Nigerian Passport Fees 2026: ₦ Cost, 32 vs 64 Pages

A Nigerian passport costs ₦50,000 for the 32-page, 5-year booklet and ₦100,000 for the 64-page, 10-year booklet, paid on passport.immigration.gov.ng. Applying from the diaspora, you pay a separate US-dollar tariff — roughly $106 and $137 — which is a different price list, not a naira conversion. Confirm your exact figure on the portal before you pay; NIS has raised this fee more than once. Beyond the number, two things decide value: whether 32 pages actually lasts you five years of stamps, and what to do the moment you pay and the portal doesn’t hand you a payment reference.

Source: NIS fee schedule, passport.immigration.gov.ng; consulate fee lists (Atlanta) and applicant reports for the diaspora USD tariff. ₦ equivalents computed at this site’s ₦1,540/$ rate, 24 July 2026 — they are not an NIS naira price. Confirm on the portal before you pay; figures change.

How much is a Nigerian passport in 2026? (₦ fee table)

In short: the 2026 NIS schedule prices the 32-page/5-year booklet at ₦50,000 and the 64-page/10-year booklet at ₦100,000 inside Nigeria, while diaspora applicants pay a separate USD tariff of about $106 and $137. Source: NIS fee schedule, passport.immigration.gov.ng.

Those are passport booklet fees only — they exclude courier charges or service add-ons some missions attach on top. The dollar figures come from consulate fee lists and applicant reports, not a single official USD schedule, so treat them as approximate and check your mission’s page.

Worth stating plainly, because most fee listings blur it: the diaspora tariff is not the naira fee converted. At the ₦1,540/$ rate of 24 July 2026, $106 works out at roughly ₦163,000 and $137 at roughly ₦211,000 — about three times the in-Nigeria price for the same booklet. Applying from abroad is simply a more expensive route, and no agent can move you onto the naira tier. If a “contact” quotes you a fee well above these tiers to “process” a standard application, that markup is the classic upfront-fee scam, not a fast-track — see how to spot a fake visa agent in Nigeria. The full application flow, from the NIN gate onward, is in the Nigerian passport guide.

32-page vs 64-page — the decision arithmetic

In short: a 32-page booklet holds roughly 30 usable visa/stamp pages over 5 years; one Schengen sticker consumes a full page, and multiple African visa-on-arrival stamps add up fast — heavy travellers run out mid-cycle and pay for an early re-issue. Source: passport page-consumption norms; NIS booklet specifications.

The “which booklet” question is really about how fast you fill pages, not preference:

• A Schengen visa sticker takes a full page on its own.
• Each visa-on-arrival stamp (several West/East African destinations) takes a page too, and business travellers can collect several a year.
• A 32-page booklet effectively holds under 30 usable stamp pages once photo/data pages are excluded — light travellers finish the 5-year validity with room to spare; frequent travellers can run out in 2–3 years.
• Running out early forces an unplanned re-issue at full booklet fee, before the passport’s stated validity ends — the ₦50,000 saved upfront can cost more than the ₦100,000 booklet would have, and buys you another 3-to-6-week production wait you had not planned for.

If you travel a few times a year, the 32-page/5-year booklet is the cheaper, sensible default. If you hold multiple visas, transit frequently, or collect VOA stamps on regional trips, the 64-page/10-year booklet is worth the extra ₦50,000 upfront.

How to pay the NIS passport fee — and what the payment reference is

In short: you pay your booklet fee online on passport.immigration.gov.ng after completing the form; the portal then issues a payment reference, which is the number that proves your fee is tied to your application. Source: Nigeria Immigration Service, passport.immigration.gov.ng.

1. Complete your application form on the portal (NIN verified first).
2. Choose your booklet size and proceed to payment.
3. Pay online in ₦ (or USD from the diaspora) via the portal’s payment gateway.
4. On success, the portal generates a passport payment reference and a receipt — print or screenshot both immediately.
5. Use that reference to book your appointment and to track your status later, then complete biometric enrolment in person.

Paying from abroad: naira cards decline on foreign-currency government portals, and the USD tariff has to clear in dollars. Use a dollar card, domiciliary + prepaid, or someone abroad — the full decision tree.

The reference matters because it’s the only link between your money and your file. Without it, you cannot prove the fee cleared if the portal’s own record lags — which happens.

“I paid but have no reference” — the recovery steps

In short: if your card was debited but the portal shows no payment reference, do not pay again — check your bank statement for the debit, then use NIS’s support channel with that proof before re-attempting payment. Source: NIS payment support guidance, passport.immigration.gov.ng; applicant reports.

This is the most common ₦-loss moment on the portal — a debit goes through, but the confirmation screen or reference number never loads.

• Do not pay a second time on reflex. A duplicate charge against the same application is hard to reverse.
• Check your bank app or statement for the actual debit — the merchant name and amount confirm whether NIS was paid.
• Screenshot everything: the debit alert, the last screen the portal showed, and your application ID.
• Contact NIS support with that evidence and ask them to match the payment to your file rather than reprocessing it.
• Only re-pay if your bank confirms the original debit reversed or never left your account.

There is no guaranteed same-day fix once this happens — treat it as a support ticket, not a portal bug you can retry your way out of. Once it’s resolved, track your file with our NIS passport status check guide.

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