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Yampotatocarrot:
Please, you said if you are in haste, hold 40-60k, but IT WILL STILL NOT COME OUT IMMEDIATELY... Is that a mistake or what?

Meaning there is actually no way to get a renewed passport earlier?

Krystalzkris:
I honestly don't know what to do again. I'm just numb. School is requesting for it and I'm stuck

LCMedia:
Captured on Monday, April 4, got my passport yesterday April 7 @Festac passport office.

NB: Not DIY!

biggboy:
Good afternoon Guys. Please my appointment is on Friday 15th April at Alausa. I hope the Easter holiday wont disrupt the appointment?

hardiodun:
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!

Toplap:
DIY means do it yourself.

It's the application process where you do everything by yourself and you do not engage an immigration officer (at extra cost to you) to facilitate any part of the process for you.

You start online and continue to the end physically. If you see someone say Not DIY that means they engaged an officer and paid more than the required fee to get their passport out as quickly as possible. I hope that was clear

hardiodun:
Hey guys!
So I picked up my passport, yesterday Sunday 10th April at Alausa office. The issuing date was actually March 22nd as opposed to the March 8th collection date stated on the print out after capturing. I actually told myself I was going to wait a month after the collection date so as to avoid stories that touch and I'm glad I did. It was worth the wait. Good luck to every other DIYer in the house. May the process be seamless for you too. Amen.

When did you do capturing

LCMedia:
Captured on Monday, April 4, got my passport yesterday April 7 @Festac passport office.

NB: Not DIY!

hardiodun:
Hey guys!
So I picked up my passport, yesterday Sunday 10th April at Alausa office. The issuing date was actually March 22nd as opposed to the March 8th collection date stated on the print out after capturing. I actually told myself I was going to wait a month after the collection date so as to avoid stories that touch and I'm glad I did. It was worth the wait. Good luck to every other DIYer in the house. May the process be seamless for you too. Amen.

bfn1:
Congratulation!
You're very fortunate to have the actual issuance date (22-March-2022) coming just 14 days after the one stated on your collection slip (8-March-2022).

I know of someone who had her collection date as 27-August-2021, and when she eventually picked up her passport last month, the issuance date stated on her pp turned out as 15-February-2022 (that's 172 days).

monakii:
Hello house. Is it possible to bypass capturing in the renewal of international passport ?

hardiodun:
Passport issuance this year seems to be automated and faster than that of last year. This year, there have been records of DIYers who got theirs exactly on the collection date. Even the day I collected, people who captured late March got their passports same day I did.
PS: This is for Alausa centre. I wouldn't know how others operate.

adubam:
No

hardiodun:
25th February

hardiodun:
Passport issuance this year seems to be automated and faster than that of last year. This year, there have been records of DIYers who got theirs exactly on the collection date. Even the day I collected, people who captured late March got their passports same day I did.
PS: This is for Alausa centre. I wouldn't know how others operate.

saxwise:
Please anyone that registered online and has collected his/her passport from the Ibadan office should drop hints and procedures you went through.

Thanks

HelperDeji:
Do they still call or send text message to let us know that our passport are available?
This person has been telling me that I should expect call since Friday that passport just arrive Ikoyi.
Can I just wait or I need to go check it out myself? Since December 2021.

Uniqueaccountant:
Hi. Here is my enrollment number. Pls help 362000...

bfn1:
I'll enquire from the Centre in my State if an enrolment number can be checked from a remote location. This can only be possible if there is a shared database for enrolment numbers. I'll get back to you next week.

Toplap:
Thanks for sharing this, I am feeling more hopeful about mine coming out in time as well. It's good to know an enrolment slip wasn't as vital as some people made it seem and the handwritten number was more than enough.

Cc:Iguita, from Torough's post I don't think you need to return and insist on an enrolment slip like someone advised. However if you do, pls still let me know the outcome.

iguita:
...Some guy gave him enrollment number, he captured in January. Dude asked when he could expect this passport, the servicom guy said the dude's way is still far.

Then I asked him when should i expect to collect in the best case scenario. Dude smiled and said he is hopeful for June. Hahahahahahaha, we have a family trip in may, we are yet to buy tickets and prices are climbing daily. Oga, o need these passports by end of April.

So dude asked me to pay 10k each and that I'd get the passport next week. I paid men, if ticket prices increase peren, I'd spend about 50k more per person.

So that was how I switched from TeamDIY to TeamFastTrack. Fingers crossed till next week.

Las las, if you have time, Omo DIY is the way, I don't believe I'd have collected mine in June but I don't want to risk trying it out, it'll spoil a lot of my plans for the year.

iguita: @Toplap I asked for my enrollment slip so I can see the date that I am to collect but as someone alleged, they do not want to give the slip, obviously because they do not want you to have the date either because they want to scam people to FasTrack or because they don't want people bugging them

whales2020:
I'm even tired. Did my capturing in December 2021, I haven't received any messages whether passport is ready so I'd decided to go to the office yesterday (osogbo command). After thorough searching, my file still dey their production room. Please if you know any officer in osogbo that can help. I'm tired cox i have many exams I want to register for and the passport is the one limiting me.

Thanks

iguita:
Hi guys. I have want to give an update. I returned to the Ikoyi immigration office yesterday (Tuesday) because I got an email on Sunday that my son's NIN did not verify. Immediately, I got another email that his payment was accepted. This was confusing so I used Monday to call someone in NIMC office Abuja to verify the NIN and went to immigration on Tuesday. When I got there, I went to servicom and spoke with the guy who helped us with name change. I had called him all day on Monday but the guy was not responding well to me. Which kain thing be this? When I got there, he checked the system for mine and my son's passport. Bot were accepted so he asked me to disregard the email I got.

Some guy gave him enrollment number, he captured in January. Dude asked when he could expect this passport, the servicom guy said the dude's way is still far.

Then I asked him when should i expect to collect in the best case scenario. Dude smiled and said he is hopeful for June. Hahahahahahaha, we have a family trip in may, we are yet to buy tickets and prices are climbing daily. Oga, o need these passports by end of April.

So dude asked me to pay 10k each and that I'd get the passport next week. I paid men, if ticket prices increase peren, I'd spend about 50k more per person.

So that was how I switched from TeamDIY to TeamFastTrack. Fingers crossed till next week.

Las las, if you have time, Omo DIY is the way, I don't believe I'd have collected mine in June but I don't want to risk trying it out, it'll spoil a lot of my plans for the year.


@Toplap I asked for my enrollment slip so I can see the date that I am to collect but as someone alleged, they do not want to give the slip, obviously because they do not want you to have the date either because they want to scam people to FasTrack or because they don't want people bugging them.


*Please did you pay any money to verify/validate the NIN?