Nigerian consulates in North Dakota
North Dakota is in the New York consular district, which puts Fargo more than a thousand miles from its counter.
Which office covers North Dakota
The office that covers North Dakota is the Consulate General of Nigeria in New York.
Of the 3 places listed on this page, Fargo is closest to New York at 1,436 miles, about 26 h 40 min at the wheel. Bismarck is furthest at 1,629 miles and 29 h 45 min. The average works out around 1,527.
Distances from North Dakota
| Town | Consulate | Road distance | By road* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bismarck | New York | 1,629 mi | 29 h 45 min |
| Fargo | New York | 1,436 mi | 26 h 40 min |
| Grand Forks | New York | 1,517 mi | 28 h 1 min |
*Calculated at posted speed limits and without traffic, so a real journey always runs longer.
What you can settle from North Dakota
None of the following requires an appointment or a journey:
- 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:
- 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
Bismarck and Grand Forks are further still. This is a state where the mail-in routes are the answer rather than the fallback.
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