General information by our consular section

Schengenvisum

New visa appointment booking system

Please note that the German Consulate in Lagos has introduced a new visa appointment booking system.

Visa appointments are now booked online.

For more information, please check our website.

The visa appointment booking system

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Visa Information

For information on visa requirements, different visa types, the application procedure as well as for downloading the application form please click here:

ATTENTION!

Please note that with immediate effect only E-Passports (new Nigerian passports) will be accepted for visa applications!

The Nigerian Government announced that with effect of 01.01.2011 old Nigerian passports are no longer valid. As Schengen-Visas can only be issued into passports that are valid until three months after the expiry date of the visa, the Consulate-General will with immediate effect only issue visas into new passports.

Fingerabdruck für neuen Pass

Information regarding the Issuance of the First German Passport for a Child

Please find information about the issuance of a German passport and which documents have to be submitted upon application:

Information regarding the Issuance of the First German Passport for a Child [pdf, 43.96k]

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Legalisation of Nigerian documents

Due to the lack of security features in Nigerian documents, the legalisation of public documents is suspended. It is replaced by a verification process in which Nigerian public documents are verified by the German Consulate-General in Lagos upon request by a German court or authority. The leaflet contains further information about the procedure. 

Verification of Nigerian Documents [pdf, 18.42k]

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Centre for German Legal Information

The Centre for German Legal Information offers you a comprehensive and freely accessible database on German law. It brings together legislation, translations of court decisions, articles and other law-related documents in a searchable and categorised form

Obligation to declare cash in amounts of EUR 10,000 or more entering or leaving the EU

All travellers entering or leaving the European Union with €10,000 or more in cash must declare the sum to Customs from 15 June 2007. This initiative has been taken to assist the efforts being made at EU level to tackle crime and improve security by cracking down on money laundering, terrorism and criminality.

** Dear visitors to the EMBASSY ABUJA: **

Please note that due to security concerns visitors of the EMBASSY ABUJA will no longer be allowed to bring any bags or cases or cell phones into the Embassy.

Please leave your personal belongings either in your car or with our security guards.

We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding!

Recognition of ghetto work

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On July 20th, 2011, the Federal Government launched a new version of the Directive on a payment in recognition of ghetto work.
The Federal Government Directive of 20 July 2011 concerns the payment of amounts to
victims of persecution in recognition of work in a ghetto which did not constitute
forced labour (Recognition Directive).

For more information please check the information sheet you find below:

recognition of ghetto work [pdf, 60.35k]

international money transfer

Geldüberweisung aus Deutschland

you would like to transfer money overseas...

here you find how to do that

Information by the Federal Foreign Office