{"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":"2026-06-12T16:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T14:20:11","slug":"where-to-apply-for-a-visa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conslagos.esteri.it\/en\/servizi-consolari-e-visti\/servizi-per-il-cittadino-straniero\/visti\/where-to-apply-for-a-visa\/","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\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">TLScontact &#8211; Visa Application Centre \u2013 Lagos<\/span><\/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\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">TLScontact &#8211; Visa Application Centre &#8211; Abuja<\/span><\/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\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Consulate General of Italy \u2013 Lagos<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>only for Family Reunion<\/em><\/span>\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<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">BENIN:<\/span><\/span><\/strong> <\/span>Please note that all the visa applications from Beninese nationals travelling to Italy are currently handled by the the\u00a0<strong>French Embassy in Cotonou<\/strong>\u00a0(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bj.diplomatie.gouv.fr\/\">https:\/\/bj.diplomatie.gouv.fr<\/a><\/span>) based on a bilateral representation agreement.<\/p>\n<p>All general information regarding the submission of visa applications for Italy and the Schengen Area is available on the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/vistoperitalia.esteri.it\/\">official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI)<\/a><\/span><\/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":1,"href":"https:\/\/conslagos.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3751,"href":"https:\/\/conslagos.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3749\/revisions\/3751"}],"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}]}}