Nigerian consulates in Michigan
Michigan belongs to the New York consular district. Detroit is around ten hours by road from Nigeria House, or a flight, and there is nothing Nigerian and official any closer.
Which office covers Michigan
The office that covers Michigan is the Consulate General of Nigeria in New York.
Of the 6 places listed on this page, Ann Arbor is closest to New York at 616 miles, about 11 h 39 min at the wheel. Grand Rapids is furthest at 748 miles and 13 h 58 min. The average works out around 654.
Distances from Michigan
| Town | Consulate | Road distance | By road* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ann Arbor | New York | 616 mi | 11 h 39 min |
| Detroit | New York | 618 mi | 11 h 41 min |
| Grand Rapids | New York | 748 mi | 13 h 58 min |
| Lansing | New York | 681 mi | 12 h 49 min |
| Southfield | New York | 624 mi | 11 h 51 min |
| Warren | New York | 634 mi | 12 h 2 min |
*Calculated at posted speed limits and without traffic, so a real journey always runs longer.
What you can settle from Michigan
Before looking at flights, clear the list of what happens online:
- 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:
- 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: flying home without a passport
- Nigerian dual citizenship and US naturalisation
- Birth records and attestation
- Police clearance certificate
- Declaring your date of birth
- Burial transit permit
- Consent letters for minors
- Consular registration
Southfield and Warren hold much of the metro community. The online routes below cover most of what brings people to this page.
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