FG will increase passport charges to N100,000, N200,000

The Nigeria Immigration Service has introduced an upward assessment of the price of acquiring the Nigerian Normal Passport, efficient September 1, 2025.

A.S. Akinlabi Akinlabi, spokesman for the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), mentioned in an announcement that the increment is aimed toward sustaining the standard of the Nigerian passport.

“The assessment, which solely impacts passport software charges made in Nigeria, now units new payment thresholds for a 32-page, with 5-year validity at N100,000 and a 64-page, with 10-year validity at N200,000.

“In the meantime, Nigerian passport software charges made by Nigerians within the diaspora stay unchanged at $150 for a 32-page, with 5-year validity and $230 for a 64-page, with 10-year validity,” he mentioned.

The NIS defined that the adjustment was launched to safeguard the standard and integrity of the Nigerian passport whereas protecting it accessible to residents.

This newest assessment comes lower than a yr after the Federal Authorities authorised a earlier upward adjustment in August 2024, which took impact from September 1 of the identical yr.

At the moment, the price of the 32-page, five-year passport booklet rose from N35,000 to N50,000, whereas the 64-page, 10-year booklet elevated from N70,000 to N100,000.

The immigration service famous then that the increment was mandatory to take care of the usual of the Nigerian passport and enhance service supply.