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The Gambia

Permit B for paid work or business. A US citizen, as a non-ECOWAS national admitted to The Gambia, applies for Permit B to live and work or conduct gainful business. The filing needs passport, GRA payroll-tax receipt, evidence of status and identity, and embassy attestation, followed by payment, form authentication, interview and biometrics.

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Permit B for paid work or business

Residence and work Permit B with an Alien Card for the approved role or business.

Who qualifies

  • A US citizen, as a non-ECOWAS national admitted to The Gambia, applies for Permit B to live and work or conduct gainful business. The filing needs passport, GRA payroll-tax receipt, evidence of status and identity, and embassy attestation, followed by payment, form authentication, interview and biometrics.
    Gambia Immigration Department, residential permits

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

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Does it fit your family?

One question, from the program’s own rules.

Do you have a binding job offer in that country?

Not legal advice.

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What it takes.

Time
Processing runs from submission of the complete file to the issuing authority’s decision.
Cost
Listed non-ECOWAS Permit B fee: GMD 7,700, including GMD 2,500 Alien Card component; subject to change.
The hard part
Securing the payroll-tax receipt and approval for the actual work or business activity.
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Citizens by 2043.

If your first permit is issued in 2027 and you keep living there, this is the road.

  1. 2027
    First residence permit

    1 year, renewable for 1 year at a time.

  2. 2042
    Apply for citizenship
  3. 2043
    Citizenship
Time away
At least fifteen continuous years of ordinary residence, good character, and an intention to keep a permanent home in The Gambia.
Two passports
Yes. You keep your U.S. citizenship.
  • Annual Permit B residence and work can build the Constitution’s fifteen continuous years while the job or business remains approved.
  • How long the decision takes isn’t published; we allow a year.
The law behind these dates
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Living there.

Time you must spend there
The program sets no minimum number of days. Renewal still expects it to be your home.
Tax
Where you become tax resident follows the days you spend there and where your home is. We map it for your family before you move.

We never file a tax return. We tell you what applies and brief the professional who does.

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Start today.

  1. Secure the employer’s offer and supporting documents, then begin the published work-permit process.Open gid.gov.gm ↗
  2. Gather these documents.
    • The signed job offer, salary, and recognized qualifications
    • Health cover for the move
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