NYSC Registration Requirements for Foreign Graduates

NYSC Registration Requirements For Foreign Graduates

The following are required to complete your registration as a foreign trained graduate wishing to complete the national youth service corps:

1. The original and photocopies of the following documents are required for registration and mobilization of foreign trained Nigerian graduates into the National Youth Service Corps.
   • First University Degree or HND Certificate
   • Complete Transcript of the Degree or HND programme
   • Marks Sheets (for Indian Schools only)
   • O’level Certificate i.e WASC, GCE, SSCE, NECO, IGCE, GCSE, High School Diploma for those who schooled in USA e.t.c. (candidate must have obtained not less than 5 credits in 2 sittings in any of the exams). Please note that statement of result or attestation letters are not accepted in any of the above.
   • Medical Doctors and Optometrists are required to produce in addition, Registration Certificate, original and photocopy of completion of Housemanship of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria/Optometrists Association of Nigeria, as applicable.
   • Pharmacists shall produce in addition, original and photocopy of Internship and the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria-registration certificate.
     
     
2. Nigerian International Passport showing clearly
   • Entry Visa to country of study
   • First departure date from Nigeria
   • Date of return to Nigeria
   • Candidates with dual nationality are required to produce both passports for verification.
     
     
3. Three (3) passport size photographs.
   
   
4. For Special Case Of Loss Of Travelling Passport
   • Police and Immigration reports from the country where the Passport got missing
   • Sworn Affidavit
   • The above documents should contain the information as contained in the passport
     
     
5. For Special Case Of Loss Of Academic Credentials
   • Police Report
   • Sworn Affidavit
   • Confirmation letter from the institution where the academic credentials was obtained
     
     
6. Certificates not written in English Language be translated at the Embassy of the country of origin of the University or a University where the language is studied, before presentation to the NYSC.
   
   
7. Special Note
   • Foreign-trained graduates enlisting into the Nigerian Youth Service are not obliged to choose their State of deployment. However, married women would be deployed to the state where their husbands are domiciled provided their marriage certificate and evidence of change of name are attached to their forms
   • Registration is not done by proxy. All prospective Corps Members must therefore appear physically at the Evaluation Division of the Corps mobilization Department for registration, NYSC National Directorate Headquarters, Plot 416, Tigris Crescent. Maitama, Abuja.