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Hi Guys,

I want to know if a Nigerian can travel to Nigeria with expired passport. Can I purchase a Delta ticket with expired passport, and will I be allowed into Nigeria with it?

Thanks in advance.

Abeg go and renew your passport before they eat your money.

you either renew your pasport or ask for a travel certificate if you have to return urgently from the nigerian consutlate over there....TC (travel certificate)

Thanks for the responses.

Yes, you can and only on the condition that you have a valid foreign passport together with the expired Nigerian passport. The airline should know this but its not all their staff that are aware of this rule given by Nigeria.

I have done it before and here is what happened to me. I renewed my passport but kept the new one and old ones as a bunch. I was travelling to Nigeria and picked the one on the top of the bunch thinking that it was the latest one only to get to the check in counter at London Heathrow airport and was asked where my latest passport was. I then realised i took the wrong one and wanted to go back home as i calculated i could get back on time but the lady at the check in desk said that I should go and rebook for another day and referred me to another desk. The lady at this desk was surprised that the other lady did not check me in as she saw that I also had a British passport. She called someone else to reconfirm and that one checked something and got back to her saying that he is allowed to travel as per Nigerian law. Anyway, she checked me in. At the boarding gate, they asked me for my recent passport and I told them that I was allowed based on the rule that I had a valid foreign passport so I got to travel. In Abuja, they asked me for my passport and I gave them the expired one and told them what the law says. Well, they said that they couldn't stamp my passport as it was expired and couldn't stamp my foreign passport as I did not have visa in it and very unusual and surprising, they let me go!

On my way back, immigration asked me and i told them what happened and they said ok, stamped my British passport as I was departing based on that one and said anything for the boys?

Tats, thanks for your detailed response. It’s much appreciated.

I don’t have another passport so I’ve decided to get a new one here. I’m short on time and the appointment date I got is mid-August. I’ll try to reschedule to an earlier date if possible.

Thanks again.

Nikegenius:
Tats, thanks for your detailed response. It’s much appreciated.

I don’t have another passport so I’ve decided to get a new one here. I’m short on time and the appointment date I got is mid-August. I’ll try to reschedule to an earlier date if possible.

Thanks again.

Go for a travel certificate. It's hassle-free and time-saving, depending on your location.