Digital Nomad & Residency - Nigeria

Nigeria does not offer a digital-nomad or remote-work visa. The closest entry route is the Short Visit e-Visa for tourism/business of up to three months, which does not authorise employment or income-earning work.

The new Nigeria Visa Policy took effect 1 May 2025, replacing visa-on-arrival with a fully electronic e-Visa decided within ~48 hours, alongside automated landing/exit cards. Roughly 177 nationalities are e-Visa eligible.

The NVP 2025 Temporary Residence Visa lets foreign employees and students reside for up to two years, but it is tied to formal employment with a Nigerian entity (with an approved expatriate quota), not remote work for overseas clients.

Non-Nigerians staying beyond 56 days for employment, business or long-term residence must obtain a Combined Expatriate Residence Permit and Aliens Card (CERPAC); a new e-CERPAC can be issued pre-arrival, removing post-arrival regularisation.

The NVP 2025 introduced a Permanent Residence Visa for highly-skilled foreign nationals, investors and retirees (and their dependents) to settle permanently — functioning as Nigeria's residency-by-investment/retirement route rather than a stand-alone golden-visa scheme.

From May 2025, hiring foreign workers requires strong justification, proof no qualified Nigerians are available, and two understudies per expatriate, with all visa decisions centralised at NIS HQ Abuja — raising the bar for employment-based residence.