Many Nigerians are in distress and verge of suicide because of international passport renewal abroad right now. My friend in particular
is in distress right now. She made every arrangements to travel to a nearby country to renew her passport before the lockdown.
Now everything is gone. This is someone that barely feed because Covid-90 hardship, now passport expiration problems.

Nigeria should be proactive like other countries. A lot of people I know are in the same situation right now. All Nigerians abroad have
their data stored in the Nigerian immigration database. Why not simply call up the data, modify the date, print and send to the person while
she/he bear the delivery cost? Why should people keep on suffering on simple things. Individual bio-metrics never change. One's
age never change, finger prints and other individual attributes never change. Emulate other good things from other countries not only negatives.

With the current international travel restrictions, Nigerian government should order its various embassies or consulate to allow
it's citizens whose international passport has expired or about to expire to renew their internal passports without visiting any
embassy or consulate since everybody with the current digital passport has his/her data stored by the Nigerian immigration.

As lockdowns are gradually being eased-down by various countries, Nigerians residing in countries where there is no Nigerian embassy or
consulate should be able to renew their international passport in a nearby embassy or consulate without being present.

People from countries like India and others countries don't need to visit their embassy or consulate to renew their international travel
documents even before the lockdown. All they need to do is to apply for it and pay a delivery fee. Despite the lockdown, international
delivery services are still permitted.

Only first-time applicants or extreme cases should be allowed to visit the embassy or consulate. This will in-turn reduce congestion
and save costs.

I know many Nigerians whose International passport expired or about to expire including students during this period who are currently stranded or frustrated.
Essentials should be moved online as other countries are doing.

MetaPhysical:


You do know that India has a national records database, correct? This makes processing of biodata records possible.

The reason Trump put Nigeria on travel ban is due to lack of such central records, which makes it extremely difficult to process bio-profile on intending applicants.

For the same reason, the information we need, wehther at passport office, national ID card office, INEC office, vehicle registration office, insurance records, and so on......to support the type of efficiency you demand are simply lacking for Nigeria. You are talking about passport because thats your immediate need. What about other needs area?

So it is a bigger problem than you understand. To imagine it in a better scale, consider that Indians can pretty much surf internet 24hrs of the day. In Nigeria we cannot. Why, after all we have phones and laptops like they do? Bandwidth resource, consistent power, data affordability, quality of service. So it is more than just having phones and laptops, backend resources are unreliable and non-dependent.

Apply that scenario to the issue of passport. You will understand the problem and the relationship to job security.

You are deviating from the topic. We are not talking about national database here. Nigerian immigration has the data of every Nigerian with an international passport. They should use it to reproduce or renew passports in this period instead of frustrating people. Go through posts above, you'll discover that a lot of people are in this problem right now. If something is not done urgently, they'll be calamity.

rationalhuman:
In India their Passport system is completely Digitized and they have their Unique Identification Number (UIDAI) connected to their every Document in Digital Format. Thus Indians dont need to go in hassle with all such messy paperwork. Since they are IT superpower they are utilizing this at full spectrum. Just check the link and you will realize how vast , efficient this system is not Only Passports but their Voting Cards, Bank Accounts, Tax Files, Driving License, Phone Number all accessible by UIDAI Number Digitally.

https://uidai.gov.in/

Even Thailand, Malaysia etc dont have digitization like India, We in this continent can not imagine such services without digitization thus we all have to go Passport offices many times and this is nothing but a torture.

The purpose of visiting the embassy is to recapture what is already in the database. This should only be applicable if there is an extreme modification in ones appearance or a first timer.

rationalhuman:
In India their Passport system is completely Digitized and they have their Unique Identification Number (UIDAI) connected to their every Document in Digital Format. Thus Indians dont need to go in hassle with all such messy paperwork. Since they are IT superpower they are utilizing this at full spectrum. Just check the link and you will realize how vast , efficient this system is not Only Passports but their Voting Cards, Bank Accounts, Tax Files, Driving License, Phone Number all accessible by UIDAI Number Digitally.

https://uidai.gov.in/

Even Thailand, Malaysia etc dont have digitization like India, We in this continent can not imagine such services without digitization thus we all have to go Passport offices many times and this is nothing but a torture.

There is no big deal in this. Nigerians data are already in the immigration database. All you need to do is to call it up, update the date and print. No complex process or digitization is involved here.

MetaPhysical:
OP,
In business language this is called "process mechanization". Two things will happen when you mechanize, you gain efficiency but you end up with redundancy and must lay off the hands previously engaged in the production tasks.

Some will say why lay them off, you could absorb them in other function areas. Ok. You are transferring inefficiencies from one production area to another by doing so.

The strategy for mechanized process is around funding. New technology, security and resources have to be procured and deployed to support the new method. How do you fund it? By identifying wastages around the product and cutting them off. It always end up being the human resource that is let go.

Your idea for improvement is smart and forward looking, be careful asking for mechanized product to replace manual tasks, it has consequences on the kitchen table of many households.

You are not considerate here. It takes a lot for an ordinary hustling student to process visa to a nearby country just to renew a passport that could be done with a twinkle of eye. My friend spent a lot of money to secure a nearby country's visa, booked air ticket, paid for accommodation and still couldn't go because of Covid-19. She lost everything.

Her Indian friends have advised her to do it online as other countries now do but will Nigerian government permit it? Nobody is ruling out the processing fees. You have her data already in your system. Why all these unnecessary protocol and humiliations? The girl in question is at the verge of suicide. Other people including students are in this situation right now. How do you think they will feel about their country?

Modes move this to the front page. Something should be done urgently.

With the current international travel restrictions, Nigerian government should order its various embassies or consulate to allow
it's citizens whose international passport has expired or about to expire to renew their internal passports without visiting any
embassy or consulate since everybody with the current digital passport has his/her data stored by the Nigerian immigration.

As lockdowns are gradually being eased-down by various countries, Nigerians residing in countries where there is no Nigerian embassy or
consulate should be able to renew their international passport in a nearby embassy or consulate without being present.

People from countries like India and others countries don't need to visit their embassy or consulate to renew their international travel
documents even before the lockdown. All they need to do is to apply for it and pay a delivery fee. Despite the lockdown, international
delivery services are still permitted.

Only first-time applicants or extreme cases should be allowed to visit the embassy or consulate. This will in-turn reduce congestion
and save costs.

I know many Nigerians whose International passport expired or about to expire including students during this period who are currently stranded or frustrated.
Essentials should be moved online as other countries are doing.

With the current international travel restrictions, Nigerian government should order its various embassies or consulate to allow
it's citizens whose international passport has expired or about to expire to renew their internal passports without visiting any
embassy or consulate since everybody with the current digital passport has his/her data stored by the Nigerian immigration.

As lockdowns are gradually being eased-down by various countries, Nigerians residing in countries where there is no Nigerian embassy or
consulate should be able to renew their international passport in a nearby embassy or consulate without being present.

People from countries like India and others countries don't need to visit their embassy or consulate to renew their international travel
documents even before the lockdown. All they need to do is to apply for it and pay a delivery fee. Despite the lockdown, international
delivery services are still permitted.

Only first-time applicants or extreme cases should be allowed to visit the embassy or consulate. This will in-turn reduce congestion
and save costs.

I know many Nigerians whose International passport expired or about to expire including students during this period who are currently stranded or frustrated.
Essentials should be moved online as other countries are doing.