Destination Visa Policy
Who needs a visa for Nigeria?
Find your passport below to see how you can enter Nigeria — then open the full breakdown with fees, documents, transit and health rules.
Passport validity
At least 6 months validity on arrival — strictly enforced
Blank pages
At least 1–2 blank visa pages
Yellow fever
Yellow fever vaccination is recommended for this destination and the certificate may be checked on arrival. It becomes mandatory for onward travel to many countries.
Visa Free (17 passports)
Visa on Arrival (36 passports)
Algeria Angola Botswana Burundi Central African Republic Comoros Djibouti DR Congo Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon Kenya Lesotho Libya Madagascar Malawi Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Republic of the Congo Rwanda Sao Tome and Principe Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
e-Visa Required (145 passports)
Afghanistan Albania Andorra Antigua & Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia & Herzegovina Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Cambodia Canada Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Estonia Fiji Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kiribati Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Malaysia Maldives Malta Marshall Islands Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Myanmar Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua North Korea North Macedonia Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Samoa San Marino Saudi Arabia Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Korea Spain Sri Lanka St. Kitts & Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent & Grenadines Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Tonga Trinidad & Tobago Türkiye Turkmenistan Tuvalu Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam Yemen
Standard short-stay tourism rules for ordinary passports. Special categories (diplomatic passports, residence-permit holders, crew) follow different rules — contact us for a personal assessment.