EES, ETIAS and €20 Fee: How confusion over Europe’s new border systems fuels visa scam

Vanguard News | 24-10-2026 02:36am |

By Vera Anyagafu A new digital stamp at Europe’s airports is free. The €20 travel authorisation some Nigerians are talking about does not apply to Nigerian visa applicants to Europe. Yet from Instagram vendors in Surulere to travel plazas in Onitsha, agents are charging Nigerian travellers up to N250,000 for both. Since 10 April 2026, every Nigerian arriving in Paris ...

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