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Gambia · Short stay & visit
Gambia Short Visit Visa
For a bona-fide business visitor or tourist applying from a country where they are ordinarily resident, not seeking employment, with return or onward transport and adequate maintenance funds.
- Income required
- — Means required · no figure published
- Can bring
- — Not stated in the official source
- Requirements
- 5 each quoted below
Who qualifies
Who this route is for
Every item below is the government’s own wording, quoted from the official source. Whether you personally qualify depends on your full profile.
5 requirements quoted from the official source.
The conditions that decide it
- Financial resources
A short visit visa may be issued for a period of 90 days where the applicant is a bona-fide businessman or tourist, is not seeking employment, is a regular resident of the country of application, and has return or onward transport and adequate maintenance funds.
Gambia Immigration Department — Visa Services - Onward Ticket Required
A short visit visa may be issued for a period of 90 days where the applicant is a bona-fide businessman or tourist, is not seeking employment, is a regular resident of the country of application, and has return or onward transport and adequate maintenance funds.
Gambia Immigration Department — Visa Services - Health Screening Required
A short visit visa may be issued for a period of 90 days where the applicant is a bona-fide businessman or tourist, is not seeking employment, is a regular resident of the country of application, and has return or onward transport and adequate maintenance funds.
Gambia Immigration Department — Visa Services - Nationality or qualifying status
A short visit visa may be issued for a period of 90 days where the applicant is a bona-fide businessman or tourist, is not seeking employment, is a regular resident of the country of application, and has return or onward transport and adequate maintenance funds.
Gambia Immigration Department — Visa Services
What you’ll show with your application
Paperwork you prepare — it does not rule you out.
- Passport or travel-document requirement
A short visit visa may be issued for a period of 90 days where the applicant is a bona-fide businessman or tourist, is not seeking employment, is a regular resident of the country of application, and has return or onward transport and adequate maintenance funds.
Gambia Immigration Department — Visa Services
Also stated by the source
- Border Discretion
A short visit visa may be issued for a period of 90 days where the applicant is a bona-fide businessman or tourist, is not seeking employment, is a regular resident of the country of application, and has return or onward transport and adequate maintenance funds.
Gambia Immigration Department — Visa Services - Entry Purpose Scope
A short visit visa may be issued for a period of 90 days where the applicant is a bona-fide businessman or tourist, is not seeking employment, is a regular resident of the country of application, and has return or onward transport and adequate maintenance funds.
Gambia Immigration Department — Visa Services - Official Class Code
A short visit visa may be issued for a period of 90 days where the applicant is a bona-fide businessman or tourist, is not seeking employment, is a regular resident of the country of application, and has return or onward transport and adequate maintenance funds.
Gambia Immigration Department — Visa Services - Official source basis
A short visit visa may be issued for a period of 90 days where the applicant is a bona-fide businessman or tourist, is not seeking employment, is a regular resident of the country of application, and has return or onward transport and adequate maintenance funds.
Gambia Immigration Department — Visa Services - Visa Regime
A short visit visa may be issued for a period of 90 days where the applicant is a bona-fide businessman or tourist, is not seeking employment, is a regular resident of the country of application, and has return or onward transport and adequate maintenance funds.
Gambia Immigration Department — Visa Services
Family
Who you can bring
— Not stated in the official source. The official page for this route does not address dependent-family rights, so we do not publish a claim either way.
Costs & timelines
What the source prices
Validity
1 proven from the official source.
- Stay or visa validity
A short visit visa may be issued for a period of 90 days where the applicant is a bona-fide businessman or tourist, is not seeking employment, is a regular resident of the country of application, and has return or onward transport and adequate maintenance funds.
Gambia Immigration Department — Visa Services
How it works
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FAQ
Straight answers
01Who qualifies for this route to Gambia?
The official source states:
For a bona-fide business visitor or tourist applying from a country where they are ordinarily resident, not seeking employment, with return or onward transport and adequate maintenance funds.
02How much money do I need?
The official source states:
A short visit visa may be issued for a period of 90 days where the applicant is a bona-fide businessman or tourist, is not seeking employment, is a regular resident of the country of application, and has return or onward transport and adequate maintenance funds.It does not publish a fixed amount — no minimum figure is stated.
Every answer is quoted from the official gid.gov.gm page for this route, last read 2026-07-25.
We checked 11 points against the official source; 11 are quoted on this page. The other 0 are either not addressed by the source or not yet backed by a quote — we would rather show you the edge of the record than fill it with a plausible guess.
See the 0 open points
Fees and processing time are not published in the official source for this route. We publish a number only when the official text states that number.
Not stated in the official source — the official source names no exclusion for this route.
The source
Where every quote comes from
Official government source gid.gov.gmLast read 2026-07-25 Every quote on this page is from this Gambia government page.Same category, same country
Other short stay & visit routes to Gambia
3 other short stay & visit routes to Gambia.
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