Nigerian consulates in Indiana
Indiana is in the New York district. Indianapolis is about eleven hours from Nigeria House, which makes the mail-in routes worth reading first.
Which office covers Indiana
The office that covers Indiana is the Consulate General of Nigeria in New York.
Of the 5 places listed on this page, Fort Wayne is closest to New York at 650 miles, about 12 h 22 min at the wheel. Evansville is furthest at 862 miles and 16 h 50 min. The average works out around 739.
Distances from Indiana
| Place | Handled by | Miles | Time at the wheel* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomington | New York | 764 mi | 14 h 56 min |
| Evansville | New York | 862 mi | 16 h 50 min |
| Fort Wayne | New York | 650 mi | 12 h 22 min |
| Indianapolis | New York | 715 mi | 14 h 1 min |
| South Bend | New York | 705 mi | 13 h 10 min |
*Calculated at posted speed limits and without traffic, so a real journey always runs longer.
What you can settle from Indiana
None of the following requires an appointment or a journey:
- 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
- Passport application form, filled in online before you book anything
The eleven procedure guides
What each document needs, who issues it and how long it takes:
- Nigerian passport renewal
- Applying for a Nigerian visa
- NIN enrolment from abroad
- 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
- Age declaration: fixing a date of birth
- Burial transit permit
- Consent letters for minors
- Consular registration
Fort Wayne and South Bend are marginally closer to New York, and no closer to anything else.
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