The National Identity Management Commission, the body issuing national identity number, has announced 15 locations abroad to enrol Nigerians in the diaspora.
NIMC said that the firms would obtain and transmit biometric data from the countries which they operate to the commission.
The commission had earlier stated that without a NIN, Nigerians in diaspora would be unable to renew their passports or take part in some other national programmes, adding that those who already had Nigerian numbers would lose them.
The development had sparked outrage with many Nigerians warning that the policy lacked adequate planning and would worsen the second wave of COVID-19 in the country.
The list of countries and their NIN registration centres as released by the NIMC are:
1. AUSTRIA
Vienna
Embassy/Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Rennweg 25, Postfach (P.O. Box) 183, 1030 Wien, Vienna
Website: https://www.idcard.ng/
2. GERMANY
Berlin
Nigeria Embassy, Neue Jakobstraße (Jakobstrasse) 4, 10179 Berlin
Website: https://www.idcard.ng/
Frankfurt
VFS Global office, Gutleutstraße 8060329, Frankfurt
Website: https://dantatauniversal.com
3. SAUDI ARABIA
Jeddah
VFS Global Services office, TasHeel Commercial Plaza, First Floor-Suwaid Bin Sakher Street, Off Jundub Bin Kaab Street, Al Mohammadiyah District 1, Jeddah
Website: https://dantatauniversal.com
Riyadh
VFS Global office, Shop 2, Zahra Building Umm al Hamam, Opposite Hyper Panda (Dove Plaza), Umm Al Haman Street, Riyadh
Website: https://dantatauniversal.com
4. UNITED STATES
Atlanta
Online Integrated Solutions office, Holcomb Bridge Road, Suite 204, Roswell, Atlanta, GA 30076
Websites: Defcon Systems Limited (DSL) >>
National eAuthentication Limited (NeAL) >>
Chicago
Knowledge Square Nigeria Limited office, Africa International House, 6200 S. Drexel Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637
Website: https://iqid.ng/
Houston
Thebez Global Resources/Cox & Kings, 6666 Harwin Drive, Suite 260C, Houston, Texas, TX 77036
Website: https://nin.thebezglobalresource.com
Online Integrated Solutions office, 9894 Bissonnet Street, Suite 745 Houston TX 77036
Websites: Defcon Systems Limited (DSL) >>
National eAuthentication Limited (NeAL) >>
VFS Global office, 2425 West Loop South, Suite 340, Houston TX 77027
Website: https://dantatauniversal.com
Minnesota
UGS Technologies Limited, 319 Barry Avenue South, Suite 300, Wayzata, Minnesota
Website: http://www.ugsnigeria.com/
New York
Thebez Global Resources/Cox & Kings, 336 W, 37th Street, Suite 550, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10018
Website: https://nin.thebezglobalresource.com
Online Integrated Solutions office, 370 Lexington Ave, Suite 1505 New York, NY 10017
Websites: Defcon Systems Limited (DSL) >>
National eAuthentication Limited (NeAL) >>
5. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Dubai
Online Integrated Solutions DMCC office, 22nd Floor, Silver Tower, Cluster I, Jumeirah Lake Towers
Websites: Defcon Systems Limited (DSL) >>
National eAuthentication Limited (NeAL) >>
VFS Global office, WAFI Mall, level 3, Falcon Phase 2, Umm Hurair 2, Dubai 114 100
Website: https://dantatauniversal.com
6. UNITED KINGDOM
Leicester
Online Integrated Solutions office, St. Georges House, 6 St Georges Way, Leicester LE1 1SH
Websites: Defcon Systems Limited (DSL) >>
National eAuthentication Limited (NeAL) >>
VFS Global office, Peepul Centre, Orchardson Avenue, Leicester, LE4 6DP
Website: https://dantatauniversal.com
London
Knowledge Square Nigeria Limted office, 160 Maple road, London, SE20 8JB
Website: https://iqid.ng/
Online Integrated Solutions office, 56/57 Fleet street London EC4Y IJU
Websites: Defcon Systems Limited (DSL) >
National eAuthentication Limited (NeAL) >>
Thabez Global Resources Limited/Cox & Kings,169 Old Kent Road, Ground Floor, SE1 5NA London
Website: https://nin.thebezglobalresource.com
VFS Global office, 66 Wilson Street, London, EC2A 2BT
Website: https://dantatauniversal.com
7. SENEGAL
Dakar
VFS Global office, rez de chausses, Immeeuble atrium centre, km 8 route de Ouakam, Dakar
Website: https://dantatauniversal.com
8. INDIA
Chennai
UGS Technologies Limited office, 5 & 7, Thiruvottiyur High Road, Tondiarpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600081
Website: http://www.ugsnigeria.com/
VFS Global Services office, No 74, 3rd Floor, Fagun Towers, Ethiraj Salai, Egmore, Chennai – 600008
Website: https://dantatauniversal.com
New Delhi
UGS Technologies Limited office, 1st Floor, Plot No. 7, 8, Garg Shopping Mall, Opposite Sector 11 (Extension), Rohini, Delhi 110085
Website: http://www.ugsnigeria.com/
VFS Global Services office, Shivaji Stadium Metro Station Mezzanine Level, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, Connaught Place, New Delhi – 110001
Website: https://dantatauniversal.com
Mumbai
VFS Global Services office, Urmi Axis Building, Behind Famous Studio, Opp. E Moses Road, Mahalaxmi (West), Mumbai – 400001
Website: https://dantatauniversal.com
9. BENIN
Cotonou
Satguru Travel & Tours Services, Immeuble Satguru, derriere Espace Dina, St. Michel, Cotonou
Website: https://dantatauniversal.com
Feu de circulation Stade Matheiu Kerekou, rue pavée d’ Agla, 1ère rue à gauche, Immeuble MSS Sarl, Cotonou (Traffic light at Mattheiu Korekou Stadium, Paved Street of Agla, MSS Sarl Building, 1st street by the left, Cotonou)
Website: https://www.sloganiconsults.com.ng
Porto Novo
Rue Tokpota, en face de project Songhai, rue de l’église catholique Charles Ouganda, Immeuble Carrefour le Destin, Porto Novo (Tokpota Street, Opposite Songhai Street of the Catholic Church Charles Uganda; at the edge of Carrefour Destiny, Porto Novo)
Website: https://www.sloganiconsults.com.ng
10. IRELAND
Dublin
Knowledge Square Nigeria Limited office, Unit 9, Porters Avenue, Cool Mine Industrial Estate, Dublin 15
Website: https://iqid.ng/
11. SOUTH AFRICA
Johannesburg
Thebez Global Resources, 205 Rivonia Road, Morningside, Johannesburg
Website: https://nin.thebezglobalresource.com
VFS Global office, 1st Floor Rivonia Village Office Block, Cnr. Rivonia Boulevard and Mutual Road, Rivonia, Johannesburg
Website: https://dantatauniversal.com
Pretoria
VFS Global office, Cherry Lane Office Park, 1st Floor, 114 Fehrsen Street, Nieuw Muckleneuk, Brooklyn, Pretoria, 0181
Website: https://dantatauniversal.com
12. CANADA
Brampton
Knowledge Square Nigeria office, 8 Melanie Drive, Ste. 202, Brampton, ON, L6K 4L2
Website: https://iqid.ng/
Edmonton
VFS Global Services office, Scotia Place Tower 2, Unit 531, 10060 Jasper Avenue, T5J 3R8, Edmonton, Alberta
Website: https://dantatauniversal.com
Ottawa
VFS Global Services office, Suite 505, 294 Albert St, Ottawa, Ontario, ON, K1P 6E6
Website: https://dantatauniversal.com
VFS Global Services office, 280 Metcalfe Street, Suite 200, Ottawa, Ontario, ON, K2P 1R7
Website: https://dantatauniversal.com
Winnipeg
Knowledge Square Nigeria office, Unit 104, 1200 Pembina Hwy, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2A7
Website: https://iqid.ng/
13. GHANA
Accra
VFS Global office, First Floor, Atlantic Towers, Airport City, Accra
Website: https://dantatauniversal.com
14. ITALY
Rome
Interservice Roma, Via Orazio, 17, 00193 Roma RM
Website: https://www.idcard.ng/
15. TOGO
Lome
Kevonne Consults Limited office, 2073 Jean Paul II Boulevard, Ancien Immeuble, Air Burkina, Lome
Website: https://www.kevonneconsults.ng/
The commission noted that for those Nigerians, whose countries of residence are not listed, some forms had been licensed to work with their respective partners across all countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and America to carry out the enrollment of Nigerian adults and children in the diaspora into the National Identity database.
