Nigerian consulates in Florida
Florida is in the Atlanta district, and the state is long enough that the distance changes completely from one end to the other: Jacksonville is about five hours from the consulate and Miami closer to ten.
Which office covers Florida
Consular work for Florida goes to the Consulate General of Nigeria in Atlanta, which publishes Florida on its own jurisdiction list.
The 8 places below run from 280 miles and 5 h 51 min (Tallahassee) out to 680 miles and 12 h 27 min (Miami), with Atlanta at the other end and a 511-mile average in between.
Distances from Florida
| City | Office | Distance | Driving time* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Lauderdale | Atlanta | 655 mi | 12 h 3 min |
| Hialeah | Atlanta | 680 mi | 12 h 30 min |
| Jacksonville | Atlanta | 364 mi | 6 h 44 min |
| Miami | Atlanta | 680 mi | 12 h 27 min |
| Orlando | Atlanta | 457 mi | 8 h 22 min |
| St Petersburg | Atlanta | 497 mi | 9 h 11 min |
| Tallahassee | Atlanta | 280 mi | 5 h 51 min |
| Tampa | Atlanta | 475 mi | 8 h 43 min |
*Calculated at posted speed limits and without traffic, so a real journey always runs longer.
What you can settle from Florida
None of the following requires an appointment or a journey:
- Passport application form, filled in online before you book anything
- Nigerian visa, applied for online, then lodged at an external centre
- Police clearance certificate, requested from the Nigeria Police Force, never from a consulate
- Birth certificate, issued in Nigeria by the National Population Commission
The eleven procedure guides
The detail on every procedure, including the ones no consulate handles:
- Renewing a Nigerian passport in the United States
- Nigerian visas: the consulate is not where you apply
- Getting a NIN from the United States
- Emergency Travel Certificate
- Holding two passports
- Birth records and attestation
- Police clearance certificate
- Declaring your date of birth
- Burial transit permit
- Letter of authorisation for children under 18
- Registering with your consulate as a Nigerian abroad
South Florida's Nigerian community is the one that pays for that geography. Anything handled by mail is worth the stamp.
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