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Nigeria Visa Information

Application for Nigerian Visas can now be completed online. 

ONLINE VISA APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES

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  • All applications and payments are to be made through the Nigeria Immigration website at: https://portal.immigration.gov.ng
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  • After filling out forms online, submit and print them out; proceed to payment section; choose payment with money order option and make sure you have the actual fees in money order, as you will be required to input details of the money order in the system.
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  • For current visa fee for all countries, please go to: innovate1services.com
  • Go to column Support and click on countries.
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  • Please note that, once applications are submitted, fees paid are not refundable.
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  • AT APPLICANT’S DISCRETION, VISA OR PASSPORT FEE CAN BE PAID EITHER WITH CREDIT/DEBIT CARD OR MONEY ORDER MADE TO: INNOVATE 1 SERVICES LLC/FGN.

Requirements for all categories of visas:-

  1. Current passport (with at least 6 months validity)
  2. Completed visa application form
  3. Confirmation of online payment
  4. 2 passport size pictures
  5. Letter of invitation from Host accepting full immigration responsibility
  6. Data page of Host passport,
  7. Confirmed hotel reservation, if the applicant is not staying with Host
  8. Valid return airline ticket.
  9. Evidence of funds to cover stay in Nigeria (letter from bank etc.)
  10. Non–Qatari passports holder must provide proof of legal residency in Qatar 
  1. Current passport (with at least 6 months validity)
  2. Completed visa application form
  3. Confirmation of online payment
  4. 2 passport size pictures
  5. Letter of invitation from Host company, in Nigeria, accepting full immigration and financial responsibility as well as stating purpose of visit (and duration of stay)
  6. Letter of introduction from applicant’s company or organization
  7. Non–Qatari passports Holder must provide proof of legal residency in Qatar (photocopy of  resident visa).
  1. Current passport (with at least 6 months validity)
  2. Completed visa application form
  3. Confirmation of online payment
  4. 2 passport size pictures
  5. Copy of Comptroller General of Immigration’s approval cable visa that lists the applicant’s name
  6. Letter of introduction from Host organization in Nigeria
  7. Cover letter from the Qatari company sending employee
  8. Holders of non Qatari passport must provide proof of legal residency (photocopy of resident permit)
  9. Copy of airline ticket or flight itinerary (WHERE APPLICABLE)
  10. Formal application from Host company in Nigeria, attaching a copy of the work order indication the exact job to be performed by the expert.
  11. Copy of certificate of incorporation of Host Company in Nigeria.
  1. Current passport (with at least 6 months validity)
  2. 4 Completed visa application forms
  3. 4 Copies of confirmation of online payment
  4. 4 passport size pictures
  5. 4 Copies of employment offer letters
  6. 4 Copies of acceptance of employment letters
  7. 4 Copies of Nigerian Immigration’s approval quota
  8. 4 Copies of resume, degrees, and certificates earned
  9. Holders of non–Qatari passports must provide proof of legal residency (photocopy of resident permit)
  10. The documents should be arranged into 4 sets. Each set must include the above mentioned documents.
  11. 4 copies certificate of incorporation of the Nigerian company.
  12. 4 copies of company memorandum & article association
  13. 4 copies of corporate affairs particulars of directors and their shear holdings thereof: (CAC FORMS 2 & 7)
  14. 4 Copies of business permit issued by the Ministry of interior (for companies that have foreign shareholders)
  15. 1 Copy of current monthly quota utilization returns as endorsed by the Immigration Service.
  16. 4 copies of formal letter requesting for STR visa from company in  Nigeria.
  1. Photocopies of parents’ passports (bio-data page) or valid ID must accompany the application as well as proof of payment to Innovate1 Service.
  2. Copy of child’s birth certificate
  3. Notorized letter of consent jointly singned by both parents

Holders of Diplomatic/Official Passport are required to complete online application form at Nigeria Immigration Service website: https://portal.immigration.gov.ng/pages/welcome to obtain Application ID and Reference Number. The completed application form must be printed and submitted at the Embassy with two passport-size photographs, preferably with white background; including Official Passport and any other supporting document(s). VISA FEES ARE NOT REQUIRED.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Please note that once applications have been submitted or mailed to the embassy, visas and processing fees are not refundable; notwithstanding if visas are granted or not.

Applicants can only cancel and seek for a refund for fees paid online only before applications are submitted or mailed to the embassy. Please refer to the Innovate 1 Services for refund procedures.

Please note that application processing fees are not refundable once submitted for processing.

Online Nigerian Visa Application Made Easy