I was wandering if anyone could clarify if I could still fly into Nigeria with my old unexpired passport. I intend to get the new E passport once in Lagos.
This would be mid April this year.

Thanks in advance.

abyte:

I was wandering if anyone could clarify if I could still fly into Nigeria with my old unexpired passport. I intend to get the new E passport once in Lagos.
This would be mid April this year.

Thanks in advance.

   Is it indicated in your valid passport that it is illegal to use it once a new version of the Nigerian passport is out?

No it is not but while I was in Nija last Xmas a customs lady said that will be the last time I'll be able to enter with it. Not sure if she just wanted a bribe or not but I didn't get a chance to get the new one before I left.

If it has not expired, you can use it even with 2 wks to expiry date. Speaking from personal experience

k*afolayan:

If it has not expired, you can use it even with 2 wks to expiry date. Speaking from personal experience

thanks. Just to be 100% sure, I was told, post Jan 1st 2010, my un-expired old passport was going to be invalid. So this is untrue then. Sorry if I'm being pushy but the more drama I can avoid at Muritala the better

Far as I know, the new epassport becomes mandatory sometime next year so can still use ur old one

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Nigerian Immigration Service to Replace National Passport with ECOWAS E-passport
Posted on admin on January 3, 2010 // 2 Comments The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has announced that Nigeria’s international passport would be replaced and would cease to be officially recognized by December 30, this year.

The NIS Public Relations Officer, Ekpedeme King, told APA that the passport would be replaced with the harmonized e-passport of the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS).

“It is only the ECOWAS e-passport that will be acceptable as from January 1, 2011 in Nigeria,” he said.

The policy, he said, would affect nationals from other West African countries as their national passports would no longer be acceptable except the ECOWAS e-passport.

“For now, both the nation’s machine readable passport and ECOWAS e-passport are used to enable holders to regularize and obtain the new passport,” he said.

King explained that in order to obtain the new e-passport, applicants would be required to submit several documents including a local government letter of identification, birth certificate or age declaration, and two recent passport-sized photographs.

Source African Press Agency


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Thank you so much.

so for me that live abroad and wants to travel home after january 2011.i will not be allowed to enter naija with my valid old passport?please i need an answer.

@ hugooh

No you wont be allowed to trave in to nigeria
unless its the new e-passport, I wil advise you to get it as soon as because i sense a huge demand towards the end of this year when the old passport is completely phased out

hugoo42,
where do you reside? i heard u can renew the Ecowas passport in Germany and Spain, Am tryin to renew mine too,though it will expire by jan 2012, but i need to renew it now so as to apply for long term visa' or immigration purpose, i live in Poland.

Sorry i meant long term visa to Canada or migration purposes to Denmark or Canada

i live in Hong Kong. i will visit nigeria mission here to find out myself.Thanks for the information anyway

was wandering if anyone could clarify if I could still fly into Nigeria with my old unexpired passport. I intend to get the new E passport once in Lagos.
This would be mid April this year


ABYTE:
I CAN TELL YOU AUTHORITETIVELY THAT YOU CAN STILL FLY IN WITH THE OLD PASSPORT THEY ARE STILL RUMORS THAT ITS MOST LIKELY THAT IT WILL BE OF NO USE B FORE MID 2010 CUS I ACTUALLY DID THE EPASSORT FOR A FRIEND THAT JUS CAME BACK LAST MONTH WITH THE OLD ONE AND I THINK HE LL B GOING BACK THIS WEEK . I WILL B WILLING TO HELP AS REGARDS TO GETTING THE E PASSPORT CUS I ACTUALLY DO THE PROCEESSING WITH THE NIS

REGARDS, REGINALD(08067640762) rebuntorhyme@yahoo.com

As regards to the guy who talked about getting the e passport overseas yes you can but sometimes you have to travell long distances to get it ,cus i heard you can get in atlanta in the usa not very sure abt that but as for here in nigeria which i believe is adviceable i can help with necessary requirements you need in getting the e passport as regards to the online payment and document cus i gat links to the nis in lagos.


reagards REGINALD (08067640762) rebuntorhyme@yahoo.com