The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has additional prolonged its Special Passport Intervention Exercise within the United Kingdom till November 27, 2026, following sustained demand from Nigerians in search of passport companies.
The NIS introduced the extension in a public discover dated October 27, 2026, signed by its Service Public Relations Officer, Deputy Comptroller of Immigration Akinisola Akinlabi.
The extension, accepted according to the directive of the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, comes as the present section of the exercise is scheduled to finish on October 30, following an earlier extension from October 3.
NIS proclaims new UK passport dates
The NIS stated the prolonged section would run from Tuesday, November 3, to Friday, November 27, at designated centres in London and Manchester, whereas companies in Aberdeen and Cardiff would run from November 3 to November 6.
In saying the extension, the service said:
- “The Nigeria Immigration Service wishes to inform Nigerians in the United Kingdom that, in line with the directive of the Honourable Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, the ongoing Special Passport Intervention Exercise has been further extended.”
The designated centres and dates are as follows:
- London: 56–57 Fleet Street, Temple, London EC4Y 1JU — November 3 to 27.
- Manchester: Nigerian House, 23 Platt Lane, Manchester M14 5NE — November 3 to 27.
- Aberdeen: Hilton Convention Centre, 13 Smithfield Road, Aberdeen AB24 4NR — November 3 to 6.
- Cardiff: Western Leisure Centre, Ely, Cardiff CF5 5HJ — November 3 to 6.
Applicants are required to e-book appointments via the passport intervention booking portal or the Nigeria High Commission’s web site and cling strictly to their scheduled dates and occasions.
The NIS stated solely candidates with prior intervention bookings could be attended to, whereas money funds wouldn’t be accepted on the venues.
- Applicants should current a accomplished utility kind, fee slips, an intervention appointment printout and a self-addressed return envelope. Those in search of renewals should additionally present their present passports.
- For enquiries, candidates can e mail [email protected] or contact the service through WhatsApp solely on +234 916 087 8000.
UK passport exercise faces repeated extensions
The newest extension follows an earlier determination by the NIS to transfer the deadline for its UK passport intervention exercise to October 30 after demand for the service remained high.
The exercise had beforehand been prolonged to October 3, because the immigration service sought to accommodate Nigerians requiring passport companies throughout a number of cities within the United Kingdom.
- The NIS Abuja Passport Intervention Team was deployed for the exercise, with companies initially scheduled in London and Manchester from September 7 to 19, and in Aberdeen and Cardiff from September 21 to 26.
- The exercise additionally skilled an operational setback in London after the Nigeria High Commission cited “unforeseen technical challenges” and moved the intervention from its authentic venue at Liyali Lounge to 56–57 Fleet Street, Temple.
The intervention programme was launched to convey passport companies nearer to Nigerians within the UK via short-term centres in a number of cities.
Recent developments in Nigeria Immigration Service
The newest extension of the UK passport intervention exercise comes amid broader administrative and operational developments inside the Nigeria Immigration Service and different companies below the Federal Ministry of Interior.
These developments embody the extension of the tenures of the heads of the NIS and Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), alongside measures to enhance passport processing and deal with utility backlogs.
- On October 19, 2026, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu approved an 18-month extension of the tenures of NIS Comptroller-General Kemi Nanna Nandap and NCoS Controller-General Sylvester Ndidi Nwakuche, holding them in workplace till June 30, 2028, and May 26, 2028, respectively.
- In December 2025, the NCoS announced the promotion of 16,582 officers below its 2025 Senior and Junior Officers Promotion exercise, accepted by the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB).
- Meanwhile, in August 2026, the NIS deployed a dedicated Passport Intervention Team to the United Kingdom to course of pending purposes, enrol new candidates and deal with passport renewals for Nigerians residing overseas.
The deployment adopted a directive from Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who instructed the NIS Comptroller-General to ship the staff from the service’s headquarters to work with the Nigerian High Commission in London.
