How To Apply or Renew Nigerian E-Passport in Canada

NOTICE ON PASSPORT GUIDELINES​

THE HIGH COMMISSION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA IN CANADA WISHES TO INFORM PASSPORT APPLICANTS OF THE UPDATED PASSPORT RENEWAL PROCESS.

Kindly note that the above charges are Administrative Charges/Fees, and are different from the main fees paid to innovate 1. The charges are non-refundable.
The mode of payment shall be by money order, payable to the Nigeria High Commission, Ottawa, ONLY.
ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE A VALID NIN BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH THE APPLICATION.
Please, visit https://passport.immigration.gov.ng/ to fill out the application forms and proceed to innovate1services.com for payment. Also, ensure that you click on the link on your acknowledgment slip to pick your appointment date https://portal.immigration.gov.ng/visa/OnlineQueryStatus

Procedures for E-Passport

1. In the Passport menu on the Nigeria Immigration website, choose to apply for passport renewal and sign in using your Google account. You may use it to log into the system, otherwise, select the Open ID option and create an account for the application process.
2. Please, click on create a new application, fill out the online forms, and submit.
3. Once the application has been successfully submitted, you will be provided with a Reference Number and Application ID. Please print it out, as you will need it later in the application process.
4. Please, pay for your passport via innovate1services using your credit card. Print your application form, acknowledgment slip and payment slip. (If acknowledgment and payment slips cannot be found, kindly click the link below.
5. The applicant should appear at the Nigerian High Commission Ottawa on the appointment date, with his or her expired Nigerian passport and required documents. If the application is for a first issuance, and the applicant is under the age of sixteen, the following requirements must also be met.

THE PASSPORT RENEWAL ARRANGEMENT AS IS FOLLOWS:

1. ALL PASSPORT APPLICANTS AFTER FILLING OUT THE FORMS AND MEETING THE ONLINE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PASSPORT PROCESS SHOULD SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT ON THE IMMIGRATION WEBSITE AND PICK A DATE FROM THERE.

2. EACH REQUEST SENT IN FOR AN APPOINTMENT MUST STATE THE FULL NAME OF THE PASSPORT APPLICANT AS IT APPEARS ON THE NIGERIAN PASSPORT AND ENSURE IT IS THE SAME ON YOUR NIN.

3. FOR FAMILY SCHEDULING PLEASE INDICATE ALL FAMILY MEMBERS THAT REQUIRE RENEWAL AS YOU WILL NOT BE RECOGNIZED AS ONE UNIT. EACH MEMBER OF THE FAMILY WILL NEED TO BE GIVEN AN APPOINTMENT.

4. UPON ARRIVAL ALL APPLICANTS MUST PRESENT PRINTED COPIES OF THEIR PASSPORT RENEWAL APPOINTMENT SLIP AND ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS INCLUDING THE MANDATORY $50 CAD ADMIN FEE RECEIPT FOR THE HIGH COMMISSION, AND EXPRESS CANADA POST ENVELOPES BEFORE ENTRY INTO THE CHANCERY. REMEMBER TO LEAVE YOUR OLD PASSPORT IN YOUR ENVELOPE AFTER YOUR BIOMETRIC EXERCISE.

5. APPLICANTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BRING CELL PHONES AND BAGS INTO THE CHANCERY.

6. IN A SITUATION WHERE A PARENT HAS TO ACCOMPANY A MINOR FOR THE PASSPORT RENEWAL PROCESS, ONLY ONE PARENT WOULD BE ALLOWED TO COME INTO THE CHANCERY WITH THE PASSPORT APPLICANT.

7. THE HOURS FOR PASSPORT RENEWALS ARE 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM. ANYONE WHO SHOWS UP AT A LATER TIME WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED INTO THE BUILDING, EVEN IF SUCH A PERSON HAS AN APPOINTMENT.

8. PLEASE NOTE THAT ANYONE WHO SHOWS UP AT THE CHANCERY WITHOUT A PRINTED APPOINTMENT SLIP FOR AN INTERVIEW WOULD NOT BE ATTENDED TO.

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR COOPERATION.
NIGERIA HIGH COMMISSION OTTAWA
295 METCALFE STREET
OTTAWA ONTARIO
K2P1R9

PLEASE, PROVIDE ALL REQUIRED
DOCUMENTS AS LISTED BELOW. YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED INTO THE CHANCERY OR CONTACTED
IF YOU HAVE ANY MISSING DOCUMENTS AND YOU WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
DELAYS ON YOUR PASSPORT PROCESS.

Requirements for First Issue of E-passport
1. Passport Application form to be completed online and printed out
2. Payment Slip print out (NIN IS MANDATORY)
3. Acknowledgement Slip print out
4. Photocopy of birth certificate
5. Photocopy of Machine-Readable Passport (the old Passport) if applicable.
6. Photocopy of Birth Certificate and Local Government Identification Letter if you have the Machine-Readable Passport (the Old Passport).
7. Two current passport-size photographs with white background (35MM X 45MM)
8. Administrative fee of $50 CAD receipt. Or buy a money order in the name of the Nigeria High Commission.
9. Self-addressed Canada Post express post envelope (REGIONAL if you reside within Ontario and NATIONAL if you reside outside Ontario. ENSURE to take the tracking number of envelope before dropping it.

Requirements for Renewal of E-Passport
1. Passport Application form to be completed online and print out
2. Payment Slip print out
3. Acknowledgment Slip print out
4. Applicant should come with the Original Expired Nigerian E-Passport and Photocopy of Bio data page of the E-Passport. Remember to leave your expired passport in the return envelope. The High Commission cannot mail your new passport without canceling the old copy.
5. Photocopy of Bio-data page of Nigerian E-passport.
6. Two current passport-size photographs with white background 1. Passport Application form to be completed online and print out
2. Payment Slip print out (NIN IS MANDATORY)
3. Acknowledgment Slip print out
4. Applicant should come with the Original Expired Nigerian E-Passport and Photocopy of Bio data page of the E-Passport. Remember to leave your expired passport in the return envelope. The High Commission cannot mail your new passport without canceling the old copy.
5. Photocopy of the Bio-data page of the Nigerian E-passport.
6. Two current passport-size photographs with white background
7. Persons under the Age of 18 OR Minors will be required to submit a Consent letter signed by parents with a photocopy of the Bio-data page of the Nigeria E-Passport (per applicant).
8. Administrative fee of $50 CAD receipt.
9. Self addressed Canada Post express post envelope (REGIONAL if you reside within Ontario and NATIONAL if you reside outside Ontario. ENSURE to take the tracking number of the envelope before dropping it. If you will be using one envelope for the family, have the names listed on the envelope.

PLEASE, PROVIDE ALL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS AS LISTED BELOW. YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED INTO
THE CHANCERY OR CONTACTED IF YOU HAVE ANY MISSING DOCUMENTS AND YOU WILL BE
HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DELAYS IN YOUR PASSPORT PROCESS.

Requirements for change of name via marriage
(Only LAST NAME, NO changing, adding, or removing of first name, middle name, date, or
place of birth)
1. Passport Application form to be completed online and printed out (FILL FORM AS RENEWAL AND
NOT NAME CHANGE. ALSO FILL THE FORM IN THE NEW NAME AND NOT THE MAIDEN NAME)
2. Payment Slip print out (NIN IS MANDATORY)
3. Acknowledgment Slip print out
4. Applicant should come with the Original Expired Nigerian E-Passport and Photocopy of Bio data page of the E-Passport. Remember to leave your expired passport in the return envelope. The
High Commission cannot mail your new passport without canceling the old copy.
5. Photocopy of Bio-data page of Nigerian E-passport. (NIN MUST BE CHANGED TO THE NEW NAME BEFORE COMING TO THE MISSION)
6. Photocopy of Marriage certificate
7. Consent Letter from Spouse (Signed)
8. Valid bio-data page of passport of Spouse
9. Newspaper publication in the national dailies for marriages done in Nigeria.
10. Court affidavit of change of name via marriage.
11. Two current passport-size photographs with white background
12. Administrative fee of $50 CAD receipt.
13. $100 CAD receipt for a change of name via marriage
14. Self addressed Canada Post express post envelope (REGIONAL if you reside within Ontario and NATIONAL if you reside outside Ontario. ENSURE to take the tracking number of the envelope before dropping it. You are also advised to drop a separate return envelope addressed with the new name if you are a family.

PLEASE, PROVIDE ALL REQUIRED
DOCUMENTS AS LISTED BELOW. YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED INTO THE CHANCERY OR CONTACTED
IF YOU HAVE ANY MISSING DOCUMENTS AND YOU WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
DELAYS ON YOUR PASSPORT PROCESS.

Requirement for Persons under the Age of 18 OR Minors
Applicants under the age of 18 (eighteen) MUST provide the following requirements:
1. Passport Application form to be completed online and printed out
2. Payment Slip print out (NIN IS MANDATORY)
3. Acknowledgment Slip print out
4. Copy of child’s birth certificate
5. Letter of Consent jointly signed by both parents (per applicant)
6. Photocopies of the parents’ passports data page. One of the passport data pages must be a Nigerian Passport (per applicant)
7. Additional documents for single parents (proof of custody of the child/children)
8. Two current passport-size photographs with white background
9. Administrative fee of $50 CAD receipt.
10. Self addressed Canada Post express post envelope (REGIONAL if you reside within Ontario and NATIONAL if you reside outside Ontario. ENSURE to take tracking number of envelope before dropping.
11. Applicant will be required to appear in person for biometrics

PLEASE, PROVIDE ALL REQUIRED
DOCUMENTS AS LISTED BELOW. YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED INTO THE CHANCERY OR CONTACTED
IF YOU HAVE ANY MISSING DOCUMENTS AND YOU WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
DELAYS ON YOUR PASSPORT PROCESS.
Requirements for Replacement of Lost e-Passport
1. Passport Application form to be completed online and printed out
2. Payment Slip print out (NIN IS MANDATORY)
3. Acknowledgement Slip print out
4. Photocopy of Bio-data page of Nigerian E-passport (if you have a copy)
5. Police Report not a file number (have the police forward the police report to passportinquiries@nigeriahcottawa.ca before coming in for your appointment)
6. Request letter for Lost Passport (signed by the applicant)
7. Two (2) passport-size photographs with white background (35 MM X45MM)
8. Administrative fee of $50cad in Money Order payable to the Nigeria High Commission
9. $400 CAD receipt of payment to Nigeria High Commission for Lost Passports
10. Self-addressed Canada Post express post envelope (REGIONAL if you reside within Ontario and NATIONAL if you reside outside Ontario. ENSURE to take the tracking number of the envelope before dropping it. You are also advised to drop a separate return envelope addressed with the new name if you are a family.

All passport applicants are required to be physically present on the appointment date specified on the payment confirmation receipt. If the applicant cannot be present on the appointment day, the applicant may reschedule another appointment. Applicants will only be able to reschedule the appointment after the initial appointment day has passed.

For more info / up to date : https://nigeriahcottawa.ca/E-Passport/