The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has confirmed a significant upward adjustment in the cost of Nigerian standard passports, taking effect since 1 September 2025.
Under the new fee structure, the 32-page passport with a five-year validity period will rise from ₦50,000 to ₦100,000. Similarly, the 64-page passport with ten-year validity has been reviewed from ₦100,000 to ₦200,000.
For Nigerians in the diaspora, however, application fees remain unchanged. The service announced that the 32-page document with five-year validity will continue to cost $150, while the 64-page passport valid for ten years stays at $230.
In a statement, the NIS explained that the new pricing aligns with efforts to balance affordability with efficient service delivery, stressing its commitment to ensuring passports remain accessible to citizens despite the review.
At the Ministry of Interior’s mid-tenure retreat held in Suleja, Niger State, Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo assured Nigerians that the reforms would drastically reduce delays that have long plagued the application process.
“Nigerians will now receive their passports within one week of enrolment,” the minister said, noting that the changes were designed to end the extortion and bottlenecks that previously frustrated applicants.
He revealed that the government has established a centralised personalisation centre to enhance efficiency. According to him, the new system will strip passport control offices of approval powers, thereby curbing corruption and eliminating unnecessary interference.
“We have a centralised passport personalisation centre. When you enrol, it does not take us more than 24 hours to vet and do whatever. Then printing, because there is the passport centre we have today, we can print more than five times of what we are required, because we built for the future,” Tunji-Ojo said.
He explained further that the facility’s capacity means the NIS can process bulk printing within a few working hours. With a logistics arrangement already in place with a courier company, he stated that passports would reach applicants within a maximum of one week.
“It means that if NIS works for like three hours, four hours a day, they are done printing for the whole day. So there is already arrangement with courier company. We send it to you. He brings that maximum within one week. Once it is open, within one week you arrive for your passport,” he added.
The announcement comes amid rising demand for international travel documents and growing calls for transparency in the passport issuance system.
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