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T<\/span>he Nigerian Communications Commission has said foreigners not staying in Nigeria for up to two years do not need a National Identification number to register SIM cards.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The regulatory body said this in its Revised National Identity Policy for SIM Card Registration.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n A portion of the document said, \u201cForeigners validly transiting through Nigeria or are employed in or reside in Nigeria for less than 24 months are exempted from the mandatory use of NIN requirement.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cPersons in this category need to provide justification that they will be residing in Nigeria for less than two years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n However, NIN is compulsory for foreigners who have legal residency, or those who have lived in Nigeria for two years and above.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cNIN is mandatory for foreigners with legal residency status or those living in Nigeria for two years and above. For those who do not already have a NIN, operators will capture the resident for NIN as part of the enrolment process, upon presentation of resident permit.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cForeigners with visitor\u2019s visas (with visa less than two years) do not require a NIN. Operators will capture the following on their records; \u2013 International passport bio-data page and visa page.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cForeigners with diplomatic visas (including family diplomatic visas) will also require a NIN for their personal telephone lines if they are staying in Nigeria for two or more years.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0\u201cThose staying less than two years will require the following for registration of their personal telephone lines: international passport bio-data page and letter from embassy indicating that their stay is for less than two years.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cFor embassies and diplomatic missions: The data page containing the passport number of the diplomatic passport of the Head of Mission\/Embassy along with a Letter of Request signed by the ambassador or its equivalent for registration of the official telephone lines of the embassy \/mission in Nigeria shall be submitted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for verification and confirmation and registration of the SIMs;\u00a0 SIM cards of the diplomatic missions are to be linked with a Corporate Diplomatic Identification Number, which will be unique to each diplomatic mission.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cEach mission will also be responsible for managing the lines and allocating them internally.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n It added that the Head of Mission would serve as the Telecom Master or Point of Contact for the Mission.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Nigerian Communications Commission has said foreigners not staying in Nigeria for up to two years do not need a National Identification number to register SIM cards. The regulatory body said this in its Revised National Identity Policy for SIM Card Registration. A portion of the document said, \u201cForeigners validly transiting through […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[15,7],"tags":[651,361,37,652],"class_list":["post-1080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-telecom","tag-foreigners","tag-ncc","tag-nin","tag-sim-registration"],"yoast_head":"\n