Passport Services and Requirements
For Payment for e-passports, visit the Nigeria Immigration Service Website: http://www.immigration.gov.ng
All applicants for e-passports are to apply by clicking on the link above.
Applicants who do not immediately receive their "Payment Confirmed" Slips and interview dates should visit the Nigeria Immigration Website given above. Click on 'Querry Your Application Payment Status', Select Passport Type, Type in your Application ID, Type in your Reference No, and Click on Search Record and your application details will pop up with Payment Updated heading if interview date is assigned. Scroll to the bottom of the page, and Click on Print Receipt to print the Payment Confirmed Slip.
Please Note: On the date of interview, please bring the Payment Confirmed Slip along with all the requirements, together with £20 processing fee in Postal Order made payable to the Nigeria High Commission London. Please, do not come to the High Commission until the interview date as those who do would not be attended to. KEEP YOUR E-PASSPORT SAFE. REPLACEMENT OF LOST, STOLEN OR MISPLACED E-PASSPORT CAN ONLY BE DONE IN ABUJA, NIGERIA, AFTER A LONG AND TEDIOUS PROCESS.
THE HIGH COMMISSION IS COMMITTED TO SERVING YOU MUCH BETTER. WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND COOPERATION.
020 7556 8131; 020 7556 8160; 020 7839 1244 Ext. 231 and Ext. 260
Email: immigrationservices@nigeriahc.org.uk
COMPLAINTS: hc@nigeriahc.org.uk; immigration@nigeriahc.org.uk
IMPORTANT NOTICE: As part of our Immigration Reform Exercise, a Business Centre is now open at the Embassy.Services offered include purchase of British Postal Order,Internet Caffe' Services, Printing and Photocopying of documents, National and International phone call, Fax and other services.
Passport Renewal (After 5 years and up to December 31, 2010. However, you are advised to apply for ePassport instead)
(Passport, which has not yet served the normal ten years lifespan):
Passport Reissue (After 10 years)
(Passport, which has already served the normal ten years lifespan):
Dual Nationality
Replacement Of Lost Passports
- § Letter to the High Commissioner stating the circumstances of loss of passport;
- § Submission of one copy of form C1;
- § Submission of photocopy of the data page of Passport. One copy of Guarantor’s Form (P.21) duly Sworn before the Commissioner for Oaths at the Nigeria High Commission;
- § Submission of a Police Report clearly stating loss of the Nigerian Passport;
- § Submission of Birth Certificate or Sworn Declaration of Age duly signed by Commissioner for Oaths of Nigeria High Commission;
- § Submission of a Sworn Declaration of the loss of Passport signed by the Commissioner for Oaths of the Nigeria High Commission;
- § Submission of two studio-taken passport photographs (one of which must be endorsed on the reverse side by the Recommender who must also be a Nigerian);
- § Documentary proof of profession (Letter from Employer or P60);
- § Payment of £100.00 processing fee in Postal Order made payable to the Nigeria High Commission London; Do not pay until after a successful interview. Please submit your application and book for interview at the High Commission. Do not make any online payment yet, wait for an instruction from the immigration officer after the interview.
- § Production of proof of applicant’s residence status i.e. letter from the Home office showing evidence of stay in UK;
- § Proof of applicant Address in UK i.e. 2 utility bills (e.g. Gas, Electricity) or Bank Statement;
- § Letter from the academic institution (Students only).
- Click here to download requirements and form
NOTE:
- All applications for re-issue of lost passports must be submitted at the counter. Applicants would thereafter be required to submit themselves for personal interviews before they can be advised to proceed. This is however subject to satisfactory scrutiny of their submissions. Applicants seeking replacement of lost passports are strongly advised NOT to make payable on-line until their interview is successful.
- The Guarantor must be a reputable Nigerian with good knowledge of the applicant
- All submissions must be made in duplicates.
Endorsement of child on parent's passport (Old MRP only)
Note that children can no longer be endorsed on the e-passports, however they can now have separate epassports by following the same procedure as adults.
Issue of ePassport to a child or a baby (First Issue)
Emergency Travel Certificates
As the name implies, Emergency Travel Certificate is issued for emergency purposes only, when and if the standard passport is lost. ETCs are issued to facilitate applicants immediate one-way departure for Nigeria only.
Click here to download requirements and form
NOTE: Fees are subject to changes.
