Nigeria passport to Senegal
Visa-free · 90 days for Nigeria passport holders.
NigeriaSenegalShort stayNigeria passport holders can enter Senegal without a visa and stay up to 90 days.
This is short-stay visitor policy only. It does not let you work, study or settle in Senegal — that needs a residence permit.
- How long you can stay
- Up to 90 days
- Senegal passports in Nigeria
- Visa-free
- Getting in
- No application. Senegal's border officers decide how long you get, up to 90 days, and can ask for an onward ticket and proof you can support yourself, so carry both.
Staying in Senegal longer
What Senegal's routes say about Nigeria passports
ECOWAS nationals skip the entry visa but still need the card.
Stamped employment contract + carte d'identité d'étrangerECOWAS nationals and students are reported to be exempt from the bond.
Stamped employment contract + carte d'identité d'étrangerCitizens of the fifteen ECOWAS member states — Nigeria, Ghana, Mali, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, The Gambia, Burkina Faso, Niger, Benin, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Cabo Verde and Senegal itself.
ECOWAS free movement (entry and residence, but still a card)Côte d'Ivoire went further than the protocol required and abolished the permit for ECOWAS nationals altogether.
ECOWAS free movement (entry and residence, but still a card)
Living here takes a residence permit. 6 routes researched:
- Work / sponsored ×2
- Investment
- Family
- Student
- Retirement
Nigeria and Senegal side by side
| Nigeria | Senegal | |
|---|---|---|
| Capital | Abuja | Dakar |
| Languages | English, Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo | French, Wolof, Pular, Sérère, Diola, Mandinka, Soninké |
| Currency | Nigerian Naira | West African CFA Franc |
| GDP per person (2025) | $1,224 | $1,955 |
| Population | 237.5M | 18.9M |
GDP and population: World Bank.