Nigerian consulates in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico is the one territory Nigeria names explicitly outside the fifty states: it is in the Atlanta consular district. There is no road, so any counter visit means a flight to Georgia.
Which office covers Puerto Rico
Nigeria assigns Puerto Rico to the Consulate General of Nigeria in Atlanta, and that assignment is published rather than inferred.
None of the 3 places listed here has a road route to Atlanta: every counter visit starts at an airport.
Distances from Puerto Rico
| City | Office | Distance | Driving time* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayamon | Atlanta | — | by air |
| Ponce | Atlanta | — | by air |
| San Juan | Atlanta | — | by air |
*Calculated at posted speed limits and without traffic, so a real journey always runs longer.
What you can settle from Puerto Rico
None of the following requires an appointment or a journey:
- 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
- Applying for a Nigerian visa
- NIN enrolment from abroad
- Emergency Travel Certificate
- Holding two passports
- Birth records and attestation
- Nigerian police clearance certificate from abroad
- Age declaration: fixing a date of birth
- Repatriating remains to Nigeria
- Letter of authorisation for children under 18
- Registering with your consulate as a Nigerian abroad
San Juan, Bayamón and Ponce are all in the same position. The mail-in routes below matter more here than the driving table.
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