How Can Someone Living Abroad Obtain The New E-passport?

After you completed filling out the E-passport application online, it will automatically prompt you to the next Passport interview appointment schedule page that displays the specified date and time you MUST APPEAR at the SPECIFIED LOCATION of Embassy/Consulate office. It will tell you to bring required documents as follow below:

• printed bar-coded Passport application
• printed confirmed travel itinerary
• two identical Passport photo
• Sponsorship Authorization Letter
• Proof of Identification
• Proof of Citizenship
• Passport application fee

If you have children you plan to travel with you, you must apply special E-passport application for each children, separated application fees and bring all of your children's proof of citizenship and your children's identical passport photos individually.

If you are married to bring your spouse travelling with you, you must apply special application for married couples and bring your proof of marriage certificate.

After you confirmed the online Passport interview appointment, you will be asked for printing it out and bring it with you at the your interview appointment due. It will tell you to prepare to pay the exact amount of Passport application fee at the specified Embassy-approved banks or other payment agency prior to your interview appointment due.

By the time your Passport interview is due, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO BE APPEAR face to face interview along with printed bar-coded E-passport application, credible supporting documents, and required proof of identification. If Embassy grants your E-passport, you will be told where to get E-passport and how long to get it. If Embassy declines your E-passport, they will tell you the reason why they reject your E-passport and your fee will not be REFUNDABLE!!!

It helps all Embassy/Consulate to eliminate the FRAUD PASSPORT and to reduce the paperwork FASTER if you follow their instruction how to obtain E-passport properly.

If you are in the US, the E-passport procedure is QUITE DIFFERENT than above mentioned. Check with your real US government-sponsored immigrant site or US official licensed passport expediter site where to obtain E-passport application.

A Nigerian passport is next on my list.

@jacq (f),
your's is better that you've got it ,when did u get urs and have they now started issuing regularly in nigeria?

Here is the link of the contact information of the Embassy of Nigeria in Madrid, Spain as follow below:

http://www.nigerianembassy.org/mission/spain.shtml

In Spain, the embassy does not have its own website as well as email address, SORRY!!!!

I must say the new E -pass is something good bicos its much better than the old one
and i went through germany with it no pro.

@tats and MoOdYLaDy

Please source where did you get the information about new passport are not currently available in London and New York?

This is NOT TRUE until you show me a proof that I am wrong!!!

Tell me how 2009 Diversity Visa Lottery still RUNS from October 3, 2007 through December 3, 2007. I do not see anything to STOP PROCESSING for NEW PASSPORT and NEW VISA.

from Nigerian High commission london website http://www.nigeriahc.org.uk/, A WARNING ALERT MESSAGE SAYS:
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Nigeria High Commission in London has currently experiencing
some technical problem in our passport production department.
As a result of this, passport reissue and new passport production
is temporarily suspended.

While we are doing our best to solve this problem, applicants are
advised not to apply for reissue and the issuance of a new passport
as applications will not be accepted during this period. We do apologise
for any inconveniencies.

Please visit this page from time to time for further development.

Thanks for your cooperation.


Head of Chancery

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@ moodylady

Why are you using TC  to travel down? If you are 'clean', fine. If not, then think twice. Because your thumbprint and biometrics will be taken at gatwick and heathrow. Besides that, you have to answer to the immigration people at MMA . I know two people that were caught unawares by this latest development just last week.

I have never heard good stories about the treatment of the few people that I know who used ETC to travel. Their experiences both at the departing airport and the arrival airport in Nigeria have been unpleasant. So my advice is be careful about this decision.

One corporate lady had her passport stolen in the US on a business visit and had to return to back to Nigeria with an ETC. She was virtually begining to be treated as a deported prostitute in the airport in Lagos just like some others who had just been deported from italy and she had to stand her ground before she was allowed to go home. She even had letters from the Nigerian Embassy in the US and US Police report, but stilll they wanted to treat her shabbily.

Moody,
if you are a permanent resident (got Green Card) i guess no problem jo  . By God, enjoy Nigeria sister  .

Moody

How do you intend returning to the US after your time in Nigeria?
I'm not sure you can use your ETD to return and your green card
is not in itself a travel doc.

That only leaves you getting a Nigerian passport in Nigeria.
Hope you are well connected.

Moody,

The guidance you have have quoted with regard to Nigerian ETDs
would appear to show I am correct and you CANNOT    use
the ETD to travel back to the states. I think the lady at the embassy
is chatting pure nonsense .It is only valid for a single trip to Nigeria.
between there is no such thing as a Nigerian embassy in Lagos or anywhere
in Nigeria for that matter.

Make you think about your trip well well or you go just dey stranded
for Nigeria. 

Hi Moodylady,

Thanks a lot for your reply. I was actually holding my breath and hoping for that answer, 'because i already have my ticket. Thanks.