Visa Services

Welcome to the Consular Section. Please follow the links below to learn all about consular functions.

Non-Immigrant Visas

Immigrant Visas
Immigrant visas entitle the recipient to permanent resident status in the United States. [more]

Schedule of Fees for Consular Services

General visa questions may be directed via e-mail to the State Department by emailing usvisa@state.gov. Please indicate the subject of your inquiry on the subject line (e.g., student visa, visitor visa, worker visa, spouse visa, affidavit of support, etc.)

Specific Inquiries on visa cases in progress should contact:

Abuja
Business Hours:
Monday through Thursday from 07:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and
Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Consular Section Abuja is closed to the public the last Friday of every month

Plot 1075, Diplomatic Drive
Central Business District, Abuja
Telephone: (234)-9-461-4000
Fax: (234)-9-461-4171
E-Mail: ConsularAbuja@state.gov

Lagos
Business Hours:
Monday - Friday 07:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
U.S. Consulate General Lagos Office
2 Walter Carrington Crescent, Victoria Island, Nigeria
Tel.: (234)-1-261-0050/0078/0139/0195/1414/6477 Fax: (234)-1-261-2218
E-mail: lagoscons2@state.gov

**The consular section observes both American and Nigerian holidays.

Please plan your visit and visa needs accordingly.
Further information is available at http://travel.state.gov/visa/visa_1750.html

For information specific to student visas, please see http://travel.state.gov/travel/living/studying/studying_1238.html, which contains complete information about the additional requirement for students, including I-20 forms, financial backing, student qualifications and electronic verification of admission.

The following items are not permitted on the premises of the United States Consulate:
Weapons of any kind or size, sharp metal or glass objects, razor blades, liquids, bottles, powdery substances, umbrellas and electronic or battery-operated equipment (including cell phones, radios, tape recorders, cameras, personal digital assistants, computers). If you have any of these items, you will not be permitted to use the drop box facility.

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PRESS RELEASE: Change in Regulations for Issuance of U.S. Passports to Minors and U.S. Passport fees, and Consular Section Abuja ACS hours (February 4, 2008)

The United States Government has made a global revision in U.S. passport regulations for the issuance of a U.S. passport and U.S. passport fees.

1. Effective February 1, 2008, all persons under the age of 16 require two-parent consent for the issuance of a U.S. passport. Both the mother and father listed on the minor’s U.S. birth certificate will be required to appear in person at the U.S. Embassy in Abuja or the U.S. Consulate in Lagos to sign the passport application. If both parents listed on the birth certificate are not present or resident in Nigeria, the absent parent must provide a notarized letter of consent, and the notary must be commissioned in the United States or at any overseas U.S. Embassy or U.S. Consulate. In an effort to further protect children, raising the age requirement from 14 to 16 years of age is intended to address the troubling issue of abducted and runaway children. The change is also consistent with the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. All pending applications initiated before February 1, 2008, will be considered under the two-parent consent rule for minors age 14 years and under. (more)

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