The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, USCIS, has explained the reason for stringent visa policies for Nigerian applicants.
The agency alleged that Nigerian documents lack credibility
due to forgery and corruption.
The Deputy Director of USCIS, Angelica Alfonso-Royals, made
the claim at the US District Court for the District of Rhode Island.
She defended the agency’s decision to place applications of
Nigerians and nationals of 38 other countries on hold, after they were
restricted from entering the US over terrorism and public safety threats.
According to the agency, it was important that officials
place an adjudicative hold on all pending benefit requests submitted by or for
aliens from the high-risk countries after President Donald Trump’s December
2025 and January 2026 proclamations.
“Nigerian documents also have limited credibility due to
corruption.
“In Nigeria, it is common for government officials to
falsify records. Furthermore, Nigerian birth and death registrations rarely
happen at the time of the event and often only occur when needed, which can be
years later
“Many Nigerian marriage and divorce events are not recorded
in formal government databases. When they are, record-keeping is poor to
non-existent,” Alfonso-Royals said.
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