NIGERIA – Immediate Nationwide Long Term Work Permit Verification Exercise Announced
March 18, 2016
On March 14, 2016 the Nigeria Immigration Service (”NIS”) issued a public notice to the effect that a nationwide verification exercise will be conducted immediately, from March 14, 2016 till March 31, 2016, for Combined Expatriate Resident Permit and Aliens Card (“CERPAC”) holders in Nigeria.
Who is Affected?
This verification exercise affects employers of CERPAC holders.
What Do Employers Need to Know?
Representatives of companies employing foreign nationals should take the following documents to their local NIS CERPAC Production Centre:
- Foreign nationals’ CERPACs;
- Foreign nationals’ passports;
- A copy of a valid Expatriate quota;
- A copy of the company’s monthly returns for February 2016.
Foreign national employees are not required to appear in person.