Nigerian consulates in Minnesota
Minnesota is in the New York district. The Twin Cities have a substantial Nigerian population, and Brooklyn Park in particular, with the nearest counter around eighteen hours away by road.
Which office covers Minnesota
Nigeria assigns Minnesota to the Consulate General of Nigeria in New York, and that assignment is published rather than inferred.
The 4 places below run from 1,141 miles and 21 h 21 min (Rochester) out to 1,213 miles and 22 h 39 min (Brooklyn Park), with New York at the other end and a 1,188-mile average in between.
Distances from Minnesota
| Place | Handled by | Miles | Time at the wheel* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Park | New York | 1,213 mi | 22 h 39 min |
| Minneapolis | New York | 1,203 mi | 22 h 28 min |
| Rochester | New York | 1,141 mi | 21 h 21 min |
| Saint Paul | New York | 1,193 mi | 22 h 14 min |
*Calculated at posted speed limits and without traffic, so a real journey always runs longer.
What you can settle from Minnesota
Distance matters less for this half of the paperwork:
- 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
- Nigerian visa, applied for online, then lodged at an external centre
The eleven procedure guides
Eleven procedures explained, from the passport to a burial permit:
- Nigerian passport renewal
- 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
- Nigerian birth certificates and attestation of birth
- Police clearance certificate
- Declaring your date of birth
- Burial transit permit
- Consent letters for minors
- Consular registration
This is one of the states where flying is not a luxury. Read the mail-in options before booking.
nigerianconsulates.us is an independent guide to Nigeria’s consular offices in the United States. We are not the Nigerian Embassy, any Consulate General, or any government body.
We do not book appointments and we do not sell them. Details are checked regularly and can change without notice: confirm with the office before you travel.