The number of Chinese citizens regularised and legally residing in Lagos and Ogun zone of the Nigeria Immigration service is about 17,00 according to Comptroller General of Immigration Service, Mr. David Parradang.
However the greatest challenge faced by the service comes from Chinese citizens who come into the country with visiting, tourist or business visa and take up paid employment in the country, Parradang said.
He disclosed this in his presentation titled: “Improving Immigration Services on Foreign Investment” at an interactive session on investment and security challenges, organised by Nigeria-Chinese Business Council (NCBC) in Lagos.
He told the gathering that paid employment is prohibited with these types of visas, but yet these Chinese are employed by their nationals that have companies in Nigeria, which is tantamount to breaking the rules and worse, the companies that employed them do not render monthly returns of expatriate quota as stipulated by the service.
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