1. Select Visa Type

2. Select Office/State

3a. Check Requirements

3b. Fill & Print Application

4. Fill Online Order Form


REQUIREMENTS FOR U.S. CITIZENS TO OBTAIN A VISA TO ENTER NIGERIA



Passport

Please send TDS your current valid and signed passport. It must not expire within 6 months and must have at least one blank visa page. If you do not have any blank visa pages in your passport, TDS can assist you in applying for additional pages If your passport expires within 6 months, you must renew your passport and then we will secure your visa with the new passport.

 

Photo

Please send 4 recent professional passport-type photographs.
Digital and non-passport photographs are not acceptable.

 

 

Proof of Departure

Please send a copy of your round trip airline tickets, or itinerary or e-ticket.  The itinerary must show the applicant's name, date of arrival and departure from the country, and flight information. The Embassy does not recommend purchasing your ticket prior to a visa being issued.

 

 

Approval

Four certified copies of expatriate quota approval from Nigeria.
or
Approval from Nigeria for STR.

 

 

Credentials

Four certified copies of all credentials, resume's and cretificates, were applicable.

 

 

 

Letter of Employment

Four copies of Letter of employment.

 

 

 

Letter of Acceptance

Four copies of Letter of acceptance.

 

 

 

TDS Service Fee

TypePriceProcessing Time
Regular $50.00 5-7 Business Days
Rush $95.00 2-3 Business Days

 

Consular Fees

TypeEntry PriceProcessing Time
Regular Single/Multiple $223.00 5-7 Business Days
Rush Single/Multiple $288.00 2-3 Business days

The Consular fees listed above are in addition to the "Visa" fee detailed below.



Application Form

Fully completed ONLINE.

Note: Follow the step by step online instructions. Your application must be submitted online and the appropriate Consular fee paid for by credit card online ($112USD). When confirmed, please print a copy of your Application Acknowledgment Slip and Payment Receipt Confirmation mail both to TDS for processing, along with all other requirements detailed above. Failure to fully complete the visa application form will delay processing the visa.


Additional Application Information

The Nigerian Embassy and Consulate General introduced (October 01, 2007) a web-based online visa application, which must be fully completed online and then printed. Please print an additional copy and send to TDS along with your passport and required documents, your credit card payment receipt for the base Consular fee ($112 single entry or multiple entries), and all other requirements to obtain the visa.


Shipping Address

Please forward the completed requirements detailed above to:
TRAVEL DOCUMENT SYSTEMS, INC.,
925 Fifteenth Street N.W. Suite 300
Washington D.C. 20005

URGENT APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE SHIPPED TO TDS USING ONLY THE FEDEX COMPANY

 

 

FedEx Fees

FedEx Return Shipping
Continental USA Only Price
Next Business Day - up to 3 passports $23.00
Next Business Day - 4 or more passports $26.00
Saturday Delivery $39.00
Alaska, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, USVI Price
Next Day Letter (No Saturday Delivery) $39.00
International Price
Call for a quote. Call.

 

 

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