Hello Nairalanders,

I'm trying to decide on whether to get a nigerian visa for my baby or add the baby's name to my nigerian passport on our next visit to nigeria. It seems like so much hassle to get a nigerian visa in the u.s and some suggest its even faster for an infant's name to be added to their mother's passport.

Are there any pros and cons for either of the actions.

The hassle free option for easy access into Nigeria is inserting your baby's name in your Nigerian passport. That makes your baby Nigerian (a national of the country), and not just a tourist visiting Nigeria on a foreign passport.

If you are using the e-passport, i don't think you can add your baby's name on it.
There are agents that can process your baby's nigerian visa or the old nigerian passport without any hassles.
We mailed ours to an agent with the required documents, and he processed the old nigerian passport and mailed it back to us. We paid $200 (same price for the visa). But for the e-passport, the child has to appear at the consulate to snap.