Visa policy of the Gambia

The Gambia entry stamp

The Gambia exit stamp

Visitors to the Gambia must obtain a visa from one of the Gambian diplomatic missions unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries.

Visa policy map

Visa exemption

Nationals of the following 104 countries and territories can visit the Gambia without a visa for up to 90 days (unless otherwise noted):

European Union / EFTA 1 2 Albania Andorra Antigua and Barbuda Australia Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brunei Burkina Faso Cambodia Canada Cape Verde Cote d'Ivoire

Cuba Dominica Ecuador Fiji Ghana Grenada Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Honduras Kiribati Kosovo Liberia Laos Lesotho Macao Macedonia Malawi Malaysia Maldives

Mali Malta Mauritania Micronesia Monaco Montenegro Morocco Nauru Nepal New Zealand Niger Nigeria North Korea Palau Papua New Guinea Russia (56 days) Samoa Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

San Marino Senegal Serbia Sierra Leone Singapore Solomon Islands Suriname Swaziland Taiwan Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Turkmenistan Tuvalu United Arab Emirates Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Zambia

1 - Except for nationals of Estonia, France, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain.
2 - Belgian nationals may enter using the Belgian national identity card instead of a passport.

Nationals of the following 17 countries can visit the Gambia without a visa for up to 90 days, but they must obtain an entry clearance from the Gambian Immigration prior to travel unless traveling as a tourist on a charter flight.

Bahamas Dominican Republic Haiti Indonesia Jamaica Kenya Mauritius Namibia Philippines

Seychelles South Korea Sri Lanka Tanzania Timor-Leste Turkey Uganda Zimbabwe

Holders of diplomatic, official, service or consular passports issued to nationals of Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia, Sudan and Tunisia do not require a visa.

Visa is also not required for tourists arriving on a charter flight.

Visa on arrival

Citizens of the following countries can obtain a visa on arrival:

France Portugal Spain United States

Transit without a visa

Transit without a visa is available only in cases of a maximum transit time of two hours by the same aircraft and does not apply to holders of Palestinian documents.

Visa policy

Nationals of other countries and territories require a visa to visit The Gambia and in case of Algeria, Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Hong Kong, Libya, Madagascar, Moldova, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan and Tunisia in addition to a visa must obtain an entry clearance from the Gambian Immigration prior to travel, unless they are traveling as a tourist on a charter flight.

See also

• Visa requirements for Gambian citizens
• Gambian passport