Nigerian consulates in Maryland
Maryland holds one of the largest Nigerian communities in the country, concentrated in Prince George's County, and it appears in no published consular district. The Embassy in Washington is minutes away and is the practical answer, but Nigeria has not published that assignment.
Which office covers Maryland
Nigeria has not published a consular district covering Maryland. The Nigerian Embassy in Washington, D.C. is the only mission left once New York and Atlanta have listed theirs, and it is where people from Maryland are handled in practice.
The number, so you do not have to go looking for it: (202) 800-7201, ext. 100.
Of the 10 places listed on this page, Silver Spring is closest to Washington, D.C. at 6 miles, about 18 min at the wheel. Baltimore is furthest at 40 miles and 1 h. The average works out around 23.
Distances from Maryland
| Place | Handled by | Miles | Time at the wheel* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annapolis | Washington, D.C. | 34 mi | 56 min |
| Baltimore | Washington, D.C. | 40 mi | 1 h |
| Bowie | Washington, D.C. | 18 mi | 40 min |
| Columbia | Washington, D.C. | 25 mi | 47 min |
| Frederick | Washington, D.C. | 40 mi | 1 h 3 min |
| Gaithersburg | Washington, D.C. | 18 mi | 34 min |
| Hyattsville | Washington, D.C. | 9 mi | 24 min |
| Rockville | Washington, D.C. | 13 mi | 27 min |
| Silver Spring | Washington, D.C. | 6 mi | 18 min |
| Upper Marlboro | Washington, D.C. | 23 mi | 44 min |
*Calculated at posted speed limits and without traffic, so a real journey always runs longer.
What you can settle from Maryland
Several of the things that bring people here need no counter at all:
- 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:
- 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
Silver Spring, Bowie, Hyattsville and Upper Marlboro are all inside the Beltway's reach of the Embassy. The gap in the published record costs Maryland nothing in practice and would cost California a flight.
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