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Short Visit Visa

GambiaShort stays and visits

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

A visa is generally one of the requirements for a visitor to be permitted entry. Nationals of the listed ECOWAS member states (Benin, Cabo Verde, Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo) are allowed free entry.

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  • The page also publishes separate lists of visa-exemption-agreement countries and countries needing visa and/or clearance; country statuses are stated to be subject to change.
  • https://gid.gov.gm/visa/
    Generally, securing a visa to the Gambia is one of the requirements in order that entry may be permitted to a visitor.
  • https://gid.gov.gm/visa/
    ECOWAS Member States Allows Free Entry 1\. BENIN 2\. CAPO VERDE 3\. IVORY COAST 4\. GUINEA BISSAU 5\. GUINEA CONAKRY 6\. GHANA 7\. LIBERIA 8\. NIGERIA 9\. SENEGAL 10\. SIERRA LEONE 11\. TOGO

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The short visit visa is for a bona-fide businessman or tourist, not for a person seeking or intending to take up employment in The Gambia.

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  • https://gid.gov.gm/visa/
    The applicant is a bona-fide businessman or tourist and not a person seeking employment or intending to take up employment in the Gambia.

What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

The intended stay must not exceed a total of 90 days; otherwise the application must be referred to the Director General of Immigration. Visa validity (time or number of journeys) is distinct from the period of admissibility. The official source does not state a rolling-period rule or a specific validity period for the short visit visa.

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  • No rolling-period rule or specific validity period for the short visit visa is stated.
  • https://gid.gov.gm/visa/
    That his intended stay in the Gambia shall not exceed a total of 90 days (otherwise the application must be referred to the Director General of Immigration for consideration)
  • https://gid.gov.gm/visa/
    The period of the validity of the Visa, both in the matter of time or the number of journeys must not be confused with the period of the alien`s admissibility.

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

The applicant must hold a return ticket (or cash equivalent) or an onward transportation ticket, and adequate funds for maintenance in The Gambia. The official source does not state a funds amount or accommodation, invitation, insurance or passport-validity evidence.

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  • No funds amount is specified.
  • Accommodation, invitation, insurance or passport-validity evidence is not stated.
  • https://gid.gov.gm/visa/
    That he is in possession of a return ticket (or cash equivalent to the cost of such ticket) or onward transportation ticket from the Gambia and adequate funds for his maintenance in The Gambia.

Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

The short visit visa may be issued subject to local security clearance, and the applicant must be a regular resident of the country from which the visa application is made. A person who remains after the first permitted period of stay must visit a designated immigration office for an extension of stay. The official source does not name the office or mission where the short visit visa is applied for.

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  • The page does not name the office or mission where the short visit visa is applied for.
  • The extension sentence is on the residence-permit page, not specific to the short visit visa.
  • https://gid.gov.gm/visa/
    A short visit visa to the Gambia may be issued to persons intending to embark on short duration visits to the Gambia for a period of 90 days, subject to local security clearance, provided that:
  • https://gid.gov.gm/visa/
    The applicant is a regular resident of that country from where he is applying for visa.
  • https://gid.gov.gm/residential-permit/
    On arrival and admission; and before the regular date for the issuance of resident permit, a person who so remains in the country after the expiration of his first permitted period of stay shall visit a designated immigration office for extension of stay.

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

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