The National Assembly has summoned the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Stuart Symington, over the alleged high rate of visa denial of Nigerians.
The invitation was said to be at the instance of an activist, Kayode Bello, who petitioned the House over the matter.
The PUNCH had done an investigation into how many Nigerian students seeking to study in US schools were denied visas despite spending a lot of money on different fees.
Some of the fees, Punch learnt, were application fees, evaluation fees, courier fees, service fees, visa fees, school fees.
The fees were said to be non-refundable.
While some of the students claimed that they were denied visas because they were not married, others said they were denied because only one of their parents was their sponsor.
A parent claimed that his daughter’s interview was cut short because she asked the interviewer to speak up.
Punch  further learnt that the embassy usually issued preprinted blue papers to those it rejected without giving a specific reason for the decision.
A former ambassador to the US, John Campbell had, however, told Punch that visas were given by consular officers on a case by case basis, adding that the refusal of many people to return home after finishing their programmes made the process difficult.
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