Documents Needed for NYSC Online Registration

These documents are required for registration and mobilization of Nigerian-trained graduates into the National Youth Service Corps.

1. Degree Certificate

A degree certificate or diploma is awarded by an educational establishment to show that someone has successfully completed a course of study.

This document, issued by your tertiary institution, officially validates your graduation and degree acquisition.

It certifies that you have fulfilled the minimum educational criteria for participating in the NYSC program.

Verify that the name and graduation date on your certificate correspond with the information on your dashboard.

Any discrepancies, particularly on the date of graduation, may cause you being sent back home.

Polytechnic graduates are mandated to provide both their HND and OND certificates or statements of results.

Foreign graduates must present their original certificates for validation.

Your degree certificate is one of the important documents needed for NYSC online registration in Nigeria.

2. Passport Photograph

Prospective corps members should ensure that passport photographs used meet these specifications:

• General Nigerian passport photo size is 35×45 mm.
• You must be recognizable in the photograph.
• Your face must cover 70% of the whole photo and be visible from ear to ear and forehead to chin.
• When taking a picture, keep your eyes open and mouth closed.
• Your face (eyes, nose, ears, mouth and jaw) is fully shown without bending.
• The picture fills the frame and centralized.
• The photo background is white or off-white with no shadow.

To ensure smooth identification across various services, submit recent passport photographs with a white background.

You’ll need your passports for your meal ticket, bank account opening, SAED registration, and many other important procedures in camp.

Regarding camp registration and other official documents, you only need about 5 to 7 passports for NYSC.

This will save you time and hassle in the long run.

3. National Identification Number (NIN)

The National Identification Number comprises 11 non-intelligible numbers assigned to an individual by NIMC after the completion of enrolment into the national identity database.

NIN is used to match you with your biometric data and other details in the national identity database during verification and authentication.

Once the NIN is assigned to an individual, it can never be reassigned, given, or used by another person–that makes it unique.

The NIN is used to tie all records about an individual in the database and is also used to verify identification.

All citizens and legal residents in Nigeria, from age zero (birth) and above, are eligible to enroll for their NINs.

The National Identification Number (NIN) is a mandatory requirement for corps members registration for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).

NYSC insisted that prospective corps members without the identification number would not be mobilized for national service.

The organization said it took the decision during the meeting of NYSC management with the management of the National Identification Management Commission (NIMC).

4. Signature

This is the act of signing one’s name to something.

This is a person’s name written distinctively as identification in authorizing.

Your signature should be written on paper and scan to be uploaded online.

Document Upload on the NYSC Portal

Here are the steps to upload documents on the NYSC portal:

• Log into the NYSC portal using your e-mail address and password.
• Hover to the “Certificate Upload” page.
• Click the “Add New Document” button below.
• Select the file you want to upload from your computer and click the “Upload” button.
• The document will upload to your account, and you can view it whenever you want.

When you join the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), you must upload all the required documents to the portal.

You must take with you all the required documents to the camp for verification.

Presenting fake or invalid documents will cause disqualification.

To register, prospective corps members should visit the NYSC portal and create an account if they don’t have one already.

Once they are logged in, click on the “Fresh Registration” link to begin the registration process.

Provide this information during registration:

• Personal details, such as name, date of birth, and gender.
• Contact information, such as email address and phone number.
• Academic details, such as institution attended, course of study, and date of graduation.
• NYSC mobilization details, such as batch and stream.

Prospective corps members will also need to upload scanned copies of these documents:

• Passport photograph
• Signature
• Degree certificate

Once corps members have submitted their registration forms and uploaded all required documents, they will need to pay a registration fee of ₦4,000.

Payment can be made online using a debit or credit card, or at any bank branch in Nigeria.

After successful payment, print out your registration slip.

Keep this slip safe, as it will be required for you to take part in the orientation course.

Concessional Posting

Prospective corps members can enjoy concessional posting during registration based on marital or health grounds.

1. Marital Ground

This is for married female prospective corps members who want to be posted to their husband’s state of domicile.

Such prospective corps members should login to their dashboard and upload these documents during online registration:

• Copies of your marriage certificate.
• Evidence of change of name and husband’s place of domicile during registration.
• Husband’s means of identification (driving license, national ID card).

Note that those who want to relocate from their current state of deployment to their husband’s state of domicile should apply with these documents attached.

• Marriage certificate.
• Newspaper publication for change of name.
• Letter from husband employer.
• Husband means of identification.

2. Health Ground

Prospective corps members with serious health challenge should show their true health status during registration to enable concessional deployment for them.

Such prospective corps members should login to their dashboard and upload these documents during online registration:

• Medical report from federal or state general hospitals.
• Doctor’s details.