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United States Consul- General, Jeffrey Hawkins yesterday reiterated
Nigeria’s disqualification for the 2015 Diversity Visa lottery. He also
revealed that Nigerians were over half a million in the United States
and the most educated African immigrants as studies have shown.
Nigeria and 18 other countries have been advised against applying for
the 2015 Diversity visa as they have been fully represented in the
immigrants group in the United States.
In a press briefing held yesterday at the US consulate on Victoria
Island, Lagos and simultaneously in Abuja, Hawkins said that 50,000
Diversity visas have been made available for countries worldwide where
the citizens do not have strong immigration ties with the USA.
He also said that it was not advisable for Nigerians to still apply
for Diversity Visas to the USA since there has been over 50,000
immigrants from the country over a period of five years, nevertheless,
Nigerians can apply for other types of visa to the States.
When asked if America has security fears as over half a million
Nigerians are in the States, Jeffrey replied that it was not an issue of
security, but a growing relationship between the two countries which he
hopes would
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