Every traveller entering Nigeria needs this document, whatever their visa status. Fill it in online with Arrival Card Hub before you fly and arrive with it ready.
The Landing Card pre-processes your arrival with the Nigeria Immigration Service. The portal tells travelers to download and print the card for presentation at checkpoints, where an Immigration Officer scans it.
The portal asks for the passport type and number, for personal details that must match your identification documents, and for contact information. The full form sits behind a traveler account, so this page describes it in general terms.
Two other requirements are separate from this product:
To complete the Nigeria arrival card you need:
Sources: Nigeria Immigration Service: Official Landing and Exit Cards Portal · Landing and Exit Cards: Official FAQ · Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention: Health Declaration Portal · UK Government Foreign Travel Advice: Nigeria
What the document covers, who needs it, and how it is issued.
The online arrival document for entering Nigeria, issued electronically.
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One all-in price. It includes any government fee and our service fee for preparing, checking and submitting your arrival card.
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Answer a few simple questions about you and your trip, upload what is needed and pay securely.
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Our team checks your answers for the errors that lead to a rejected or delayed card, fixes them with you, then submits the arrival card to the Nigeria authorities on your behalf.
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Your confirmation arrives by email, with clear instructions on what to show at the border.
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Government arrival-card portals change often and are easy to get wrong. Arrival Card Hub keeps one guided form per country, checks your answers and keeps you updated, so there are no surprises at the border.
Start my arrival cardWhat travellers commonly ask about the Nigeria arrival card.
Still have questions?Our travel-document team answers by email and phone.No. It is the digital arrival card of the Nigeria Immigration Service. Travelers who need a visa must obtain it separately.
Yes. The official FAQ says the services offered through lecard.immigration.gov.ng are completely free. Our fee is for the assistance service: preparing, checking and submitting the card on your behalf.
The official FAQ says a landing card can only be created 72 hours before your arrival in the country. If you order earlier, we hold your application and submit it once the window is open.
No. The Exit Card is a separate card for departure. It is created on the same official portal after the Landing Card has been approved.
No. The health declaration is a separate form on the NCDC Health Declaration Portal. That portal states that all international travelers arriving in Nigeria must complete it before boarding.
No. The official FAQ says that travelers on a Nigerian passport are not required to create a landing card or an exit card.
We handle the form, the check and the submission, so you just show up ready to enter.
Start nowOne Landing Card covers one entry. The official portal states no validity period in days. According to the FAQ, a card that was not scanned by an Immigration Officer at the port of entry is shown as expired.
The FAQ says that information cannot be updated after submission. An error means a new submission, so check your details carefully before you order.
The card does not decide how long you may stay in Nigeria. That depends on your visa or on the entry rules for your nationality. When the Exit Card is created, the system checks for an overstay.
The official FAQ states that you can only create a landing card 72 hours before your arrival in the country.
According to the FAQ, the traveler receives an email confirmation with a downloadable card once the application is processed. After we submit your card, we send it to the email address given in your order.
The FAQ also says that failure to comply with the pre-processing requirements leads to refusal of entry or departure at immigration checkpoints.
You can order earlier. We hold your application and submit it once the window is open.
The Nigeria Landing Card is the digital arrival card of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), under the Federal Ministry of Interior. It is created on the official Landing and Exit Cards portal. The digital cards replaced the paper landing and exit cards in May 2025.
According to the official FAQ, all foreigners visiting or departing Nigeria must use the portal to pre-process their arrival and departure. Travelers who do not need a visa are included: the portal has passport types for ECOWAS passports and for visa-free or visa-exempt travelers.
These travelers do not need it: travelers on a Nigerian passport, who need neither a landing card nor an exit card, and transit passengers, because the FAQ says the portal is not intended for transit.
Every traveler submits individually. The official FAQ says that applications for multiple travelers cannot be submitted together. The portal has no separate rule for children.
The FAQ speaks of ports of entry and immigration checkpoints in general. The UK government's travel advice says the cards may be requested at the airport or at other border points.
Common mistakes to avoid:
