Domicile Letter – Everything You Must Know

This post is about the domicile letter for NYSC and I will discuss every details and everything you need to know about it from start to finish.

Either you are searching for the NYSC domicile letter details and sample, or you are married and you want to know how to get deployment to your husband’s state, this post is all you need.

Let me quickly clarify to you that the domicile letter is not for everybody. It’s simply for married female prospective Corps members that want NYSC to deploy them to their husband’s state of residence.

If you are not a married female prospective Corps Member, this is not your business.

Domicile Letter

A domicile letter for NYSC is a piece of document all married female Corpers must submit to make NYSC management post them around their husband. Let me try to make the definition more simple. This is a letter for NYSC from your local Governments that clearly certifies and confirms your husband’s residential address.

Before I answer your question about sample of a husband’s letter of domicile, a sample of a this letter, how to write a letter of Domicile for NYSC and every question relating to this letter for NYSC, let me tell you the relationship between this letter and NYSC.  See also: NYSC Portal Relocation And Redeployment – Best Easy Guide

NYSC And Domicile Letter

The National Youth Service Corps management understands that whatever God has joined together, let no one put asunder and NYSC really respect the fact that a female Married Corper needs to stay close to their husband.

So the management will ask them to upload a domicile letter for NYSC as a confirmation of their husband’s residential address. This will then enable NYSC management to deploy them very close to their husband.

How You Can Get The Letter

Getting this letter for NYSC is simple and am going to show you the procedure. What you will do is go to the local government very close to your husband’s residential address and tell them you need this letter for your husband.

You and your husband should go together because there is some information they will need to give the letter.

The information varies from local government, so you can go to a close one and ask for the requirement of this letter. See also: How To Apply For NYSC Relocation Online

Sample Of Domicile Letter For NYSC

Below are real samples from real people who got their letter of domicile from their husband’s residential local government.

This sample is just for educational purposes and you cannot reuse it for anything. I censored the sample so as to keep the real identity safe.

domicile letter

Domicile letter

More Tips You Need

Here are tips that will help you get the best out of this letter for NYSC.


  • Do not forge this letter because the verification is easy for NYSC. It’s not even good to submit a fake document in any case.
  • Take your husband along if it is possible. This is for fast and easy processing.
  • Get the letter from a local Government close to you because that local government area is where NYSC will deploy you to.
  • Upload the letter of domicile during NYSC registration and take it also along to camp. Just in case.
  • Use correct information for acquiring the letter.

In conclusion, the NYSC domicile letter serves as a crucial document for married female corps members in Nigeria. By obtaining this letter from their husband’s local government of residence, these corps members can request deployment to be closer to their spouses during the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program.

If you have any further questions, use the comment box below and I will gladly respond.

Thank you for reading. Please share because sharing is caring.

48 thoughts on “Domicile Letter – Everything You Must Know”

  1. When I did my own, my husband got it in a local government close to our house and I got posted to a school down my street. Just make sure the local govt is very close because that’s where you will be posted.

      1. Onyechere chidimma

        Good morning ma,my neighbour dat served last 2 years, said dat she collected her letter of domicile at magistrate court, is dat possible or it must be only local government, thank u.

        1. It’s better and safer to use the Local government close to your husband residential address má. Because that’s the local government you will be posted to. I will advice you use Local government

      2. What of if I didnt write the domicile letter?is there any problem?because my husband reside in abuja and all the local government are not close to us

  2. Gud morning, you are doing a great Job thanks for your help.
    I have a question to ask, I’m married, my statement of results is showing my formal name. I have done my change of name though,
    If I’m doing my registration, and upload my marriage certificate which of course has a different name with the one in my statement of results. Will it be accepted?

    1. Good afternoon sis. I don’t have a marriage certificate yet and I have a baby.. What do you suggest I do? I don’t want to be posts to a far place

  3. good afternoon thanks so much for this wonderful information sis…. I was told that dey will need a call up number at d local government for the domicile letter, Is dat so?

  4. Good day ma
    I uploaded every other document except a domicile letter.
    Please what is the implication?
    Will I be posted to another state aside the one my husband resides?

  5. I went to the nysc secretariat and they told me all I need for the domicile letter is a letter written by the company my husband works with their letterhead paper. And I’m seeing something different here. Pls guide me accordingly. Thanks

  6. Good day,I was told to get the domicile letter from my husband work place using the letter headed paper of the work place.

  7. Good day,I went to the NYSC secretariat and I was told to get the domicile letter from my husband work place using the letter headed paper of the work place.

  8. Odukoya Rashidat

    Hi Lola princess, I have some questions please
    1 is a church or mosque marriage certificate accepted in Nysc and am I to upload during registration?
    2 is it possible to register as a married woman and still go to camp because I heard a married woman will only be posted to place of primary assignment without camp?

  9. Thanks for all the information, pls I registered as single when nysc open portal, it was after the registration that I got married. Pls what can I do so that nysc will post me to whr my husband is.
    I now have my marraige certificate, newspaper publication, affidavit of change of name. How will I go about it for Nysc to post me to my husband place

  10. Thank you for the information. God bless you .

    Please I have a question

    My husband did certificate of identification residence some years ago even before we got married, do I still need to do a domicile letter or use the certificate of identification residence. I’ll be very happy to get response. Thanks 👍

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Scroll to Top