Western Africa
Western AfricaNigeria visa requirements
Travellers from 26 of 198 countries can visit Nigeria easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
What 198 passports need to visit Nigeria
Find your own passport in the list below for the exact rule.
- No visa needed18 of 198 passportsJust show your passport at the border.
- Visa on arrival8 of 198 passportsGet it at the airport or border.
- eVisa168 of 198 passportsApply on the official website.
- Visa needed4 of 198 passportsApply at the embassy or consulate.
Types of Nigeria visa
- Tourist visa6 optionsTourists can use an online visa unless their nationality is excluded. Some visitors can enter without a visa for up to 90 days.
- Business visa2 optionsNigeria offers short-term online visas for business travel. Some nationalities must get a visa from an embassy before travel.
- Nigeria e-Visa (online visa)1 optionsNigeria introduced online visas on 1 May 2025. They cover short visits across several categories, including tourism and business.
Find your passport
198 of 198 passports
- BeninVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- Burkina FasoVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- CameroonVisa not requiredMiddle Africa90 days
- Cape VerdeVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- ChadVisa not requiredMiddle Africa90 days
- GambiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- GhanaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- GuineaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- Guinea-BissauVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- Ivory CoastVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- LiberiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- MaliVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- NigerVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- Saint Kitts and NevisVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- SenegalVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- SeychellesVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- Sierra LeoneVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- TogoVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- AngolaVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa
- Equatorial GuineaVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa90 days
- KenyaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- LesothoVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa90 days
- MauritiusVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- RwandaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- UgandaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- ZambiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe30 days
- AlgeriaeVisaNorthern Africa90 days
- AndorraeVisaSouthern Europe
- Antigua and BarbudaeVisaCaribbean
- ArgentinaeVisaSouth America30 days
- ArmeniaeVisaWestern Asia30 days
- AustraliaeVisaAustralia and New Zealand30 days
- AustriaeVisaCentral Europe90 days
- AzerbaijaneVisaWestern Asia30 days
- BahraineVisaWestern Asia
- BangladesheVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- BarbadoseVisaCaribbean
- BelaruseVisaEastern Europe30 days
- BelgiumeVisaWestern Europe30 days
- BelizeeVisaCentral America
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- BoliviaeVisaSouth America30 days
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaeVisaSoutheast Europe90 days
- BotswanaeVisaSouthern Africa
- BrazileVisaSouth America30 days
- BruneieVisaSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- BulgariaeVisaSoutheast Europe90 days
- BurundieVisaEastern Africa
- CambodiaeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- CanadaeVisaNorth America30 days
- Central African RepubliceVisaMiddle Africa
- ChileeVisaSouth America30 days
- ChinaeVisaEastern Asia90 days
- ColombiaeVisaSouth America30 days
- ComoroseVisaEastern Africa90 days
- CongoeVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- Costa RicaeVisaCentral America90 days
- CroatiaeVisaSoutheast Europe90 days
- CubaeVisaCaribbean30 days
- CypruseVisaSouthern Europe
- Czech RepubliceVisaCentral Europe
- DenmarkeVisaNorthern Europe90 days
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa90 days
- DominicaeVisaCaribbean
- Dominican RepubliceVisaCaribbean90 days
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa30 days
- EcuadoreVisaSouth America30 days
- EgypteVisaNorthern Africa30 days
- El SalvadoreVisaCentral America90 days
- EritreaeVisaEastern Africa
- EstoniaeVisaNorthern Europe90 days
- EswatinieVisaSouthern Africa
- EthiopiaeVisaEastern Africa
- FijieVisaMelanesia
- FinlandeVisaNorthern Europe90 days
- FranceeVisaWestern Europe90 days
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- GeorgiaeVisaWestern Asia90 days
- GermanyeVisaWestern Europe30 days
- GreeceeVisaSouthern Europe90 days
- GrenadaeVisaCaribbean90 days
- GuyanaeVisaSouth America90 days
- HaitieVisaCaribbean90 days
- Hong KongeVisaEastern Asia90 days
- HungaryeVisaCentral Europe90 days
- IcelandeVisaNorthern Europe90 days
- IndiaeVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- IndonesiaeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- IraneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia90 days
- IrelandeVisaNorthern Europe90 days
- IsraeleVisaWestern Asia30 days
- ItalyeVisaSouthern Europe90 days
- JamaicaeVisaCaribbean
- JapaneVisaEastern Asia30 days
- JordaneVisaWestern Asia90 days
- KazakhstaneVisaCentral Asia30 days
- KiribatieVisaMicronesia
- KosovoeVisaSoutheast Europe90 days
- KuwaiteVisaWestern Asia
- KyrgyzstaneVisaCentral Asia90 days
- LaoseVisaSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- LatviaeVisaNorthern Europe
- LebanoneVisaWestern Asia30 days
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa90 days
- LiechtensteineVisaWestern Europe
- LithuaniaeVisaNorthern Europe90 days
- LuxembourgeVisaWestern Europe90 days
- MacaueVisaEastern Asia90 days
- MadagascareVisaEastern Africa30 days
- MalawieVisaEastern Africa
- MalaysiaeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MaldiveseVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- MaltaeVisaSouthern Europe
- Marshall IslandseVisaMicronesia
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa
- MexicoeVisaNorth America30 days
- MicronesiaeVisaMicronesia
- MoldovaeVisaEastern Europe30 days
- MonacoeVisaWestern Europe90 days
- MongoliaeVisaEastern Asia30 days
- MontenegroeVisaSoutheast Europe90 days
- MoroccoeVisaNorthern Africa30 days
- MozambiqueeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- MyanmareVisaSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- NamibiaeVisaSouthern Africa90 days
- NaurueVisaMicronesia90 days
- NepaleVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- NetherlandseVisaWestern Europe90 days
- New ZealandeVisaAustralia and New Zealand30 days
- NicaraguaeVisaCentral America
- North KoreaeVisaEastern Asia90 days
- North MacedoniaeVisaSoutheast Europe90 days
- NorwayeVisaNorthern Europe90 days
- OmaneVisaWestern Asia30 days
- PakistaneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- PalaueVisaMicronesia30 days
- PalestineeVisaWestern Asia90 days
- PanamaeVisaCentral America
- Papua New GuineaeVisaMelanesia30 days
- ParaguayeVisaSouth America90 days
- PerueVisaSouth America30 days
- PhilippineseVisaSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- PolandeVisaCentral Europe90 days
- PortugaleVisaSouthern Europe90 days
- QatareVisaWestern Asia30 days
- RomaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe90 days
- RussiaeVisaEastern Europe30 days
- Saint LuciaeVisaCaribbean
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadineseVisaCaribbean
- SamoaeVisaPolynesia
- San MarinoeVisaSouthern Europe
- São Tomé and PríncipeeVisaMiddle Africa
- Saudi ArabiaeVisaWestern Asia30 days
- SerbiaeVisaSoutheast Europe30 days
- SingaporeeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- SlovakiaeVisaCentral Europe
- SloveniaeVisaCentral Europe90 days
- Solomon IslandseVisaMelanesia90 days
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- South AfricaeVisaSouthern Africa30 days
- South KoreaeVisaEastern Asia30 days
- SpaineVisaSouthern Europe90 days
- Sri LankaeVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- SudaneVisaNorthern Africa
- SurinameeVisaSouth America90 days
- SwedeneVisaNorthern Europe90 days
- SwitzerlandeVisaWestern Europe30 days
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia90 days
- TaiwaneVisaEastern Asia
- TajikistaneVisaCentral Asia90 days
- TanzaniaeVisaEastern Africa
- ThailandeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Timor-LesteeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- TongaeVisaPolynesia90 days
- Trinidad and TobagoeVisaCaribbean90 days
- TunisiaeVisaNorthern Africa30 days
- TürkiyeeVisaWestern Asia30 days
- TurkmenistaneVisaCentral Asia90 days
- TuvalueVisaPolynesia90 days
- UkraineeVisaEastern Europe30 days
- United Arab EmirateseVisaWestern Asia30 days
- United KingdomeVisaNorthern Europe30 days
- United StateseVisaNorth America30 days
- UruguayeVisaSouth America90 days
- UzbekistaneVisaCentral Asia
- VanuatueVisaMelanesia90 days
- Vatican CityeVisaSouthern Europe90 days
- VenezuelaeVisaSouth America90 days
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- YemeneVisaWestern Asia90 days
- ZimbabweeVisaSouthern Africa
- BahamasVisa requiredCaribbean
- GuatemalaVisa requiredCentral America
- HondurasVisa requiredCentral America
- South SudanVisa requiredMiddle Africa
Who can visit easily, by part of the world
For each part of the world: how many countries' travellers can come easily. Easy means no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- Africa25 of 53 countries
- Americas1 of 35 countries
- Asia0 of 50 countries
- Europe0 of 46 countries
- Oceania0 of 14 countries
Questions
How many passports can enter Nigeria without a visa?
26 of 198 passports can enter without applying before travel.
What is the most common entry rule for Nigeria?
eVisa: it applies to 168 passports.
Which passports need an embassy visa for Nigeria?
4 passports, including Guatemala, South Sudan, Honduras and Bahamas.
Do India passport holders need a visa for Nigeria?
eVisa, for up to 30 days.
Do China passport holders need a visa for Nigeria?
eVisa, for up to 90 days.
Do United States passport holders need a visa for Nigeria?
eVisa, for up to 30 days.
Do Pakistan passport holders need a visa for Nigeria?
eVisa, for up to 30 days.
Do Brazil passport holders need a visa for Nigeria?
eVisa, for up to 30 days.
Which region's passports have the easiest access to Nigeria?
Africa: 25 of 53 passports enter without applying first.
What is the capital of Nigeria?
Abuja.
Reviewed by @snuck