A few times I've been discouraged by visa processes or just did not have enough time to deal
with it. This led me to do some research.
I found a list of countries Nigerians can visit without visas here.
I found a list of countries Nigerians can visit without visas here.
On the other hand, there are some visas that may be more powerful than you
think for Nigerian
passport holders. With these visas you can easily visit many other countries without a visa…dang!
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Many of these
countries believe that if you have a U.S, U.K, Schengen or Canadian visa, you
must have gone through some thorough checks. The visas therefore grant you access
to other countries for a short stay
(please check the length of time for each country).
If you were looking for
your next holiday destination, here is a list of some of the countries I found. You might need a map to locate some of them, haahahaha.
You will notice that
some countries are repeated in all categories.
Travel with a US visa
1) United States of
America
2) Mexico
3) Bermuda
4) US Virgin Islands,
Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam
5) Costa Rica
6) Panama
7) Antigua and Barbuda
8) Aruba
9) Cuba (must hold the
Tourist Card, which can be obtained from Cuban embassies, authorized airlines
and travel agencies)
10) Dominican Republic
11) Albania
12) Bosnia and Herzegovina
13) Georgia
14) Macedonia
15) Montenegro
16) Serbia
17) Belize
18) British Virgin
Islands, Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos
19) Turkey – visa is not exempt
but eligible to apply for a 30 day e-visa online
20) Qatar - visa is not exempt
but eligible to apply for eTA and then avail visa on arrival
Travel with a UK visa
1) United Kingdom
2) Mexico
3) Panama
4) Antigua and Barbuda
5) Cuba (must hold the
Tourist Card, which can be obtained from Cuban embassies, authorized airlines
and travel agencies)
6) Dominican Republic
7) Albania
8) Bosnia and Herzegovina
9) Georgia
10) Macedonia
11) Montenegro
12) Serbia
13) Turkey – visa is not exempt
but eligible to apply for a 30 day e-visa online
14) Qatar - visa is not exempt
but eligible to apply for eTA and then avail visa on arrival
15) Belize
16) Costa Rica
17) Aruba
18) Sint Maarten
19) Romania
20) Bermuda, British
Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Turks and Caicos (British
Territories)
21) Bonaire (Kingdom of
the Netherlands)
Travel with a Schengen visa
1) 26 Schengen countries -
Austria,
Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands,
Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland
2) Mexico
3) Belize
4) Antigua and Barbuda
5) Aruba
5) Sint Maarten
6) Albania
7) Andorra - Andorra doesn’t require any visa,
but entry/exit to Andorra is only through Spain or France which requires a
Schengen Visa. The Schengen visa must be multiple-entry or at least
double-entry as the entry/exit to Andorra is only through the Schengen zone
8) Bosnia and Herzegovina
9) Bulgaria
10) Croatia
11) Cyprus
12) Georgia
13) Kosovo
14) Macedonia
15) Monaco
16) Montenegro
17) Romania
18) San Marino - San Marino doesn’t require any
visa, but entry/exit to San Marino is only through Italy which requires a
Schengen Visa. Schengen visa must be multiple-entry or at least double-entry as
the entry/exit to San Marino is only through Schengen zone
19) Serbia
20) Vatican City
21)Turkey - visa is not exempt but eligible to apply for a 30 day e-visa online
22) Qatar - visa is not exempt
but eligible to apply for eTA and then avail visa on arrival
23) Bonaire (Kingdom of
the Netherlands)
Travel with a Canadian visa
1) Canada
2) Mexico
3) Costa Rica
4) Panama
5) Antigua and Barbuda
6) Cuba (Must hold the Tourist Card, which
can be obtained from Cuban embassies, authorized airlines and travel agencies)
7) Dominican
Republic
8) Georgia
9) Macedonia
10) Qatar - visa is not exempt
but eligible to apply for eTA and then avail visa on arrival
11) Aruba
12) Bahamas (I
am skeptical about this one, it says all nationalities but the last time I checked, I was told that I needed a visa)
13) Curaçao
14) Sint
Marteen
Disclaimer:
Please note that with
some other nationalities, they are eligible to visit more countries. This list
is limited to Nigerian passport holders.
Always check before
you make your travel plans as I imagine these lists get updated from time to
time. Countries may choose to revoke the visa free entry to other countries.
Admittance into any
country is subject to the immigration officer’s discretion
Reference - please see Visa Traveler and Buzz Nigeria, I got a lot of information from these websites, then compared with other sites.
You have green passports! I never thought of that. They look great.
ReplyDeleteI'm happy with my burgundy European passport.
I just hope we don't make it any harder for anyone to get a visa to come here. I won't dwell on this though - we agreed a while ago it has been going on too long. But, hoping for a positive outcome soon.
It's hard as it is (for all the countries mentioned) where they ask us for our life history and people get denied visas sometimes for such flimsy reasons. But oh well, we live with the reality of our green passports.
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