Welcome to the Homepage of the German Embassy in Nigeria
Here we provide our readers with information about Germany, its history,its people and culture, its economy, as well as current topics which may be of interest.
We hope you will enjoy browsing through the different sections of our website.
Eid-al-Fitr
Due to the holiday Eid-al-Fitr the Embassy in Abuja and the Consulate-General in Lagos will be closed on 10th September 2010. Applicants who are supposed to pick up their visa on that day are requested to collect their passport on either 9th or 13th of September.
5th Conference of the Nigerian - German Energy Partnership in Abuja
The 5th Conference of the Nigerian - German Energy Partnership was held at the Conference Center of the Hilton Hotel in Abuja on the 12th and 13th July 2010.
Please find below the Press Release
German Nigerian economic relations in good development
At a press conference on 5th August, 2010 in the German Embassy of Abuja, André Rönne, the delegate of the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) in Nigeria and Jaiye Doherty, Chief Operating Officer Nigeria-German business Association (NGBA), provided information about the 3-rd German-Nigerian business forum which will take place on the 20th and 21st September in Hamburg.
for more on the Press Conference click here:
How to obtain a visa for Germany
Visa appointment procedure guidelines
All applicants may only apply for their visa appointment by sending a formal letter to the visa section of the German Consulate-General in LAGOS.
All applicants requesting an appointment for submitting their applications are obliged to send a formal letter according to the purpose of stay to the visa section of the German Consulate-General in LAGOS 6-8 weeks prior to the intended time of travel. The appointment will be given to the applicants by e-mail.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Schengen visa will be valid also for the following countries: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Switzerland and Malta.
From the same date new Schengen regulations regarding applicants from a number of countries, amongst them Nigeria, will lengthen the processing time of the visa applications to two weeks.
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Airport transit visa are not affected by the new regulations.
With effect from 01 May 2008 Nigerian citizens do not need an airport transit visa if they are in possession of a valid visa for member state of the EU or for a sovereign state of the Convent of the European Territory of 02 May 1992, Japan, Canada, Switzerland or the United States of America; or if after using the visa they return to Nigeria from any of these countries.
Any inconvenience caused by the new regulations is highly regretted.
Facts about Germany
Facts about Germany is a handbook for anyone seeking reliable and up-to-date information on the Federal Republic of Germany. It provides facts and figures about the country and its people, its government system, social life, poltical groupings and trends, all the different sectors of industry and business, and the multifaceted face of culture in Germany and its 16 federal states.
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