Guidance

Nigeria: tuberculosis test clinics for a UK visa

Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Nigeria for your UK visa application.

From:
UK Visas and Immigration
Published
16 January 2014
Last updated
243 JulySeptember 2024 — See all updates

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Tuberculosis testing in Nigeria

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You’ll need to have a tuberculosis (TB) test if you’re coming to the UK for 6 months or more and both of the following apply:

  • you’ve lived in Nigeria or Benin for 6 months or more
  • you were living there (or another listed country) within the last 6 months

You’ll need a TB test if you’re coming to the UK as:

Updates to this page

Published 16 January 2014
Last updated 243 JulySeptember 2024 + show all updates

  1. IOM Abuja secondary phone number removed, IOM Lagos and The Consultants Practice Lagos fees updated.

  2. Updates to phone numbers, email addresses, and online booking links.

  3. Updated contact details and test fees for TB clinics in Nigeria. Added clinic details for the International Organization For Migration (IOM) Migration Health Assessment Centre (MHAC) in Benin.

  4. Updated the fees for the Consultants Practice in Lagos.

  5. Updated fees for Organization For Migration (IOM) in Abuja.

  6. Added test fees for The Consultants Practice in Lagos.

  7. Updated eligibility details on who needs a TB certificate.

  8. Added St. Nicholas Hospital details.

  9. Added Q-Life Family Clinic and The Consultants Practice details.

  10. Removed a reference that highlights returning residents do not require a TB certificate.

  11. Updated online TB test appointment information for Abuja and Lagos.

  12. Updated IOM contact details changed for Abuja and Lagos.

  13. Updated information on tuberculosis testing in Abuja.

  14. Abuja clinic address updated.

  15. Step-by-step guidance added.

  16. Updated contact details for Abuja, Nigeria.

  17. Updated guidance.

  18. Updated details.

  19. Updated IOM address.

  20. New IOM TB clinic address in Lagos.

  21. Updated TB fee information.

  22. Updated Lagos address

  23. First published.

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