The Nigerian Consulate in Atlanta has announced effective Oct 30th, 2017 all applicants applying for any visa type through the Atlanta consulate must now appear in person to have their Biometric data collected as part of the visa application process. Update: June 25th, 2018 The Nigerian Embassy in Washington DC now also requires a personal appearance when applying for a visa to Nigeria, at this time Traveldocs is able to assist our clients applying for Nigeria visas out of our New York office only. The personal appearance requirement at this time is not being enforced in New York. At this time traveldocs office in New York can assist you in applying for Nigerian visas as this new requirement does not apply in New York.