Review of the Corporate Immigration Framework
By Olivia Agbajoh EMPLOYER SPONSORSHIP ANY foreign national who possesses specialised and relevant skills, abilities and technical know-how required in Nigeria for the development of its economy may be employed to work in Nigeria for a period of time in order to transfer such skills, abilities and knowledge. Before such skilled foreign national can be employed in Nigeria, the employer must prove that no Nigerian citizen possesses the same skills, abilities and technical know-how; it must also have obtained a work permit for the prospective employee to the skilled migrant to work legally in Nigeria. i. Work permits. No person can legally work in Nigeria without first obtaining a work permit subject to the consent of the Comptroller General of Immigration. Two kinds of work permit can be issued: a TWP, if the employee’s services are only needed for a short time (e.g., for erection or installation work, feasibility studies, repairs of equipment, audit and accounting, research work); or a ...