By Kingston Magare 28.8.2025
Starting from September 1 Nigerians will pay more to get hold of their international passports as the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Thursday announced a 100 percent increase.
A statement issued by NIS public relations officer A.S Akinlabi said the 32-page passport with five years validity which cost N50,000, will go for N100,000, while the 64-page ten-year validity passport will now cost N200,000 up from N100,000.
The statement reads, “In a bid to uphold the quality and integrity of the Nigerian Passport, the Nigeria Immigration Service hereby announces an upward review of Nigerian Standard Passport fees, set to take effect on 1st September 2025.
“The review which only affect Passport Application fees made in Nigeria, now set a new fee threshold for 32-page with 5-year validity at N100,000 and 64-page with 10-year validity at N200,000.
“Meanwhile, Nigerian Passport Application fees made by Nigerians in diaspora remain unchanged at $150 for 32-page with 5-year validity and $230 for 64-page with 10-year validity.
“The Service reiterates its commitment to balancing quality service delivery with the need to ensure Passport services are accessible to all Nigerians.
This increase comes less than a year after the Federal Government also reviewed passport fees in September 2024.
Meanwhile a social commentator David Adenuga, said there was no justification for the increase adding that it is “another anti-people policy”.
“In responsive societies, the cost of essential documents like passports is subsidized to make them accessible to ordinary citizens. But in Nigeria, leaders pile more pressure on the masses under the guise of cost recovery and operational sustainability,” Adenuga said.
“The irony is that leaders who travel abroad frequently at taxpayers’ expense, often with multiple passports, are blind to how their policies trap citizens in economic hardship at home and now financially imprison them within the country’s borders.”
