Verification of Nigerian Documents

The legalization of public documents and certificates was ceased in May 2000 due to the lack of security features in Nigerian documents. It was replaced by a verification process in which Nigerian public documents are verified upon request by a German court or authority.

The authority in Germany is in charge of the process. The verification process can only be initiated on request of a German authority (e.g. Registry (Standesamt), court), not by a private person. Therefore, kindly contact the competent German authority for all enquiries.

During the period of investigations, applicants are kindly requested to refraim from enquiries regarding the state of the investigation. It is not possible to answer such requests due to the large number of documents being processed by this Office.

Fees

For verifications in locations within the following northern states, the fee will now be 280,000 Naira: FCT, Niger, Kwara, Kogi, Nassarawa, Benue, Taraba, Plateau, Adamawa, Gombe, Bauchi, Kaduna, Zamfara, Kebbi, Sokoto, Katsina, Kano, Jigawa, Yobe, Borno. This means when a person or institution located in one of these states has to be verified, the fee applies to this case.

For verifications in all other locations, the new fee will now be 210,000 Naira.

All appointments on or after 01.11.2024 are subject to the new fees.

Fees can be paid via POS or in cash. We only accept new Naira notes in 500 and 1.000 Naira bills. No other currencies.

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Questionnaire for document verification

DSGVO-Declaration