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Nigerian Visa from the South

Does anybody know where we can get a Nigerian Visa from the South,
we are currently in Kinshasa, (they are 2 weeks tho) we are Australian Passport holders.

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Hi PaulD,

I got mine in Kinshasa but i'm not sure if thats possible without a residents paper. It was also very expensive..
Maybe you can still try?
I added pictures i took at the nigerian embassy in Kinshasa with the prices (yes it's plain theft) and the requirements.
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Yes we tried Kinshasa, but were told no....go to Brazzerville.

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Nigeria visa

Welcome to our nightmare...
We were denied a Nigeria visa despite trying every trick in the book here in Gabon...their reason...we are not Gabonese residents.

Unfortunately we have also met a few other travellers heading north who have been denied as well in Libreville, as well as in Cameroon at all 3 Nigeria consulates (Buea, Yaounde and Douala). Reasons given in every single embassy is the same. Looks like they have tightened the screws on this one.

We heard of a couple of Swiss guys who had had to ship their vehicle coming the other way from Benin into Gabon.

We have been stuck in Libreville now for over a month trying to sort out a way of moving forward and we ARE FINALLY (hopefully) sailing on a ferry/cargo/ ship on Wednesday next week. Ship only sales once a month so if you get the timing wring and can't get your Nigeria visas like us you will have a long and expensive wait in Libreville.

Cost for ferry is cfa700,000 for 4x4, and cfa110,000 per person with cabin. Crossing is 3 to 4 days apparently. It bloody expensive!!

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Our fb page is All-R'over-Africa

We started in Tanzania heading south to southern tip of Africa at cape agulhas and now heading north along the west coast to UK.
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Got it in Brazzerville ! Applied Wed & picked up on Monday....no real problem but needed invite letter.

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Hi PaulD,

I got mine in Kinshasa but i'm not sure if thats possible without a residents paper. It was also very expensive..
Maybe you can still try?
I added pictures i took at the nigerian embassy in Kinshasa with the prices (yes it's plain theft) and the requirements.
Yeh we tried but they said it would take 2 weeks & try Brazzerville so we did & got them in 3 days but same price as Kinshasa (most expensive visa in Africa)

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Just an update on Nigeria visa in Cameroon - tried at Buea and Douala but absolutely no dice for the person travelling with me despite the fact that I have a visa already. Non-residency seems insurmountable here!

Also, Cameroon embassy in Gabon require an airline ticket... Made one up but was not accepted as not with Camair-Co. Am pretty sure the consul gets a kick back from the agency at the airport as they won't even accept online bookings from the same airline!
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We got our Nigerian Visa in Brazzerville (Pretty easy but exy) Cameroon we got in Kinshasa but we needed a hotel booking as we were going by motorbike !!!
No drama there either.

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We are now in Nigeria (Lagos)
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