How to Renew an Expired Niger Passport

Renew your Niger passport through the Embassy in Washington, DC or the Interior Ministry in Niamey.

The Ministry of the Interior of Niger and the Niger Embassy in Washington, DC are the two primary institutions that accept passport renewal requests. Much like when renewing a passport from any other country, to renew a Niger passport, you will need to submit some basic elements such as passport photos, a passport renewal form and a passport renewal fee.

Things You'll Need

• Passport photos
• Passport renewal form
• Passport renewal fee
• Birth certificate
• National identity document

Instructions

1. Access the website of the Embassy of Niger in the United States (embassyofniger.org; 2204 R St. NW, Washington, DC; 202-483-4224). Click on the "Consular Forms" link on the left side of the page. This will open a page with a long list of forms -- in French.

2. Click on the fourth form on the list: "Prorogation de Passeport." This means, literally, "extension of passport." This opens the passport renewal form as an Adobe PDF file.

3. Print and fill out the form. Make a copy of the form, as you will need to present two copies in order to request that your passport be renewed. Make a second copy, to keep for your records.

4. Gather the other required documentation. Aside from two copies of the passport renewal form, you will need two passport photos and a passport renewal fee of $84.46, as of March 2011. You may also need your birth certificate, copies of your previous passport and your national identity document.

5. Mail copies of these documents to the Niger Embassy in Washington, DC. Niger does not have consulates outside of Washington, DC, so you will have to use the main embassy.

6. Mail copies of these documents to the Ministry of the Interior in Niamey if you are attempting to renew a passport from within Niger. Alternately, you can present them in person.

Tips & Warnings

• If you do not speak French, you will need to have your passport renewal form translated into another language; the entire form is in French and the website does not offer versions in other languages. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, the website offers a link to a download so that you can open the passport renewal form.

• The Ministry of the Interior in Niamey has no website. The website of the Niger Embassy in Washington, DC, is very basic and does not support a system through which a citizen could submit a passport renewal request. Passport renewal requests must be mailed or presented in person to either institution.

References

• Embassy of Niger: Washington, DC
• Embassy of Niger: Washington, DC: Consular Forms