Portuguese Embassy in Abuja

Nigerian citizens need a visa for Portugal, obtained before travel. Whether the Portuguese embassy in Abuja takes applications itself or through a visa centre is set out on its official website.

2025 figures: 3,026 short-stay Schengen visa applications were lodged at Portugal’s embassy in Abuja, and 1,313 visas were issued. 1,713 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 56.3%. The refusal rate fell by 3.9 points from 60.2% in 2024. Applications rose by 31% compared with 2024 (2,316).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 54.9% (2023) to 60.2% (2024).

Across all Schengen consulates in Nigeria, 47.9% of applications were refused in 2025; Portugal’s rate worldwide was 23.3%. Portugal received the 6th largest number of applications of the 17 Schengen states represented here.

47.9% of the visas issued here were multiple-entry visas, valid for several trips. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of Nigeria.

The Portuguese embassy in Abuja is the only mission of Portugal in Nigeria on record. Nigeria in turn has an embassy in Lisbon.

About the Portuguese embassy in Abuja

It appears in official lists as Embassy of Portugal in Abuja.

Address and contact

Address: Orinoco Street 3655, Abuja. No phone number or website is on record for the Portuguese embassy in Abuja.

Portuguese citizens travelling to Nigeria

Portuguese citizens need an e-Visa for Nigeria, applied for online before travel and valid for up to 90 days.

When the Portuguese embassy in Abuja is closed

The Portuguese embassy in Abuja closes on Nigeria’s public holidays, the next being Christmas Day on Friday 25 December 2026 and Boxing Day on Monday 28 December 2026, and usually on holidays of Portugal such as Restoration of Independence (Restauração da Independência) on Tuesday 1 December 2026.

Near the Portuguese embassy in Abuja

The Portuguese embassy in Abuja has 5 other foreign missions within 1 km.