Sankalp is the only platform built exclusively for the Nigeria–India corridor — with offline-first drafts, mobile biometric capture, medical fast-tracks, and naira payments that settle to the Embassy by close of business.
Nine official visa categories, each with category-specific document checklists and fee structures. Two categories — Medical and Business — receive prioritised handling in recognition of their importance to the Nigeria–India corridor.
Every application moves through six clearly defined stages. At each stage, you are notified across the channels you choose — and the public timeline shows you exactly where things stand, in real time.
Begin the Process →Complete the application offline-friendly form. Our pre-validation engine scans every uploaded document for blur, expiry, and integrity issues — before you visit the centre.
Remita, Interswitch, or in-branch deposit slip. Payments settle to the Embassy account on the same day, with full transactional transparency.
CAC, NIN, and supporting-document checks run automatically. Pick a slot at Lagos or Abuja — or request a mobile biometric team to come to you.
Fingerprints, photo, and signature — at our centres in Lagos or Abuja, or at your home or office anywhere in Nigeria via our mobile kit.
Sent to the Mission for sovereign review. Officers may raise an RFI, which you respond to within the platform without re-applying.
Pick up your passport at the centre, or have it delivered to your door by GIG Logistics or DHL — with real-time tracking up to your gate.
Four capabilities you will not find on a one-size-fits-all visa portal — each engineered around how Nigerians actually live, travel, and transact.
Trusted Nigerian hospitals upload referrals directly. The Embassy verifies the institution once; every patient referral after that flows on a priority lane — ahead of standard tourist queues.
Live in Port Harcourt, Kano, Ibadan, or Calabar? Our mobile biometric teams come to you. High-net-worth individuals and corporate groups skip the flight to Lagos or Abuja entirely.
Network drops mid-form? You won't lose a keystroke. Our progressive web app stores drafts locally, syncs when you reconnect, and protects every entry with conflict-aware versioning.
Direct API hooks to verify Nigerian documents — CAC certificates, NIN identity, BVN-bound refund accounts, and ICAO-9303 passport check digits. Forgeries are caught at upload, not at the counter.
Enter your reference number to see real-time progress. Or message “track REF-2026-XXXXXX” to our official WhatsApp number and we’ll reply within seconds — even on a 2G connection.
If your hospital regularly refers patients to Indian institutions, get accredited once and refer endlessly. We verify your accreditation; your patients receive priority appointment slots and accelerated processing.
Apply for hospital accreditation →Submitting visas for an executive delegation, a sales team, or a conference contingent? One manager account creates and tracks every application in the batch — with consolidated invoicing and on-site biometric visits available.
Set up a corporate account →Your data, your money, and the Embassy’s records are protected by layered controls designed to satisfy both Nigerian financial regulators and Indian diplomatic standards. Every action is logged. Every transaction reconciles to the kobo. No exceptions.
Standard tourist and business categories typically resolve in 3–5 working days from the day biometrics are captured. Medical fast-track applications are prioritised and can resolve in 24–48 hours where the referring hospital is verified. Employment and long-stay categories may take 7–10 working days.
You can see live progress for your specific application on the tracking widget above.
No. While our two visa application centres in Lagos and Abuja remain available, you can also request our Mobile Biometric Kit service. A vetted team will visit your home, office, or hospital anywhere in Nigeria — particularly useful for high-net-worth individuals, corporate delegations, and patients in cities like Port Harcourt, Kano, Calabar, and Ibadan.
A modest service fee applies, and corporate group rates are available for batches of 2 or more applicants.
We accept payments through Remita, Interswitch, and direct bank-branch deposit using a system-generated reference slip. All payments settle to the Embassy of India’s designated account on the same business day.
Our pre-validation engine scans every document the moment you upload it, checking for blur, expired dates, missing CAC numbers on business documents, photo background and aspect ratio, and other common issues. You’re shown specific guidance before you ever leave home for the centre.
If issues are caught later in the process, an officer can raise a Request-For-Information; you respond directly within the platform without needing to start over.
Visa fees are generally non-refundable once an application has been forwarded to the Mission for decision, in line with global diplomatic practice. However, refunds are available for specific exceptions: duplicate payments, applications cancelled before biometric capture, fee overpayments, and certain hardship cases.
Refund requests follow a defined approval workflow with full audit transparency. You can initiate a request directly from your application dashboard.
Yes. Every uploaded document is encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM and stored outside our public file space. Sensitive identity values such as your NIN are never stored in raw form — only one-way hashes. Access to your application is restricted to authorised Embassy officers and is fully audited.
Our systems comply with Nigerian financial-sector data-handling guidelines and operate under diplomatic data-protection protocols.
Visit our Hospital Partner Portal and submit your accreditation request with CAC, MDCN registration, and contact details. Embassy administration reviews each application; once verified, you receive credentials and an HMAC-secured API key to refer patients directly into the priority lane.
Begin your Indian visa application from any device, anywhere in Nigeria. Save your draft as you go — even offline. Pick up exactly where you left off.