Panic As US Immigration Introduce No COS/EOS/AOS On Nigerian Passports

Following the news about the US government’s ban on Drop Box, an Instagram user has called on Nigerians to be careful if they have to travel to the United States. He claims that the US Customs and border protection security are now signing No AOS / No EOS on passports of visa holders or immigrants at the US airport.

He shared a picture of what it looked like claiming someone he knows just flew in Atlanta and got her passport stamped with the words.

He wrote;

Can you see what they are doing to people now in America? They stamp your passport and write this, Some one just came into Atlanta and they stamped her passport AOS meaning no adjustment of status. The next one EOS means no extension of status. So no longer extending your 6 months stay Or adjustment of status or getting married while you are here, everyone has to be careful this people are not joking.

The annotation of “No COS/AOS/EOS” on the passport means no change of status, adjustment of status, or extension of status. It expresses the immigration inspector’s opinion that the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services should not grant an extension of your visitor’s stay or approve a change to another status.

The Customs and Boarder Protection agents use this stamp when they suspect something questionable about a persons travel patterns. This is a red flag on any immigrant’s passport, it is not binding, but will cause more time-consuming interactions each time there is an attempted entry by the holder to the US henceforth.