Full List of Countries Nigerians Can Enter without Visa released, Dominica, Barbados Spotted

• A study has shown that Nigerian passport holders can travel to 45 countries throughout the world without a visa
• There are 27 nations on the list that do not require a visa, 17 that require visa upon arrival, and one that requires an eTA
• The list of visa-free countries include Barbados, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde and others

Legit.ng journalist Zainab Iwayemi has 5-year-experience covering the Economy, Technology, and Capital Market.

A review of travel choices for Nigerian nationals reveals that bearers of Nigerian passports can visit 45 countries worldwide without a visa.

The list includes 27 visa-free countries, 17 visa-on-arrival countries, and 1 Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) countries according to Visa Index.

Visa-free countries for Nigerian passport holders

Nigeria passport holders can travel without a visa to the following 27 countries:

1. Barbados
2. Benin
3. Burkina Faso
4. Cameroon
5. Cape Verde
6. Chad
7. Cook Islands
8. Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
9. Dominica
10. Fiji
11. Gambia
12. Ghana
13. Guinea
14. Guinea-Bissau
15. Haiti
16. Kiribati
17. Liberia
18. Mali
19. Micronesia
20. Montserrat
21. Niger
22. Rwanda
23. Saint Kitts and Nevis
24. Senegal
25. Sierra Leone
26. Togo
27. Vanuatu

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Visa on arrival for Nigeria passport holders

Nigeria nationals are eligible for a visa on arrival in the following 17 countries.

1. Bolivia
2. Burundi
3. Cambodia
4. Comoros
5. Djibouti
6. Lebanon
7. Madagascar
8. Madives
9. Mauritania
10. Mauritius
11. Mozambique
12. Niue
13. Palau
14. Samoa
15. Seychelles
16. Timor-Leste
17. Tuvalu

Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) Countries for Nigeria Citizens

An eTA is a digital travel document that may be issued online before departure and is necessary for qualified visitors who are exempt from a country's visa requirements. There is only one country under this list for Nigerians to enjoy eTA.

• Kenya

Nigeria improves on visa openness index

Legit.ng reported that Nigeria is currently number six in Africa, a notable improvement in the continent's visa openness index that shows how easy it is to get a visa from Nigeria.

Visa openness is the ease with which travellers can get authorisation to go to and enter a country, pending final determination by the destination immigration officers, according to new reports from the African Development Bank (AfDB) and other sources.

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ThisDay reported that this suggests that the easier it was for a traveller to visit a country, the more visa-open that country was.

Source: Legit.ng