whereTOemigrate
Get your free results
GM country scene

Residence Permit A — Short Business Visit or Mission

GambiaStarting a business

Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

Official link

Get your free results Read the five questions ↓

Is this for a founder, startup entrepreneur, self-employed person, freelancer, company owner or another business profile?

Resident Permit A is usually issued to individuals on short business visits or missions (as well as foreign students and retirees).

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • The page does not define what a 'short business visit or mission' covers.

What must actually exist or be demonstrated: business plan, company, innovation, clients, contracts, economic activity, job creation or other substance?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm what business substance must exist or be demonstrated.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • Searched the residence-permit page for business substance (company, plan, contracts) for Permit A; none stated.

What investment, capital, income, revenue, funding or viability evidence is central to this pathway?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the investment, capital, income or funding evidence required.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • The current official Permit A page gives permit fees but no capital, turnover or business-viability threshold for a short business visit or mission.

What business/self-employed activity may the holder conduct? Are there important restrictions? What is the family position where clearly stated?

Permit A is applied for by declaring an intention to reside without any gainful employment; working without a residence and work permit is an offence. Children and direct dependants are covered until adulthood.

See recorded sources
  • https://gid.gov.gm/residential-permit/
    This type of permit is issued upon prescribed application to the Director General by an applicant declaring that he or she intends to reside in the Gambia but without venturing into any forms of gainful employment.
  • https://gid.gov.gm/residential-permit/
    Under the current immigration laws of the Gambia governing issuance of permit, it is an offence for any person not being a citizen of the Gambia, to involve into gainful employment without securing a residence and work permit from the department of immigration.
  • https://gid.gov.gm/residential-permit/
    Children and direct dependent of the holder can also be covered by virtue of such permit making their stay legal in the Gambia except that, having become adult, shall be required to apply the appropriate permit of their category for their continuous stay in the Gambia to be considered lawful.

What approval/application sequence applies, how long is the status granted, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction is officially stated?

Applications include an interview by approving officers appointed by the Director General, where the application is approved or more proof is requested. Renewals require the prior year's Residential Permit. The official source does not state the grant period or a longer-term residence direction.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • No grant period or longer-term residence direction is stated.
  • https://gid.gov.gm/residential-permit/
    The Director General appoints approving officers to conduct interviews during the application process. The purpose of the interview is to establish the nationality of the applicant and verify the information given by the applicant against the supporting document. During interviews the application is either approved, or the applicant is referred for more proof.
  • https://gid.gov.gm/residential-permit/
    Prior year Residential Permit (for renewals only)

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

Explore more pathways in Gambia · All pathways

Your story.
Your next step.

Get your free results