How to Travel Out of Nigeria for Free

Naijafans · Jun 24, 2022

Best Ways to Travel Out of Nigeria and How to travel out of Nigeria for free. Right?

Read to the end of this article to discover how to travel out of Nigeria free.

Here are the best ways to travel out of Nigeria (abroad):

1. Gain Admission to Study Abroad

This is one of the best ways of leaving the shores of Nigeria.

It’s easier to get accepted to study in a foreign country than to get accepted as a resident.

Countries such as France, Germany, Norway, Canada offer free/cheap education and student visa for undergraduates.

Academic scholarships are available for lots of countries as you can search online based on course, country, and fees.

If you have your Secondary School Education with WAEC or GCE, you can easily secure an admission with any higher institution in any part of the world (especially with English support) and you won’t have to wait for JAMB to enter school.

If your GPA is at least 2.1, you can get an admission for a master’s program.

Just prove that you or your sponsor is financially okay and your visa will be issued.

2. Get a Job Overseas

If you know someone living overseas, he or she can easily help you secure a good job there.

It is normally easier to go through someone you know very well and trust to avoid getting into the hands of human traffickers who might force you into prostitution and other things you normally won’t like to do.

Some common job opportunities Nigerians do when they travel abroad include house-sitting job, bartender, cook, tour guide, hostel worker, factory worker and farmworker.

Also, if you study abroad, getting a job won’t be a hard task especially in the developed parts of the world.

3. Become an English Instructor Abroad

There is a high and increasing demand for English instructors in countries like China, Japan, Thailand and India.

Getting the job is quite easy, so far you can perfectly read, write and speak English.

You just need to be confident in your English language skills and you can rake in thousands monthly.

4. Get Married to Someone Abroad

This is one of the surest ways of getting a visa to any country of the world.

It doesn’t matter if the marriage is arranged or real, you just have to get the documents.

There are many dating sites you can sign-up to connect with interested and ‘singles’ that are ready to ‘mingle’.

Shine your eyes to avoid getting scammed and don’t break someone’s heart just because you want to travel abroad because it will come back and hunt you.

5. Attend Conferences

You can also travel outside Nigeria by attending events and conferences.

Thousands of conferences take place yearly in countries like Canada, Japan, Australia, USA and UK.

Lots of folks have travelled out through conferences.

If you are a security or IT professional, you can apply online to get out.

6. Represent Nigeria Officially

Want to travel abroad easily? Why not prove yourself the best in your country?

That way you get to travel to various countries to represent your country in international events.

When you finally arrive in that country, please do not overstay your visa, because doing so will not only affect your chances of renewing your visa but will also affect others seeking to get a visa into that country.

7. Leave Nigeria as an Investor

You can leave Nigeria legally by getting an investor visa which allows you to live or get citizenship in countries like UK, US, UAE, St Kitts and Nevis, Cyprus, Maldives, Malta, if you invest a certain amount of money in business (usually $50k and above).

You can also buy properties in these countries to get a permanent residency status.

8. Travel as a Tourist

Visa application differs with countries, and Nigerians can apply to every single country in the world.

You can plan to visit a country first as a tourist before deciding to move temporarily or permanently.

Please do not work on a tourist visa.

Every country has its process to convert from a tourist to a work visa so research the specific country you are interested in.

9. Leave Nigeria as a Professional

Work visa allows one to work as a non-immigrant, based on experience, age, education, job offers, fields of work (IT, Healthcare, Arts).

Think of any country and search for jobs in your field of work on sites such as Indeed, LinkedIn, Glassdoor.

If you’re a qualified doctor, nurse, health professional or adult social care professional you can get a Tier 2 (Health and Care) visa with a job offer from the NHS or related organization.
You can also get a domestic employee visa if your employer is migrating to a foreign country like US, UK, UAE.
If you are a pastor/missionary, you can get a temporary religious worker visa for countries such United Kingdom, United States of America, and Netherlands.
Get non-immigrant visa as an individual with extraordinary ability or achievement, individual or team athlete, or member of an entertainment group (with international recognition of sustained performance).

10. Apply for Permanent Residence

You can leave Nigeria by applying to become a permanent resident of a country if your qualifications and experience meet the labour demands of that country.

The UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada are the four countries where you can do this.

You don’t really need a sponsor to immigrate to Canada. If you have a degree and a good job, you can apply on your own. It takes 18 months.

File for residency by getting engaged and planning to marry, or better still, already married to a citizen of another country.
Get a refugee or humanitarian visa (asylum) if you are subject to persecution in your home country or you face substantial discrimination or human rights abuses.
Get a family visa as a spouse, parent or child of a person who is a citizen or has a visa in some countries such as the US, Canada, UK.
Apply for a Global Talent visa to live or work in the UK if you’re a leader or potential leader in one of the following fields: academia or research, arts and culture, digital technology and the apply for permanent residency after.