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Residence Permit B — Businessperson or Self-Employed

GambiaStarting a business

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

Resident Permit B is issued, upon application and approval, to businesspersons, expatriates, unskilled workers and other professionals who are paid for their livelihood.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • The page does not distinguish founders, self-employed persons or company owners.
  • https://gid.gov.gm/residential-permit/
    As such it is issued, upon application and approval to businesspersons, expatriates, unskilled workers and other professionals who get paid for livelihood.

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.

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Limits of the record
  • Searched the residence-permit page for business substance (company registration, business plan, contracts, job creation) for Permit B; none stated.

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

The checked official sources do not state an investment, capital, income or funding amount for Resident Permit B. The Immigration Department's separate business-establishment policy, which is not expressly tied to Permit B, sets foreign-equity limits rather than a capital amount: in businesses reserved for Gambians (with concession to ECOWAS citizens), foreign equity, where allowed, may not exceed 30%; other listed enterprises require Gambians to hold at least 30% or at least 10% equity; in special cases 100% foreign equity capital may be allowed in any of the schedules, subject to ministerial approval.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • Source is the GID Business Establishment page, not the Permit B page; applying it to Permit B holders is an inference from Permit B covering businesspersons.
  • No capital, income, turnover or funding minimum is stated by any official source reached.
  • The page carries no date.

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

Resident Permit B is for persons who intend to live, reside and work in The Gambia; working without a residence and work permit is an offence. Children and direct dependants of the holder are covered until adulthood.

See recorded sources
  • https://gid.gov.gm/residential-permit/
    This type of permit is issued to persons who intend, upon admission, to live, reside and work in the Gambia.
  • 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?

Permit B applications require a GRA payroll tax receipt and include an interview by approving officers 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/
    For Residential Permit B, GRA payroll tax receipt
  • 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.

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