CANADIAN HIGH COMMISSION IN NIGERIA

Canadian High Commissioner in Nigeria, Chris Cooter

High commission of Canada in Nigeria has its headquarter office at number 15 rue Bobo street, Maitama, Abuja.

Christopher Cooter is the Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria. He was named High Commissioner of Canada to Nigeria and Canada’s Permanent Observer to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in September 2010. He joined the Department of External Affairs in 1990 after working in Vancouver as a lawyer in private practice and for the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development as a lands officer. He has since served abroad in Nairobi, New Delhi and Brussels, where he was deputy permanent representative of the Canadian Joint Delegation to the North Atlantic Council.

Visa Application

A travel to Canada can be for a visit, temporary work, to study, or as a refugee.

For a short visit immigrants need to meet certain entry requirements. In some cases, if one plans to stay in Canada for a certain period of time, Temporary Resident Visa is required.

A work permit is required for most temporary jobs in Canada. Though , for some positions and business people it is not necessary.

There is also a study visa for students wishing to visit Canada to continue their study.

BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION IN NIGERIA

British High Commissioner Andrew Lloyd (R).

The British High Commission in Nigeria its main office located at Dangote House, Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama District, Abuja. Other offices of the commission are located at  11 Walter Carrington Crescent, Vitoria Island, Lagos, Plot 230, Olu Obasanjo Road, Port Harcourt, and number 3, Independence Way (Alimi Road Entrance) Kaduna.

The High Commission is responsible to the British government for all aspects of relationship between UK and Nigeria.

Andrew Lloyd is the High Commissioner of UK to Nigeria; he is the Non-Resident Ambassador to the Republic of Benin and Permanent Representative to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

Lloyd before assuming his current post in Nigeria was Director, Corporate Services, at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) from 2008 to 2010, aiming to reform the way the FCO runs its people, buildings and money.

Until 2008, Lloyd was the FCO Director for Africa – the senior foreign policy adviser on Africa to the British Foreign Secretary, also responsible for leading a network of 30-plus British Embassies, High Commissions and other posts around Africa.

From 2000 to February 2002, he was head of the British Diplomatic Office in Kosovo, leading the British diplomatic effort to end the conflict between Serbia and Kosovo, where he was closely involved in the establishment of Kosovo’s self-government and democratic institutions.

AUSTRALIAN HIGH COMMISSION IN NIGERIA

Australian High Commissioner Ian Mcconville

Australian High Commission in Nigeria is located at 5^th Floor, Oakland Centre, 48 Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja.

Mr. Ian McConville is the Australian high commissioner to Nigeria.

Mr McConville is a career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He led with distinction the Government's response to the tragic Sundance air crash in the Republic of the Congo and has extensive experience in the Department and has previously served overseas as Australia's High Commissioner to Mauritius. He has had earlier postings to Cambodia and Pakistan.

Mr McConville holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, an LLB and a Master of Arts degree in Foreign Affairs and Trade from Monash University. He also holds a Graduate Diploma in Foreign Affairs and Trade from the Australian National University and is a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria. Mr McConville speaks French. He is married with three children.