The Nigeria Immigration Service has announced dates and venues for passport issuance services for Nigerians in the United Kingdom, following the deployment of a Passport Intervention Team ordered by the Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo.<\/p>\n
The Team was drawn from NIS Headquarters in Abuja and deployed to the United Kingdom to provide services to Nigerians in selected locations.<\/p>\n
The intervention exercise will cover London, Manchester, Aberdeen and Cardiff.<\/p>\n
According to a statement signed by the Service Public Relations Officer, Akinsola Akinlabi, the exercise is being organised following consultations with the High Commission of Nigeria and representatives of Nigerian communities in the UK.<\/p>\n
Akinlabi announced that in London and Manchester, the intervention will run from September 7 to 19, 2026.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe London exercise will take place at Layali Lounge, Trent Park, Bramley Road, London N14 4UW, while the Manchester exercise will be held at Nigerian House,\u00a023 Platt Lane, Manchester M14 5NE<\/a>,\u201d Akinlabi said.<\/p>\n He said the team would subsequently move to Aberdeen and Cardiff from September 21 to 26, 2026. The Aberdeen exercise will be held at Hilton Convention Centre,\u00a013 Smithfield Road, Aberdeen, AB24 4NR<\/a>, while applicants in Cardiff will be attended to at Sophia Gardens, Sophia Walk, Cardiff CF11 9XR. <\/p>\n Akinlabi, a Deputy Comptroller of Immigration (DCI), said the exercise is open to eligible Nigerians in the specified locations and surrounding areas, especially those seeking new passports, renewing existing passports, or resolving pending passport applications.<\/p>\n \u201cApplicants are required to apply and pay through the NIS Passport Application Portal before visiting their preferred venue.<\/p>\n They are also expected to present a completed application form, payment slips as proof of payment, an appointment slip, a self-addressed return envelope, and, in the case of passport renewal, their current passport,\u201d Akinlabi said.<\/p>\n The Service warned that applicants who come with cash will not be attended to, urging all applicants to cooperate with immigration officials to ensure a smooth and orderly exercise.<\/p>\n The NIS clarified that all its digital passport application channels, including the Contactless Passport Application System, remain fully operational. Home delivery service is also available to applicants.<\/p>\n \u201cFor further enquiries or assistance, applicants may contact the Service via\u00a0[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>\u00a0or WhatsApp only on\u00a0+234 916 087 8000<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Nigeria Immigration Service has announced dates and venues for passport issuance services for Nigerians in the United…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":755662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,249416,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-755661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-immigration-service","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=755661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/755662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=755661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=755661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}