{"id":3749,"date":"2026-06-12T12:48:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T10:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conslagos.esteri.it\/?page_id=3749"},"modified":"2026-09-04T16:02:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T14:02:35","slug":"dove-chiedere-un-visto","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conslagos.esteri.it\/en\/servizi-consolari-e-visti\/servizi-per-il-cittadino-straniero\/visti\/dove-chiedere-un-visto\/","title":{"rendered":"Where to apply for a visa"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/visas-it.tlscontact.com\/en-us\/country\/ng\/vac\/ngLGV2it\">TLScontact &#8211; Visa Application Centre \u2013 Lagos<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>address: 4th floor, Ivie House, 4\/6 Ajose Adeogun Strada, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria<\/li>\n<li>opening hours: only by appointment from Monday to Friday \u2013 from 8:00am till 1:00pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/visas-it.tlscontact.com\/it-it\/country\/ng\/vac\/ngABV2it\">TLScontact &#8211; Visa Application Centre &#8211; Abuja<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>address: 3rd floor, Murkhtar El-Yakub Place next to Metro Plaza, Plot 1129 Zakariya Maimalari Street, Business Central District, Abuja, Nigeria<\/li>\n<li>opening hours: only by appointment from Monday to Friday \u2013 from 8:00am till 1:00pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/conslagos.esteri.it\/en\/chi-siamo\/gli-uffici\/\">Consulate General of Italy \u2013 Lagos<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<em>only for Family Reunion<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>address: 12B, Walter Carrington Crescent, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria<\/li>\n<li>from Monday to Thursday \u2013 from 9:00am til 12noon<\/li>\n<li><strong>Registration on the Prenot@Mi Portal<br \/>\n<\/strong>Before submitting the required documentation, applicants must register on the\u00a0Prenot@Mi\u00a0portal and request an appointment in accordance with the procedures provided by the system. Please note that, in the case of families, the number of applicants must be indicated. <a href=\"https:\/\/prenotami.esteri.it\/\">Home Page \u2013 Prenot@Mi (esteri.it)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please note that visa applications must be submitted through the<strong>\u00a0TLSContact Agency,\u00a0<\/strong>which has submission offices in both Abuja and Lagos. Appointments must be booked in advance, following user registration, via the website\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/visas-it.tlscontact.com\/en-us\/country\/ng\">https:\/\/visas-it.tlscontact.com\/en-us\/country\/ng<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BENIN:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Schengen Visas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please be informed that, pursuant to a bilateral representation agreement, the <a href=\"https:\/\/bj.diplomatie.gouv.fr\/\">Embassy of France in Cotonou<\/a> is currently responsible for processing Schengen visa applications submitted by citizens of the Republic of Benin travelling to Italy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>National Visas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The submission and collection of applications for Italian national visas are handled by the Honorary Consulate of Italy in Cotonou, Republic of Benin, at the following address:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Honorary Consulate of Italy in Cotonou<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>12th Arrondissement, Les Cocotiers, Haie Vive<br \/>\nMaison 341, Cotonou<br \/>\nRepublic of Benin<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Roberta COPELLI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Honorary Consul<\/p>\n<p>Tel.:\u00a0+229 015 750 4743<br \/>\nE-mail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Consolato.onorario.italiabenin@gmail.com\">Consolato.onorario.italiabenin@gmail.com<\/a><br \/>\nE-mail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Secretariat.consulatitaliebenin@gmail.com\">Secretariat.consulatitaliebenin@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TLScontact &#8211; Visa Application Centre \u2013 Lagos address: 4th floor, Ivie House, 4\/6 Ajose Adeogun Strada, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria opening hours: only by appointment from Monday to Friday \u2013 from 8:00am till 1:00pm &nbsp; TLScontact &#8211; Visa Application Centre &#8211; Abuja address: 3rd floor, Murkhtar El-Yakub Place next to Metro Plaza, Plot 1129 Zakariya [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":154,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3749","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conslagos.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conslagos.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conslagos.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conslagos.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conslagos.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3749"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/conslagos.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4190,"href":"https:\/\/conslagos.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3749\/revisions\/4190"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conslagos.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conslagos.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}