Nigerian consular procedures

Nigeria runs its consular work in the United States from three offices, and a good half of the paperwork people associate with them is issued somewhere else entirely. These eleven guides say who issues what, what it costs where a fee is published, and which step has to happen first.

The eleven guides

Each one covers a single document: what it is for, who issues it, what it costs where a fee is published, and which step has to happen before it.

By what they are for

The same eleven, grouped by the reason people need them. A document you assumed the consulate issues may well sit in another group entirely.

Travel documents

Passports, visas and the emergency document that replaces a passport when yours is gone.

Identity

The National Identification Number and consular registration. Neither is a travel document, and the passport process stops without the first.

Civil records

Birth certificates, police clearance, age declarations and the paperwork for repatriating remains. Nigeria issues these, not the consulates.

Citizenship

Dual nationality and the consent a child needs to travel.