No visa needed

Do citizens of Nigeria need a visa for Chad?

Citizens of Nigeria don’t need a visa for Chad and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Nigeria: the passport opens 26 countries visa-free; Abuja — N'Djamena: ≈ 890 km, about 1.5 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Chad without a visa on a Nigeria passport?

Yes, citizens of Nigeria don’t need a visa for Chad for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Chad visa rules at a glance

With a Nigeria passport you can visit 26 countries visa-free, 14 with a visa on arrival and 47 with an e-visa; 111 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Nigeria passport ranks 157th of 199.
Nigeria passport: visa-free access to 26 countries; Chad passport: 24.
Citizens of Nigeria and Chad can travel together visa-free to 13 countries, for example: Benin, Cameroon, Niger, Ivory Coast, Mali, Gambia, Rwanda, Kenya, Seychelles, Barbados, Dominica, Haiti, and Micronesia.
Nigeria and Chad share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Chad, in turn, don’t need a visa for Nigeria. Nigeria visa for citizens of Chad

Travelling to Chad: good to know

Abuja — N'Djamena: about 890 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Central African CFA Franc.
Languages: Arabic and French.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ FCFA 575.
Chad is the 5th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Nigeria.