The following documents must be presented in support of your child’s passport application.  Original documents are always required and will be returned on completion.  Photocopies will not be accepted.

Each item on the following list of documents is annotated as ESSENTIAL or DESIRABLE to your child’s application.  If you do not have all the ESSENTIAL documents, your child’s application cannot be accepted. Your child will need to be present on the appointed day of the application assessment.

1.      BIRTH CERTIFICATE (one of the following is Essential)     

·        Child’s Long Registrar Office BC (contemporaneous) or

·        Child’s Long Registrar  Office BC (recent replacement)  or                                                         

·        Short Registrar Office BC (contemporaneous) or

·        Short Registrar Office BC (recent replacement)

2.      IDENTITY DOCUMENTS

·        The passport that your child travelled from the UK to Nigeria on (Essential)

·        The passport that your and/or your spouse used to travel to the UK on prior

to your child’s birth and the passports you returned to Nigeria on (Essential)

·        Current identification for both of you as parents (Essential)                                                                        

NB:  If your child is claiming British Citizenship through you and you were born, adopted, registered or naturalised in the United Kingdom, you must already hold a British Passport

·        Evidence of how you became British: e.g. original birth certificate or original

naturalisation certificate (Essential)

·        If you are not British and your child was born after 1/1/83, evidence of the

status of you or your spouse in the UK at time of birth (Essential)                                            

·        Child’s ID Card or Nigerian Passport (Essential unless too young)                                          

3.      LIFE PHOTOGRAPHS

Please have these organised (labelled with names and dates and in order) before attending

·        Photographs of your child as a baby with you as parents in the UK in which

you and your child can clearly be identified (Desirable)                                                                   

·        Photographs of your child on return to Nigeria with you as parents and

siblings (if any siblings) (Desirable)                                                                                                    

·        Photographs of your child growing up in Nigeria with you as parents and

siblings (if any siblings) (Desirable)    

·        If you, the parent, have married you also need to submit your wedding photographs. (Desirable)

4.      TIME OF BIRTH DOCUMENTS

These should be one year before and up to two years after your child’s birth

·        Mother’s original antenatal/postnatal/delivery notes from hospital. If unable to obtain

original records, please submit copies, which have been certified by hospital. (Desirable) 

·        Health Cards, from the hospital, doctors or clinic (Desirable)                                 

·        Immunisation/vaccination cards (Desirable)                                                              

·        Receipts for the birth, medical treatment (Desirable)                                               

·        Baptism certificate, Family Allowance book, Baby Book (Desirable)                    

·        Letter from Hospital confirming birth (Desirable)                                                      

5.      PARENT’S DOCUMENTS

·        UK Marriage Certificate if married in the UK (Essential)                                        

·        NGA Marriage Certificate if married in Nigeria (Essential)                        

·        If either parent has married before, Decree Absolute of prior statutory marriages (Essential)

·        Photographs from wedding ceremony (Desirable)                           

·        College Diploma / Certificates (Desirable)                                                                                       

·        Employment / tax records, salary slips (Desirable)                                       

·        Building Society Books/ Bank statements (Desirable)                                                        

·        Medical Cards  (Desirable)                                                     

·        Driving Licence / ID Cards (Desirable)                                                                      

6.      CHILD’s SCHOOL DOCUMENTS

·        Reports, Results & testimonials for all schools attended and all years (Desirable)          

·        School Certificates for all exams (Desirable)                                                

7.      DEATH CERTIFICATES

·        If father, mother or any sibling is deceased a DEATH certificate (not medical

cause of death certificate) must be submitted (Essential prior to issue )            

8.      NAME CHANGES

·        If you or your child are now using a different name to the one on your birth certificate then be prepared to present a sworn affidavit (stating which name you wish to be known as) and documents showing what names you have been using.   (Essential prior to issue)               

·        If the name change is through marriage you will need to present your

marriage certificate and photographs from your wedding.  You will also need

to provide identification for your husband.   (Essential prior to issue)                                         

·        If names are abbreviated in your child’s documents please present Sworn

Affidavit to support this.  (Essential prior to issue)                                                                                     

Passport Officer

BDHC, Lagos