hollow.
DeleteI paid 70k and waited more than 2months. So shut up
DeleteMy own struggle is to change my maiden name to hubby's name on my PP. The yeye website wouldn't let me , customer services isn't helpful and I have to start the process and pay online before marching down to Nigerian embassy in Charing Cross. The thought of the queue alone is making me weak. Please those in the UK, how do you do a change of name ooooo I don tire to dey bear my papa name.......
ReplyDeleteOh boy, that charring cross dey like Lagos! When I applied for a renewal of my passport, they gave me an appointment for an interview in 6 months time! Na so I kukuma apply for visa to Nigeria, which I got within two days. I eventually got d renewal, after 6 months...
DeleteIt is quite easy over here. I did mine last year. Register and pay online, select change of name and book an appointment. You have to do all this online. Go to the embassy on the day of your appointment and they will sort it out. You pick up a week later.
DeleteThe embassy at Charing Cross is the easiest and they have very well trained personnel as well. Mine was out in 7days with my new change of name and they answer their phones too. We'll coordinated......same form for change of name or renewal as you will still get a new passport all the same.
DeleteIt's veery annoying o,though I didn't go thru dat exact stress, but I paid plenty money. Choi e nor easy.......
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Hmm Stella. Even in the UK here to get your own passport is very difficult. It's like they derive joy in frustrating you!
ReplyDeleteYou are dulling. If you wait for due process, na donkey years you go see am. If you have 20k or 25k sef, you will get it the next day. Yeah I said so. Just get the right person to help you facilitate it.
ReplyDeleteStella is worse than this!! The crowd there is like a market square! If you don't know anyone there you might spend the whole day sitting around!!! Am scared of going there for my daura's passport and we need it badly....Is not like we are not paying for these things...Even the people put in place to make things work are not doing the job! getting a driver's licence here in Abuja is same except you are tenacious like me(i don't take NO for an answer)
ReplyDeleteI was shocked when we went to get our new national identity card at Wuse 2 and we were welcomed nicely,well treated and guided,alot of courteous men and women taking our physical capture...printing the cards and all...Well trained staff! We were impressed!
It's bcos boys at d headquarters need to chop na and dem go still sort ogas'.hehehe!how much is their salary sef?its all part of the corruption of d system dear poster,i even find it surprising that pple really truely go thru all this stress,for me I know what to do and have never used more than 24hrs to get either driver's license,new passport a reissue or any govt doc I need.am not boasting in favour of corruption but d system is already upside down,and I no fit kill myself with more stress to get things done,I have more urgent stresses to take care of!
ReplyDelete@poster kpele o,next time learn to grease the wheels'!
#okbye
Big fat lie,they are well paid now. They are just used to the corrupt practices.
DeleteThey make it difficult so as to fraustrate you and then ask you for bribe to make it faster.
ReplyDeleteDoing change of name on ur ppt can be stressful in naija, but my question is if is really necessary? U can bear ur maiden name on the ppt, it doesn't change the fact that u are married. My opinion though.
ReplyDeleteNigerians!!! It's not international passport, it's a Nigerian passport. Even the British don't call their passport an international passport, they call it British passport. Back to the matter, welcome to Nigeria. My advise is that you let the old one expire and get a new one with your hubby's name. The money you spent on air fare will make a new one and you'll have even collected it that day. You Don enter ds one though. Wish you Godspeed
ReplyDeleteI tire oh. Like there's a local passport?!
DeleteNah it doesn't work like that oo, even if you let the old one expire and u use hubby's name for a new one they'll know and refer you back to abj. Your 20k gone like that.
DeleteEven if the old PP expires and u want to renew with a change of name(no matter the reason even change in ur date of birth) u'll have to go to ABJ. Expect u want to renew with all details as expired one.
DeleteThat is one of the things i hate in that country, they have a way of making everything stressful!
ReplyDeleteThe workers cannot come and kill themselves na. How much do they earn to break their necks over another person's problems? Just "show" them you "cate" and watch miracles happen. That's the way to go dear poster, that's the Naija way.
ReplyDeleteYou must be stupid what do u mean how much do they earn? It's a job u applied for it and are obligated to do your duties..... That is no excuse, if u can't cope resign.... It's a shame laws don't work here if not they will be cooling a lot of arses in jail....
Delete"Care"
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of country is this?
ReplyDeleteEach day, I am this thought of relocating to Ghana is just growing as each day passes by.
I beg, nothing works in this country. You mean I will have to now go to Abuja to get a passport?
May Jonathan's end not be well. Because that man has allowed all the sycophants around him to further destroy this country in the last 5 years he has been president.
Gbam!
Back to sender!
DeleteYou are this thought? Why not move to Ghana already? You couldn't even read properly and it's GEJ's fault too I guess? No one so far has said you have to go to Abuja to get a passport
Delete11:53 you are a bastard.... This rot has been going on before Jonathan....will he go and sit in migration office and do their jobs? It's u and your family that will not end well.... Goat.... Each Nigerian must do their bit and Jonathan cannot be at every office....
DeleteNa all these their wahala make me still dey bear my maiden name for my passport. Then carry a copy of my marriage cert. as back up.
ReplyDeleteI have not said she should drop "egunje" in her state.
ReplyDeleteread again
wetin I de careful talk again? its open truth naa..government sef know.
pinky lol.
Chei,see as liver dey cut me oh! I too need to go to Abuja to do the change of name on my international passport. And to think that mine is still brand new! But wait first if I still have my old one (with my maiden name) will it impact my chances of getting a US visa?That's my only worry if not na to adopt the marriage certificate attachment oh...
ReplyDeletethe solution to Nigeria's problems is a nuclear blast.
ReplyDeleteHmmmmm
ReplyDeletena wa o
ReplyDeleteOnly God can help us in this country.
ReplyDeleteAll she has said is true. The immigration office frustrated me last year, i got the passport after more than 2 months because the oga that was supposed to sign the approval of change or whatever was a no show. Thank God it was even an officer helping me if not I dont know how I would keep going to that airport road. But it didn't take time to get my daughters own.
ReplyDeleteAll she has said is true. The immigration office frustrated me last year, i got the passport after more than 2 months because the oga that was supposed to sign the approval of change or whatever was a no show. Thank God it was even an officer helping me if not I dont know how I would keep going to that airport road. But it didn't take time to get my daughters own.
ReplyDeleteSo it's okay to support giving egunje as normal and yet also be shouting that govt is corrupt. Irony. We get the leaders we deserve true true.
ReplyDeleteMadam poster why you travel go lag from ib to board a plane to abuja. Wen u can simply board the same flight from ib to abj?
ReplyDeleteDL = Driver's Licence
ReplyDeletethis is pure madness!!!i think it should be reviewed. why go all the way to abuja? i'm currently trying to process my change of name and the thought of going all the way to abuja isnt even funny...first time commenting
ReplyDeleteWhy should ppl have to participate in fraud to get things done? The govt agencies should all be run efficiently and they should be able to preview what is needed to ensure it meets the requirements before sending ppl home. Africa can't rise because of this sad inefficiency that permeates every sector. Telling principled ppl that they should behave in a manner against their conscience to get things done is reprehensible. Nigeria makes life too unnecessarily complicated for its ppl. Look how large a nation and ppl must find themself to one place no matter the distance and obvious inconvenience to them. All these years of oil money and the country is just a little bit better than a banana republic.
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