Nigerian consulates in California

California has one of the largest Nigerian populations in the country and no published consular district. Nigeria lists the jurisdictions of New York and Atlanta and says nothing about the fifteen states left over, and California is the biggest of them.

Which office covers California

California appears in no published consular district. Nigeria names the jurisdictions of its two consulates general and says nothing about the fifteen territories left over, so the Nigerian Embassy in Washington, D.C. is the practical answer rather than the official one.

The number, so you do not have to go looking for it: (202) 800-7201, ext. 100.

Nigerian Embassy in Washington, D.C.

Of the 12 places listed on this page, Riverside is closest to Washington, D.C. at 2,638 miles, about 46 h 20 min at the wheel. San Jose is furthest at 2,842 miles and 50 h 5 min. The average works out around 2,733.

Distances from California

Town	Consulate	Road distance	By road*
Anaheim	Washington, D.C.	2,665 mi	46 h 55 min
Bakersfield	Washington, D.C.	2,689 mi	47 h 22 min
Fresno	Washington, D.C.	2,798 mi	49 h 20 min
Long Beach	Washington, D.C.	2,686 mi	47 h 20 min
Los Angeles	Washington, D.C.	2,672 mi	47 h
Oakland	Washington, D.C.	2,807 mi	49 h 23 min
Riverside	Washington, D.C.	2,638 mi	46 h 20 min
Sacramento	Washington, D.C.	2,727 mi	47 h 50 min
San Diego	Washington, D.C.	2,689 mi	47 h 13 min
San Francisco	Washington, D.C.	2,811 mi	49 h 31 min
San Jose	Washington, D.C.	2,842 mi	50 h 5 min
Stockton	Washington, D.C.	2,775 mi	48 h 43 min

*Calculated at posted speed limits and without traffic, so a real journey always runs longer.

What you can settle from California

None of the following requires an appointment or a journey:

Birth certificate, issued in Nigeria by the National Population Commission
Consular registration, a form that costs nothing and takes minutes
Emergency Travel Certificate, posted to the consulate, with no counter visit
Dual citizenship rules, worth reading before you take the US oath, not after

The eleven procedure guides

One guide per document, with what each one asks for and where it is actually issued:

Los Angeles, the Bay Area, San Diego and Sacramento all fall into the same gap. The Embassy in Washington is the practical answer, but it is an inference and not a published rule, so confirm it before you buy a ticket.

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