Passport Renewal
Requirements:
- Completed application form
- Passport from renewal/ expired passport
- 2 passport sized photographs
Fee: € 100
Payment via Money Order or Bank Draft Payable to: The Embassy of Nigeria
Requirements
- Police report confirming loss of passport
- Completion of citizen registration with the embassy
- Recent utility bills or aletter from academic institution (Students only)
- Completed application form
- Birth certificate or declaration of age
- Driving licence or academic certificate to prove identity
- Evidence of state of origin or local government
- Photocopies of relevant pages of loss passport
- Photocopies of passport for Irish born children or birth certificate
- Letter to the ambassador stating the circumstance of loss passport
- Proof of legitimate exit from Nigeria/ entry into Ireland or sworn affidavit before the commission for oaths at the Nigeria embassy
Fee: following approval € 350
Payment via Money Order or Bank Draft Payable to: The Embassy of Nigeria
Requirements:
- 2 Passport sized photographs
- Birth certificate
- Photocopy of Mothers passport
- Letter of consent from the father
- Letter of identification from school or GP
- Embassy ID
- Proof of address, recent utility bills
Fee: € 100
Payment via Money Order or Bank Draft Payable to: The Embassy of Nigeria
Requirements:
- 2 passport sized photographs
- Birth certificate
- Photocopy of Parent’s passport
- Letter if Identification from School and GP
- Embassy ID
- Proof of address, recent utility bills
Fee: € 100
Payment via Money Order or Bank Draft Payable to: The Embassy of Nigeria
Note: Applicants for endorsement must be aged 1month -6 years
Requirements:
- 2 passport sized photographs
- Birth Certificate
- Photocopy of mothers passport
- Mother’s passport booklet
- Letter of identification from school and GP
- Letter of consent from father
Fee: € 50
Payment via Money Order or Bank Draft Payable to: The Embassy of Nigeria
Citizenship of Nigeria is based upon the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1989.People who are entitled to claim Citizenship of Nigeria include:
- Those born before or on the date of independence, October 1, 1960, whose parents or
grandparents were born in Nigeria and who were legally residing in Nigeria at the time, are considered citizens of Nigeria.
- BY BIRTH: Birth within the territory of Nigeria does not automatically confer citizenship.
- BY DESCENT: Child, at least one of whose parents is a citizen of Nigeria, regardless of the child’s country of birth.
Registration:
The following persons are eligible to become citizens through registration:
- A foreign person who marries a citizen of Nigeria.
- Person who is of adult age (17), born outside Nigeria, any of whose grandparents is or was a citizen of Nigeria.
- A foreign child adopted by Nigerian parents.
Naturalization :
Nigerian citizenship may be acquired upon fulfillment of the following
conditions:
- Person is of full age (17), has resided in Nigeria for at least 15 years, is of good character, plans to remain in Nigeria, is familiar with Nigerian language and customs, has a viable means of support, and has renounced previous citizenship.
Dual Citizenship is recognised only for Nigerian citizens by descent.
Citizenship can be lost in the following ways:
Voluntary :
Voluntary renunciation of Nigerian citizenship is permitted by law.
Involuntary
The following are grounds for involuntary loss of Nigerian citizenship:
- Registered or Naturalized citizen voluntarily acquires the citizenship of a foreign country.
- Naturalized citizen, before seven years of residence, sentenced to prison for three years or more.
- Registered or Naturalized citizen is convicted of acts of disloyalty to the Republic of Nigeria.
Embassy of Nigeria
56 Leeson Park,
Dublin 6,
Ireland
Tel : (+353) 1 660 4051
Fax: (+353) 1 660 4092
