Nigerian consulates in South Carolina
South Carolina is in the Atlanta district. Columbia is around three and a half hours from the consulate and Charleston closer to five.
Which office covers South Carolina
Consular work for South Carolina goes to the Consulate General of Nigeria in Atlanta, which publishes South Carolina on its own jurisdiction list.
The 4 places below run from 139 miles and 2 h 47 min (Greenville) out to 311 miles and 6 h 11 min (Charleston), with Atlanta at the other end and a 244-mile average in between.
Distances from South Carolina
| Place | Handled by | Miles | Time at the wheel* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston | Atlanta | 311 mi | 6 h 11 min |
| Columbia | Atlanta | 223 mi | 4 h 16 min |
| Greenville | Atlanta | 139 mi | 2 h 47 min |
| North Charleston | Atlanta | 305 mi | 6 h 3 min |
*Calculated at posted speed limits and without traffic, so a real journey always runs longer.
What you can settle from South Carolina
These travel by browser and by post, wherever you are:
- Passport application form, filled in online before you book anything
- 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
The eleven procedure guides
The detail on every procedure, including the ones no consulate handles:
- Renewing a Nigerian passport in the United States
- Nigerian visas: the consulate is not where you apply
- NIN enrolment from abroad
- Emergency Travel Certificate
- Holding two passports
- Birth records and attestation
- Police clearance certificate
- Declaring your date of birth
- Repatriating remains to Nigeria
- Letter of authorisation for children under 18
- Registering with your consulate as a Nigerian abroad
Greenville, in the upstate, is nearer to Atlanta than to its own state capital.
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