[quote author=hardiodun post=110552143]Hi guys!! So I was at Alausa today for capturing, team DIY!! (I'm super grateful for this thread. Helped me a lot!) I'd try as much as possible to give details of steps I took before today, the events that transpired today so you don't make minor mistakes like I did today.

See ehn, if you know you are DIY, just make sure all your documents are intact (id give a list of required documents), duly stamped, no NIN or name issue whatsoever and I can assure you, it will be hassle free.

I had made payment since November last year, got an appointment date last December (find below all you need on the homepage to DIY https://passport.immigration.gov.ng/) but missed the day, so this February, I went back to reschedule.

I made a reschedule two weeks ago around 10th February and was given a date, 10th March, but that was too far for me, so I went back to the dates and saw today, 25th February was free (I didn't know how I missed out on the date initially) so I rescheduled again for today, meanwhile you have only 3 appointment scheduling attempts. I had used 2 and the third reschedule date, which was today, was my last attempt. I sha used one mind (the if I perish, I perish mind) and picked today's date.

Immediately I got a date, I downloaded the appointment slip and saved on my phone. I used my phone for the entire application process until the printing stage. (I'd advise you download each document and save on the go).

Mine was a fresh passport application so the following are the documents I took along:
*Application page (shows you have made payment, contains the information you filled online etc)
*Payment receipt (download this and print this too after making payment successfully)
*Guarantor form (available online. Download, print, fill and sign accordingly. Attach your guarantor's passport photograph, then get court stamp. I'd advise you go to a court near you to stamp, I did mine at Alausa today and I paid 2k for it. *Sobs*) Attach your guarantor's intl passport biodata page to the stamped form. My guarantor's intl passport would be expiring April this year and it was a source of worry to me that I was even looking for another guarantor, but I took the risk and apparently, it could be used since it's still valid. I took my guarantor's NIN too but it wasn't requested for, but still take yours along o, the anointing I carry might be different from yours, lol
*2 passport photograph of yours (I ended up using 1 though. Also, avoid getting to alausa before doing passport. 8 copies there is 1k as opposed to where I did mine at 8 copies for 500 naira, well except if money no be problem for you sha )
*Birth certificate ( photocopy and original. Please, I beg you, carry the original along o, carry the original of all your supporting documents along with you to avoid stories that touch the oesophagus)
*State of origin certificate (photocopy and original)
*NIN (photocopy and original)
*Appointment slip
*On getting to Alausa, before you even enter at all (I didn't know this, the guy that did my court stamp was the one who hinted me) ask the woman making photocopy outside that you want to buy passport application form. It's a 3 page form sold for 300 naira. Fill accordingly and attach your passport photograph. This is also one of the documents you'd be submitting, so after filling, add it to the other documents listed above.
*Letter to the PCO (Passport Control Officer) this is a handwritten letter on an A4 paper. There's no particular format for it (I know cos I asked some officers). Just harness your secondary school formal letter writing skills and address it to the Passport control officer stating that you are applying for an intl passport. Finish.

Next thing, in the immigration compound enter inside the building right in front of you (me I saw plenty people outside the building, under the canopy and panicked cos I didn't even know what to do or where to go. I went to sit down with those outside first before I was able to ask few people questions and they directed me, so don't be like me). When you enter the building, there is an officer or officers to your right on a reception like table. They are servicom. Move to them and tell them what you came for. They would ask for the application form ( I was lost for some minutes cos apparently, I had two application forms. The one downloaded online and the 3 page one I bought. What they need is the one you downloaded online. Give it to the officer and sit right in front of them till they call your name. Me I didn't know I was supposed to wait in front of them, I still carried myself back outside under canopy to sit . It wasn't until I asked another person again and they said I should go back to meet the officer that I was in the wrong place. As soon as I got there, she called my name and gave me back the form. That's how God saved me o. Could have been a different story if I was a minute late)

After returning the form to you, they then ask for your documents both photocopy and original. Your fate is determined starting from here. Make sure you go on your date of appointment gangan, if not, you'd be dismissed and told to go reschedule. Also, your documents, photocopy and original will be vetted here. Know your guarantor's full names and relationship to you o. They'd ask you at this point.

If you scale through, your original documents will be returned to you and you'd be given a file containing the photocopy after which you fill a book with some of your information. You'd then go to room where your documents will be vetted yet again and the file collected. You'll fill another book after which you'll be told to go wait under the canopy (the canopy that me I went to sit upon my arrival ) your names will be called via a public address system afterwards and your file given to you which shows you are ready for capturing. You wait your turn and you'd be later ushered into the capturing rooms. Your file will be collected again here for another vetting and if you have no issues, they'll give you your file and you capture, the capturing officer will then finally collect the file after everything and a print out containing your information and collection date given to you. If you have issues eg NIN, name arrangement etc, your file won't be given to you for capturing (they'd tell you the issue though and advise you)

I entered the immigration building today 25th February around 12:30pm, captured and left around past 4pm. My collection date is 8th March 2022 (I'm like shey na eye dey pain me abi na wetin I dey see cos it seems pretty early, lol). I'll keep you guys posted sha. Good luck to everyone awaiting this process. I hope this helps![/quote
Please I will like to have a chat with you bro privately. Kindly give me ur number

hardiodun:
I was there today too. Are you a lady, putting on pink, if yes, guess we sat side by side today while waiting for capturing

Wasn't me

Ok

Lontrra:


Wasn't me

Luisema4luv:
So my friend did his capture since last year sept @warri office and no response from them, he tweeted the situation to nigeria immigration service on twitter yesterday and they replied promising to give them a call...... Today warri office called him begging he takes down the post that something will be done about his passport soonest.

If any officer asks you for any form of extra money in their office to produce your passport, just note down the name tag on their uniform and report them to their official twitter handle online, they will never try such next time

Jesu! I wanted to go there and do oh. Warris all this na.

Please send a mail. Thank you.[quote author=Liadi2 post=110557167][/quote]

Good day,

Someone should assist as I am getting error msg

"Application not found! Please check parameters and try again."

While trying to print guarantors form.

I scheduled an appointment for March 10, I thought I saved it but I can't find it on my phone, pls how can I retrieve it

hardiodun:
Please send a mail. Thank you.

sent

bukhety:
I scheduled an appointment for March 10, I thought I saved it but I can't find it on my phone, pls how can I retrieve it

The same happened to me.

If you haven't deleted your browser history, search for "https://appointments.immigration.gov.ng/app/print/" or "appointment slip" without quotes.

Hopefully, you see it.

IntrovertGuy:


The same happened to me.

If you haven't deleted your browser history, search for "https://appointments.immigration.gov.ng/app/print/" or "appointment slip" without quotes.

Hopefully, you see it.

Thank you. I've seen it.

Is thumb print of guarantor necessary?

hardiodun:
Ok

But I think I saw you tho, you even asked me a question.

Lol. Very possible o, cos I was lost initially. I just kept asking people questions so I'm sure of what I'm doing. I was putting on a peach coloured dress. You?

Lontrra:


But I think I saw you tho, you even asked me a question.

Yeah, if you can get it done. Although, the court stamp eventually covers that area.

sauceEEP:
Is thumb print of guarantor necessary?

hardiodun:
Lol. Very possible o, cos I was lost initially. I just kept asking people questions so I'm sure of what I'm doing. I was putting on a peach coloured dress. You?

I was wearing a green shirt. I saw nairaland opened on your phone when you were talking to me but I was too stressed to point that out lol

1stNumeroUno:
Hello House,

My spouse did her capturing at NIS Ibadan office mid-October 2021; the officer we engaged has just been full of stories - initially there is no passport, later the Passport has arrived but there's a huge backlog. This week now he said passport is exhausted again and they're expecting supply from Abuja...and he doesn't know how soon. 4 months counting, it's all cock-and-bull story.
Is there any way around this...it's so tiring

He is lying to you guys. I will advice you to visit Ibadan immigration where you captured. I am sure your spouse passport is ready.
I had to login to reply you. My cousin who captured in Ibadan on the 10th of January 2022 collected his passport on Wednesday 23rd February. According to him, each time he called the officer he engaged there, the officer kept telling him no booklet. Luckily for him, on tuesday 22nd february, he was in a shop buying something and overheard someone informing another person that he just collected his passport. Then he enquired to know when the person captured, which he told him he captured on the 5th of february and collected on the 22nd of February. So my cousin called the officer again, he said no booklet. The following day being Wednesday 23rd February, he went there, lo & behold his passport was ready as at 25th of January. According to him, immigration didnt send him any sms. So Oga just go there and check

Please anyone can help me with where to get state of origin certification for ogun state and how much it cost.

cameroncucumber:

He is lying to you guys. I will advice you to visit Ibadan immigration where you captured. I am sure your spouse passport is ready.
I had to login to reply you. My cousin who captured in Ibadan on the 10th of January 2022 collected his passport on Wednesday 23rd February. According to him, each time he called the officer he engaged there, the officer kept telling him no booklet. Luckily for him, on tuesday 22nd february, he was in a shop buying something and overheard someone informing another person that he just collected his passport. Then he enquired to know when the person captured, which he told him he captured on the 5th of february and collected on the 22nd of February. So my cousin called the officer again, he said no booklet. The following day being Wednesday 23rd February, he went there, lo & behold his passport was ready as at 25th of January. According to him, immigration didnt send him any sms. So Oga just go there and check

Good evening, please how much did the person pay for the passport in Ibadan, cos the price they gave me doesn't correlate at all, someone told me its 49500 in Ibadan for fresh passport/32pages/5yrs.

Greathand01:
Good evening, please how much did the person pay for the passport in Ibadan, cos the price they gave me doesn't correlate at all, someone told me its 49500 in Ibadan for fresh passport/32pages/5yrs.

Good evening.
He paid 45k fresh passport/32pages/5years

Greathand01:
Good evening, please how much did the person pay for the passport in Ibadan, cos the price they gave me doesn't correlate at all, someone told me its 49500 in Ibadan for fresh passport/32pages/5yrs.

passport in Ibadan is 17k oga. Someone a few pages back has taught you ppl how to fill the form and get to the cost part. To fill the form is not complicated, only 3 pages of details u know.

IntrovertGuy:


Suggested Solution: Go to Twitter, write to the official Nigeria immigration service with your enrollment number and explain your ordeal. They may not reply easily hence you need to SPAM them with a tweet every hour so they'll reply to you.

Thanks...I'll get this done asap.

cameroncucumber:

He is lying to you guys. I will advice you to visit Ibadan immigration where you captured. I am sure your spouse passport is ready.
I had to login to reply you. My cousin who captured in Ibadan on the 10th of January 2022 collected his passport on Wednesday 23rd February. According to him, each time he called the officer he engaged there, the officer kept telling him no booklet. Luckily for him, on tuesday 22nd february, he was in a shop buying something and overheard someone informing another person that he just collected his passport. Then he enquired to know when the person captured, which he told him he captured on the 5th of february and collected on the 22nd of February. So my cousin called the officer again, he said no booklet. The following day being Wednesday 23rd February, he went there, lo & behold his passport was ready as at 25th of January. According to him, immigration didnt send him any sms. So Oga just go there and check

Jezz...just imagine. We'll make the trip this new week. Thanks for this insight sir.

Oggg:
passport in Ibadan is 17k oga. Someone a few pages back has taught you ppl how to fill the form and get to the cost part. To fill the form is not complicated, only 3 pages of details u know.

thanks boss

cameroncucumber:

Good evening.
He paid 45k fresh passport/32pages/5years

thanks boss

odumessi:
Good day,

Someone should assist as I am getting error msg

"Application not found! Please check parameters and try again."

While trying to print guarantors form.

Someone should please assist on possible solutions

Can anyone share an example of what the police report for lost passport looks like?

Ok

The names or DOB on your application does not match what NIN has. They have to match.

ogify1:
NIS: NIS
Dear *********,

Your application for a new passport failed National Identity Number (NIN) verification.

Please contact the NIS Alausa Office.

NIS

I got this message from NIS yesterday , pls what do I do? I just modify my DOB last 2wks

Bossman:
The names or DOB on your application does not match what NIN has. They have to match.

Because your NIN hasn't dropped. You need to go to NIN office and speak to them to drop your NIN

Tehlu:
Can anyone share an example of what the police report for lost passport looks like?

Just visit any police station, tell you lost your passport and need police report. It cost 500-1k

odumessi:



Someone should please assist on possible solutions

You have to make payment before you can print Guarantor form

jobgetter:
Please did anyone have issues with rearrangement of names during passport renewal? If yes what's the way forward?

Name on old passport Uba Ayo Ahmed
Name on NIN Uba Ahmed Ayo
Name that will be on new passport Uba Ahmed Ayo.

It can be rearranged only at the Service Headquarters.
1. Just make sure you have Valid documents to back your calms.