How to Reprint a Nigerian Passport Payment Receipt

Losing the payment receipt PDF feels like a serious problem the first time it happens. It is not. The receipt is regenerated on demand from your existing payment record, free of charge, in two places: your application dashboard on immigration.gov.ng, and the Remita status lookup at remita.net. Either route produces the same document. You do not pay again, you do not lose your booked appointment, and you do not need to involve NIS support unless both portals fail at once.

The only situation where a missing receipt becomes critical is the day of the biometric appointment itself. Reprint it days in advance, save a digital copy locally, and bring two paper copies.

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   Log into immigration.gov.ngUse the email address you applied with. The dashboard shows your active application.
2. 2
   Open the active applicationClick into the application that has the missing receipt. You should see the status (Paid, Pending, etc.) and a set of action links.
3. 3
   Find the View Receipt linkIt is usually grouped with View Application Form and View Appointment Slip in the action menu.
4. 4
   Open the PDFThe receipt opens in a new tab. Check the RRR, application number, amount, and date are visible.
5. 5
   Save and printSave the PDF to your phone or computer. Print two copies on A4 white paper, 100 percent scale, in black and white or colour.

The NIS portal is the official source, but Remita holds the underlying payment record and exposes it through a public status lookup. Useful when the NIS portal is slow or unresponsive.

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   Find your RRRThe 12-digit Remita Retrieval Reference is on your portal dashboard, in the payment confirmation email, and on the bank debit alert from when you paid.
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   Open remita.netClick 'Check the status of your payment' in the main navigation, or go directly to the status lookup link from the home page.
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   Enter the RRRSubmit the 12-digit reference and the verification captcha.
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   Confirm status and detailRemita returns the transaction status (Successful, Pending, Failed) and the receipt detail. A Successful status with a date and amount matching your bank debit alert is your evidence the payment landed.
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   Print or screenshot the resultThe Remita confirmation page is acceptable at most centres as a fallback if the NIS portal cannot produce the receipt. Print and bring it alongside the application form.

A small share of cases see both routes fail at once. Work through this list before escalating.

• Confirm payment status is Successful on Remita. If it reads Pending or Failed, the receipt route is not your real problem. See passport payment pending or passport payment failed first.
• Wait 24 hours. Reconciliation between Remita and NIS happens in batches. A receipt that refuses to generate today often appears tomorrow.
• Try a different browser. Chrome and Edge handle the portal more reliably; mobile browsers sometimes fail on PDF generation.
• Open a NIS support ticket. Use the support form on immigration.gov.ng. Include the application number, the RRR, the date and time of payment, and the bank that processed the debit. Attach a screenshot of the Remita Successful status.

Support response is usually within a working week. Your biometric appointment may pass during the wait; if so, bring the Remita confirmation to the centre and explain the receipt is in dispute. Most centres accept this as bridging evidence until NIS support resolves the formal receipt.

The NIS payment receipt has the same data on it whether you print it the day you pay or six months later.

• Your application number and reference number at the top.
• The Remita Retrieval Reference (RRR) in the payment section.
• The amount paid, in naira for inside-Nigeria applications or in USD for diaspora.
• The transaction date and time of the original payment.
• A receipt verification code or barcode at the bottom.

The biometric officer matches the barcode and RRR against the centre's terminal at the appointment. A clean printout matters more than a colourful one; black and white at 100 percent scale is the safest setting.