Nigerian services in United States

The United States is home to a large and well-settled Nigerian community, spread across metro areas including Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, the Washington–Maryland–Virginia corridor, New York and Chicago. For Nigerian-government matters — passports, identity and banking — Nigerians in the US deal with a mix of online portals run from Nigeria and in-person steps handled by the nearest Nigerian mission.

Nigeria runs three missions in the US, each covering a region of the country: the Embassy of Nigeria in Washington DC, the Consulate General in New York, and the Consulate General in Atlanta. Which one you use depends on where you live, and each lists the states it serves on its official site. Because biometric capture for passports is done in person, it matters that you book at the mission responsible for your address rather than the nearest one by distance. Missions occasionally run outreach sessions in cities away from their main office — these are announced on official channels.

A helpful thing to know: most services begin online. You complete and pay for a passport application on the Nigeria Immigration Service portal, then attend a mission only for the in-person steps. Banking has moved the same way — Nigerians in the US can now open a Nigerian bank account remotely, without travelling home, through the Non-Resident BVN platform.

The four guides below cover each of these for the US specifically: renewing your Nigerian passport, sorting out your NIN, registering or updating your BVN, and opening a Nigerian bank account from the US. NigeriaHowTo is independent and not affiliated with any government or mission; we point you to the official channels and never ask for your personal identifiers.