The United States Embassy in Lagos has clarified that visa issuance by the country to foreign nationals are based on privilege and that it is not a right.
The US Consulate in Lagos made the clarifications on Thursday.
The clarification was in response to an inquiry by The PUNCH newspapers regarding the revocation of the visa of Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka.
In an email response to the newspaper’s correspondent on Thursday, the Consulate noted that it could not discuss the details of the particular visa for confidentiality reasons.
“Under U.S. law, visa records are generally confidential. We will not discuss the details of this individual visa case,” the Public Diplomacy Officer, US Department of State, US Consulate General, Lagos, Julia McKay, said.
