The United Kingdom has resumed the issuance of visitor’s visas to citizens of countries initially on the country red list, including Nigeria.
The UK government had on December 6 in a statement placed Nigeria and some other countries on a red list following the outbreak of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
The UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI), had in a statement said, “From 4:00 am on 15th December, all countries currently on the red list will be removed”.
”In line with the lifting of red list restrictions, UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) will also lift the pause on processing visitor visas in all countries previously on the red list.
The country further disclosed: “Visit visas only cover travel to the UK for tourism, visiting family and friends, undertaking short-term business activities (for example, attending meetings), undertaking short-term studies (under 6 months), taking part in research or exchange programmes as an academic, medical reason (for example, receiving private medical treatment).
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