Nigerian consulates in Louisiana
Louisiana is in the Atlanta district. New Orleans is around seven hours east to the consulate, which is the practical option since Nigeria has no office anywhere in Texas.
Which office covers Louisiana
The office that covers Louisiana is the Consulate General of Nigeria in Atlanta.
Of the 4 places listed on this page, New Orleans is closest to Atlanta at 486 miles, about 8 h 57 min at the wheel. Shreveport is furthest at 608 miles and 11 h 10 min. The average works out around 559.
Distances from Louisiana
| City | Office | Distance | Driving time* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baton Rouge | Atlanta | 544 mi | 9 h 59 min |
| Lafayette | Atlanta | 597 mi | 11 h 2 min |
| New Orleans | Atlanta | 486 mi | 8 h 57 min |
| Shreveport | Atlanta | 608 mi | 11 h 10 min |
*Calculated at posted speed limits and without traffic, so a real journey always runs longer.
What you can settle from Louisiana
Distance matters less for this half of the paperwork:
- 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
- Consular registration, a form that costs nothing and takes minutes
The eleven procedure guides
What each document needs, who issues it and how long it takes:
- Renewing a Nigerian passport in the United States
- Applying for a Nigerian visa
- NIN enrolment from abroad
- Emergency Travel Certificate
- Holding two passports
- Birth records and attestation
- Police clearance certificate
- Age declaration: fixing a date of birth
- Repatriating remains to Nigeria
- Letter of authorisation for children under 18
- Registering with your consulate as a Nigerian abroad
Baton Rouge and Shreveport are further from Atlanta and no nearer to anything else.
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