Employee residence for a qualifying one-year Gibraltar employment contract paying at least the current average gross annual earnings.
Southern Europe · Immigration
Gibraltar
Gibraltar sits in Southern Europe. Its immigration system runs 11 distinct routes — led by residence-based status, work and family, each set out in official law. All 11 cite an official government source, shown on the route with the date we last read it. Who actually qualifies depends on your full profile.
- Immigration routes
- 11across 7 route categories, each set out in official law
- Source-cited routes
- 11 of 11cite an official government source, with the date we last read it
- Largest category
- Residence-based status3 of the 11 routes — see them under Residence-based status below
- Region
- Southern Europe
- Capital
- Gibraltar
- Population
- 40,126
- Official language
- English
- Currency
- GIP
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
Source-cited pathways
Immigration routes
All 11 routes, grouped by purpose — 11 of 11 cite an official government source directly.
Work
2 routes
Employer-applied work permission for a non-British, non-EU, non-EEA and non-Swiss national in a specific role with a specific employer.
Official government source: residency.gov.gi · checked 2026-07-26
Business & self-employment
1 route
Business-based residence for a self-employed person, working director or partner whose business application is approved first.
Study
1 route
Student residence for a person accepted on a full-time academic course at the University of Gibraltar.
Family
2 routes
Derived residence for the spouse or civil partner and qualifying children of a successful employee, self-employed or student applicant.
Can bring: spouse, children, partner, de facto partner
Residence for the unmarried partner of a person with Gibraltarian Status who proves a durable relationship of at least two years.
Can bring: partner, de facto partner
Residence-based status
3 routes
Separate local-status pathway for a British citizen after the applicable period of residence in Gibraltar.
Official government source: residency.gov.gi · checked 2026-07-26
Transitional permit for a holder of a valid pre-existing residence document and civilian registration card who meets the continuity rule.
Official government source: gibraltarlaws.gov.gi · checked 2026-07-26
Residence-permit conversion for a person already holding a document certifying permanent residence or a permanent residence card under the former Act.
Official government source: gibraltarlaws.gov.gi · checked 2026-07-26
Short stay & visit
1 route
Short-stay entry aligned with the Schengen visa policy, with a Schengen short-stay visa required for visa-requiring third-country nationals.
Official government source: gibraltar.gov.gi · checked 2026-07-26
Other & special
1 route
Institutional residence for HM Forces personnel, Ministry of Defence staff, Gibraltar Government employees, Crown Servants and recognised dependants.
Can bring: dependants
Official government source: gibraltarlaws.gov.gi · checked 2026-07-26
Official sources
- HM Government of GibraltarGovernment
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