Ewepụtara ndị ọrụ mbata na ọpụpụ Naijiria (Nigeria Immigration Service) (NIS) na ndị uwe ojii Naijiria (NP) n'ọnwa Ọgọst, n'afọ 1958. N'oge ahụ ka a na-akpọ ya Ngalaba Immigrashọn ma nwee onyeisi a kpọrọ Chief Federal Immigration Officer (CFIO). E hiwere ngalaba mbata na ọpụpụ site n'aka Act of Parliament (Cap 171, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria) n'ụbọchị mbụ nke ọnwa Ọgọst, n'afọ 1963 mgbe Alhaji Shehu Shagari bụ onye minista na-ahụ maka ihe dị n'ime (ọnọdụ a na-akpọzi Minista nke ime obodo). Iwu mbụ na-achịkwa ọrụ mbata na ọpụpụ bụ Iwu mbata na ọpụpụ nke afọ 1963 nke emeziri n'afọ 2014 na ọzọ n'afọ 2015 (Iwu mbata na ọpụpụ, 2015). E mezigharịrị ọrụ ahụ site n'afọ 1963 iji jikwaa mbugharị ọgbara ọhụrụ n'ụzọ kwekọrọ n'usoro ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị zuru ụwa ọnụ, mpaghara na okpuru ọchịchị.