Nigerian consulates in Illinois
Illinois belongs to the New York consular district, not to anything in the Midwest. Chicago has one of the larger Nigerian communities in the country and its nearest counter is Nigeria House, around twelve hours by road.
Which office covers Illinois
Consular work for Illinois goes to the Consulate General of Nigeria in New York, which publishes Illinois on its own jurisdiction list.
The 7 places below run from 794 miles and 14 h 54 min (Chicago) out to 919 miles and 17 h 55 min (Springfield), with New York at the other end and a 836-mile average in between.
Distances from Illinois
| Town | Consulate | Road distance | By road* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora | New York | 833 mi | 15 h 46 min |
| Chicago | New York | 794 mi | 14 h 54 min |
| Evanston | New York | 807 mi | 15 h 16 min |
| Joliet | New York | 806 mi | 15 h 12 min |
| Naperville | New York | 817 mi | 15 h 31 min |
| Rockford | New York | 879 mi | 16 h 42 min |
| Springfield | New York | 919 mi | 17 h 55 min |
*Calculated at posted speed limits and without traffic, so a real journey always runs longer.
What you can settle from Illinois
Distance matters less for this half of the paperwork:
- 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
- National Identification Number, issued by the NIMC and needed before any passport application
The eleven procedure guides
The detail on every procedure, including the ones no consulate handles:
- Nigerian passport renewal
- Applying for a Nigerian visa
- Getting a NIN from the United States
- Emergency Travel Certificate: flying home without a passport
- Nigerian dual citizenship and US naturalisation
- Nigerian birth certificates and attestation of birth
- Nigerian police clearance certificate from abroad
- Declaring your date of birth
- Burial transit permit
- Consent letters for minors
- Consular registration
The reflex in Chicago is to look for a local consulate. There is none, and the offices that advertise Nigerian passport services in the area are private agencies.
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