Visa Requirements for Nigerians by Country: 27-Destination Index

By Nigerian Immigration-Process Specialist (pending assignment), Nigerian immigration-process specialist.

This index sets out the visa requirements for Nigerians by country across every guide on this site: 27 destination guides plus the UK, US and Schengen pillars. It sorts them by how you apply from Nigeria, not by continent. Some destinations ask for nothing but your green passport at the border. Others want an online application paid before you fly. Kenya asks a Nigerian for neither, on a stay of up to 60 days. A few still need an appointment at the embassy/consulate in Nigeria. Find your route below, then open that destination’s guide for its dated visa fee in ₦ and its official portal.

The four routes Nigerians actually apply through

In short: from Nigeria, every destination on this site falls into one of four routes — visa-free, permit on arrival, apply online first, or a visa arranged before you travel — and Kenya, where a Nigerian passport now needs neither visa nor eTA for up to 60 days, shows how fast these rules move. Source: etakenya.go.ke general information, checked 25 July 2026; immigration.gov.ng.

Aggregator directories sort by continent. That tells you nothing about Monday morning, when you sit down to apply. This index sorts by the action instead. Nigerian passport power / ranking indexes put your green passport at about 45 destinations visa-free or on arrival (Henley Passport Index, 2025). The four tables below place the rest.

Route status is a live fact, not a permanent one. Kenya scrapped tourist visas in January 2024 and required an eTA from every visitor, then exempted Nigerians and most other African nationals in 2025. Read the tables as a map to the right guide. Confirm the current position on the official portal that guide links before you book a flight or pay anyone.

Each destination guide carries the tourist/business visa per country, its document checklist, its processing time, its dated visa fee in ₦ and its own scam-agent warning. This hub does not repeat that detail. It routes you to it. Destinations without a link below publish in this same cycle.

Visa-free routes: ECOWAS and the 90-day rule

In short: from Nigeria, ECOWAS member states admit a green-passport holder for up to 90 days with no visa and no fee, though Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso announced their withdrawal from the bloc in 2025. Source: immigration.gov.ng; ECOWAS protocol on free movement.

Statuses from each guide’s own official-portal research, 2026 cycle. Confirm on that portal before you book.

Two things catch people here. Visa-free is not paperwork-free, and a border officer can still ask for your return ticket and proof of funds. On a Caribbean routing, the country you connect through often needs its own transit visa, which is how those trips usually fail. The full list sits at visa-free countries for Nigerians.

Permit or visa on arrival: what you get when you land

In short: from Nigeria, Rwanda, the Maldives, Seychelles and Mauritius issue a permit or visa when you land, but the airline desk in Lagos still checks your return ticket, funds and accommodation before it boards you. Source: destination immigration portals; immigration.gov.ng.

Statuses from each guide’s own official-portal research, 2026 cycle. Confirm on that portal before you book.

This bucket produces most refused boardings. The permit is granted at the destination. The check happens in Lagos.

Apply online first: e-Visa and eTA routes

In short: from Nigeria, a growing group of destinations is applied for entirely online, while Kenya now needs neither visa nor eTA for a stay of up to 60 days — but Turkey and Morocco open their online routes to Nigerians only if you already hold a valid Schengen, US or UK visa. Source: etakenya.go.ke general information, checked 25 July 2026; evisa.gov.tr.

Statuses from each guide’s own official-portal research, 2026 cycle. Confirm on that portal before you pay.

Two warnings cover this whole bucket. Every portal above has clone sites charging a markup over the government fee, so check the URL against the one your destination guide names. And when your naira card declines at the USD total, that is the ordinary Nigerian checkout wall — work through it with how to pay visa fees from Nigeria.

Arrange before you travel: appointments, VACs and sponsors

In short: from Nigeria, these destinations need the visa in hand before you fly, and the submission channel varies — an appointment at a VAC, a licensed sponsor, or an authorised local agent. Source: gov.uk; travel.state.gov; destination consular pages.

Statuses from each guide’s own official-portal research, 2026 cycle. Schengen refusal rate: EU Schengen visa statistics for 2024 — see Sources.

The UK, US and Schengen carry enough process depth to earn their own pillars, so they get full guides rather than a row in the four-route logic.

Before you pay any agent

In short: from Nigeria, the official government fee is published on every portal above, so any service fee quoted on top of it is a commercial charge you can check before you pay it. Source: immigration.gov.ng; destination government portals.

Reseller mills undercut nearly every route on this page. They copy the official portal, add a markup, then take your payment. One Nigerian applicant posting on r/Nigeria in August 2025 was quoted over $800 for an e-visa that costs a fraction of that on the government platform. Two habits protect you. Check any agent against how to spot a fake visa agent before money moves. And if you are not yet sure which route applies to you, start at do I need a visa.