No visa needed

Do citizens of Chad need a visa for Nigeria?

Citizens of Chad don’t need a visa for Nigeria 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 Chad: the passport opens 24 countries visa-free; N'Djamena — Abuja: ≈ 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 Nigeria without a visa on a Chad passport?

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

Nigeria visa rules at a glance

With a Chad passport you can visit 24 countries visa-free, 25 with a visa on arrival and 46 with an e-visa; 102 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Chad passport ranks 161st of 199.
Chad passport: visa-free access to 24 countries; Nigeria passport: 26.
Citizens of Chad and Nigeria can travel together visa-free to 13 countries, for example: Cameroon, Niger, Benin, Rwanda, Ivory Coast, Mali, Kenya, Gambia, Seychelles, Barbados, Dominica, Haiti, and Micronesia.
Chad and Nigeria share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Nigeria, in turn, don’t need a visa for Chad. Chad visa for citizens of Nigeria

Travelling to Nigeria: good to know

N'Djamena — Abuja: 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: Nigerian Naira.
Languages: English.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ NGN 1,329.
Nigeria is the 1st closest of 196 destinations open to citizens of Chad.