Sort out your home-country paperwork from wherever you live now
Step-by-step guides to renewing a passport, claiming citizenship and dealing with the consulate. Every fee and deadline comes from the official source, with a link to it and the date we checked.
Jamaica
- How to renew a Jamaican passport from the USARenewing a Jamaican passport in the United States: online renewal, fees at New York, Miami and Washington, documents, payment and waiting times.
- How to renew a Jamaican passport online with PICAWho can renew a Jamaican passport on PICA's online portal, what you need, how payment and courier delivery work from overseas, and who must apply in person.
- Jamaican Consulate in New York: address, hours, fees and appointmentsAddress, phone, public hours and the states served by the Consulate General of Jamaica in New York, with passport and citizenship fees and how to book.
- Jamaican citizenship by descent: who qualifies and how to applyWho qualifies for Jamaican citizenship through a parent or grandparent, the documents, fees in New York, Miami and London, and how long it takes.
Nigeria
- How to renew a Nigerian passport from the USARenewing a Nigerian passport in the United States: the NIN rule, fees, the online application, biometrics or contactless enrolment, and how long it takes.
- How to renew a Nigerian passport from the UKRenewing a Nigerian passport in the UK: documents, the £20 High Commission fee, NIN, booking biometrics, contactless renewal by post and timelines.
- Nigerian Consulate in New York: address, hours and passport appointmentsAddress, phone, opening hours and the 20 states served by the Consulate General of Nigeria in New York, plus how passport appointments are booked.