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WARNING NOTE

Applicants must also take note of the following:

• www.nisrecruitment.org.ng is the official Nigeria Immigration Service URL that connects to the Recruitment and Enlistment Portal. Any other website or portal apart from this portal is considered a SCAM. THIS ONLINE APPLICATION IS FREE. 
• There shall be computer based test for shortlisted candidates. Appropriate time and date shall be communicated to such persons. 
• Any certificate or qualification not declared or tendered and accepted at recruitment centre shall not be acceptable after recruitment exercise. 
• A duly completed and signed guarantor’s section of the application form to be presented for screening, which is to be signed by officers not below the rank of Chief superintendent of Immigration (CSI) or its equivalents in the sister organization. 
• Application Closing Date: 3rd July, 2017. 
• Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply online. 

NIGERIA IMMIGRATION SERVICES (NIS) RECRUITMENT 2017: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:

1. Applicant must be a Nigerian by birth/decent  (evidence must be shown)  
2. Applicant must be of good character and must not have been convicted of a criminal offence and must not be a member of a secret society/cult. 
3. Applicant must be free from financial embarrassment – not in bankruptcy state. 
4. Applicant must be between the ages of 18-30 years. 
5. Applicant’s height must not be less than 1.65m for males and 1.60m for females. 
6. Applicant’s chest measurement of not less than 0.87m for men. 
7. Applicants must be medically fit and present certificate of medical fitness from a government hospital.

        Therefore candidates with any of the following medical conditions need not apply:

• Impediment in speech (stammerer/dumb) 
• Gross malformation of teeth 
• Knocked knees 
• Bent knees 
• Bow legs 
• K-legs 
• Flat foot 
• Limb legs 
• Bent arms/deformed hands/fracture 
• Defective eye sight (squint-eye, crossed eye, one-eyed and total blindness) 
• Amputation of any part of physical body 
• Hunched back 
• Obesity 
• Pregnancy 
• Sight problem; 
• Hearing difficulties; 
• Previous major orthopaedic operation; 
• Fracture, stammering or any other natural disability. 
• Flat foot; 
• Medical challenges and any other physical deformity not mentioned.

I am sure that this publication, NIGERIA IMMIGRATION SERVICES (NIS) RECRUITMENT 2017 answers some of these your questions like:

How Can I Apply for Nigeria Immigration Service 2017/2018?

Where can I obtain the 2017 Nigeria Immigration Service form?

Is the Nigeria Immigration Service 2017 Recruitment Form out?

When will Nigeria Immigration Service Recruitment start?

I need Nigeria Immigration Service updates, etc.

Is Nigeria Immigration Service recruitments Real for 2017 etc.?

Nigeria Immigration Service Recruitment 2017/2018 

NIGERIA IMMIGRATION SERVICES (NIS) RECRUITMENT 2017:

THE NIGERIA IMMIGRATION SERVICE

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) was extracted from the the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) in 1958 and called The Immigration Department and headed by the Chief Federal Immigration Officer (CFIO). I has gon a lot of changes since then. It was formally established by an Act of the Parliament ( Cap. 171 LFN) 1st August, 1963.

MISSION STATEMENT:

This is based on their resolve to have an IT driven security outfit that can conveniently address the operational challenges of modern migration.

To give the immigration service a new sense of direction that can make it relevant at all times to the world security order and responsive to global migration trend.

OPERATIONAL STRUCTURE:

As a result of the restructuring of the Service, the directorates have been increased to seven (7) from the previous three (3). Eight Zonal offices, Thirty-Six State Commands & Federal Capital Territory and Immigration offices in the 774 local government areas.

The seven directorates are:

1. Human Resources 
2. Finance and Accounts 
3. Planning, Research and Statistics 
4. Work and Procurement 
5. Investigation, Inspectorate/ Enforcement 
6. Operations/ Passport 
7. Border Patrol, ECOWAS/ African Affairs 

HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTORATE

This directorate is mandated to handle the following:

Appointment, Promotion and Discipline

Staff Welfare and Gender

Training and Staff Development

Personnel

To ensure that appropriate Nominal Roll is kept and implement Bio-metric Registration of all officers

To ensure enhance welfare of officers

Proffer unbiased recommendation for the discipline of erring officers

To provide necessary administrative and technical support for the smooth running of the service

FINANCE AND ACCOUNTS

Its primary role is that of providing the necessary financial support for the smooth running of the service. Its basic responsibilities

Accounts

Budget

Revenue

To ensure timely preparation and submission of budget

To ensure timely payment of claims and salaries to officers

Handling all financial transactions of the service

PLANNING, RESEARCH AND STATISTICS

The directorate is saddle with the responsibility of:

Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation

Research and Statistics

ICT and Data Bank

Generate research and policies to drive the service

Analyse monthly returns and make necessary recommendations

WORK AND PROCUREMENT

The directorate is to handle:

Works

Procurement

To ensure the maintenance of our facilities and buildings nationwide

Ensure that contracts are duly awarded, monitored and done according to specifications

INVESTIGATION, INSPECTORATE/ ENFORCEMENT

This directorate is charged with the responsibility:

Investigation, Intelligence

Inspectorate/ Enforcement

Anti-Human Trafficking

Migration and Aliens

Investigation of breaches of Nigeria’s extant Immigration laws

Prepares eligibility, briefs on applicants seeking to obtain Nigeria Citizenship

Enforces repatriation and deportation orders

To ensure that incidence of Human Trafficking and Smuggling of migrants is reduced

To vet all officers holding strategic positions in the Service and all new in-takes

OPERATIONS/ PASSPORT

The directorate is to handle:

Visa/ Entry Permit

Standard Passport

Other Travel Documents

Issue various Immigration facilities within specified real time

To drive successfully the implementation of the new Visa Policy

To pursue to logical conclusion the investigation and cancellation of any fraudulently issued passports

To ensure that a credible watch list is maintained and is circulated to passport offices and periodically updated

To keep a soft-copy of Nigerians renouncing their citizenship and ensure their passports are duly cancelled

Implementation of multilateral and bilateral agreements

BORDER PATROL, ECOWAS/ AFRICAN AFFAIRS

The directorate is charged with manning all

Land Border

Marine Border

Airport/ Air Patrol

ECOWAS/ African Affairs

Manning of Nigeria’s exit and entry points

To patrol Nigeria’s aerial, Coastal and Land Borders

To monitor the movement of ECOWAS and other African Citizens

To ensure that irregular movement of persons through unapproved routs is reduced to the barest minimum- so as to effectively combat the incidence of Human Trafficking, Weapon smuggling and Terrorism

To ensure that prohibited and wanted persons do not enter or leave the country undetected.

Source: nisrecruitment.org.ng