United Arab Emirates, UAE on Friday places a visa ban on Nigerians seeking to visit Dubai.
This was contained In a notice issued to its trade partners in Nigeria which include travel agents, the Dubai authorities declared that “all Dubai applications submitted are now rejected”.
Tribune Reports that according to the notice, the authorities added that the rejections will be sent in batches.
The rejections, the Dubai authorities said “are general for Nigerians and approvals are on hold at the moment.”
No reason was given for the drastic measure taken by the UAE.
The rejections are said to be the latest decision made by the UAE Immigration authorities on their engagement with Nigerians.
The notice equally specified that there would be no refund for rejected applications.
The notice to the Nigerian travel agents further declared that
“Kindly advise your clients to resubmit C2=A0 applications when the issue is resolved between both governments”
