Applicants are hereby advised that the High Commission just like all other Nigerian Missions abroad is under no obligation to issue travel document to adult applicants born outside Canada who claim they require passport for the first time or they arrived Canada without a genuine Nigerian passport. The same applies to claims of loss of Passport.

Travel Documents will be issued only when satisfactory reasons and requested original documents are submitted for examination. Applicants must present themselves for an Interview and be prepared to wait for approval. Thereafter, they may be asked to provide the following:

1. Original and photocopy of Birth Certificate issued at time of birth by a government agency before 1988 or original and photocopy of letter indicating Birth Registration from National Population Commission.
2. Two (2) current Passport-sized photographs .
3. A self-explanatory letter of how applicant came to Canada.
4. The original proxy/false/forged passport.
5. Completed On-Line e-passport Application Form with Acknowledgement Slip and confirmed payment.
6. Administrative Charge of CAD$30.00 Money Order  payable to the Nigeria High Commission.
7. Applicants who are unable to present their MRP Passport will have to pay a Federal Government Levy of US$250 money order payable to Nigeria High Commission, Ottawa;
8. Document indicating current immigration status or letter from Immigration requesting the applicant to present passport.