Western Africa
Western AfricaGambia visa requirements
Travellers from 135 of 198 countries can visit the Gambia easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
What 198 passports need to visit the Gambia
Find your own passport in the list below for the exact rule.
- No visa needed134 of 198 passportsJust show your passport at the border.
- Visa on arrival1 of 198 passportsGet it at the airport or border.
- Visa needed63 of 198 passportsApply at the embassy or consulate.
Types of Gambia visa
- Tourist entry5 optionsYour entry route depends on your nationality and how you travel. Some visitors do not need a visa. Others can get one on arrival or must apply before travel.
- Visa on arrival2 optionsUS citizens can get a visa on arrival for up to 30 days. Visitors who have no Gambian diplomatic representative or embassy in their country can also get a visa at Banjul International Airport.
Find your passport
198 of 198 passports
- AlbaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe
- AlgeriaVisa not requiredNorthern Africa90 days
- AndorraVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- AngolaVisa not requiredMiddle Africa90 days
- Antigua and BarbudaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- AustraliaVisa not requiredAustralia and New Zealand90 days
- AustriaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- BahamasVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BangladeshVisa not requiredSouthern Asia90 days
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BelgiumVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- BelizeVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- BeninVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- BhutanVisa not requiredSouthern Asia90 days
- BotswanaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- BruneiVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- BulgariaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- Burkina FasoVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- BurundiVisa not requiredEastern Africa
- CameroonVisa not requiredMiddle Africa90 days
- CanadaVisa not requiredNorth America30 days
- Cape VerdeVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- Central African RepublicVisa not requiredMiddle Africa90 days
- ChadVisa not requiredMiddle Africa90 days
- ComorosVisa not requiredEastern Africa
- CongoVisa not requiredMiddle Africa90 days
- Costa RicaVisa not requiredCentral America
- CroatiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- CyprusVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- Czech RepublicVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- DenmarkVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- DjiboutiVisa not requiredEastern Africa
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Dominican RepublicVisa not requiredCaribbean
- DR CongoVisa not requiredMiddle Africa90 days
- EcuadorVisa not requiredSouth America
- EgyptVisa not requiredNorthern Africa90 days
- Equatorial GuineaVisa not requiredMiddle Africa90 days
- EritreaVisa not requiredEastern Africa
- EstoniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- EswatiniVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- EthiopiaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- FijiVisa not requiredMelanesia90 days
- FinlandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- FranceVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- GabonVisa not requiredMiddle Africa90 days
- GermanyVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- GhanaVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- GreeceVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- GrenadaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- GuineaVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- Guinea-BissauVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- GuyanaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- HaitiVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- HungaryVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- IndiaVisa not requiredSouthern Asia90 days
- IrelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- ItalyVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- Ivory CoastVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- JamaicaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- KenyaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- KiribatiVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- KosovoVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- LatviaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- LesothoVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- LiberiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- LiechtensteinVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- LithuaniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe28 days
- LuxembourgVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- MadagascarVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MalawiVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- MaldivesVisa not requiredSouthern Asia90 days
- MaliVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- MaltaVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- MauritaniaVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- MauritiusVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MonacoVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- MoroccoVisa not requiredNorthern Africa90 days
- MozambiqueVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- NamibiaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- NauruVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- NetherlandsVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- New ZealandVisa not requiredAustralia and New Zealand90 days
- NicaraguaVisa not requiredCentral America
- NigerVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- NigeriaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- NorwayVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- PakistanVisa not requiredSouthern Asia90 days
- Papua New GuineaVisa not requiredMelanesia90 days
- PolandVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- PortugalVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- RomaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- Saint Kitts and NevisVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Saint LuciaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- SamoaVisa not requiredPolynesia90 days
- San MarinoVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- São Tomé and PríncipeVisa not requiredMiddle Africa
- SenegalVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- SerbiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- SeychellesVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- Sierra LeoneVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- SlovakiaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- SloveniaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- Solomon IslandsVisa not requiredMelanesia90 days
- SomaliaVisa not requiredEastern Africa
- South AfricaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- South SudanVisa not requiredMiddle Africa
- SpainVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- Sri LankaVisa not requiredSouthern Asia90 days
- SudanVisa not requiredNorthern Africa90 days
- SwedenVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- SwitzerlandVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- TaiwanVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- TajikistanVisa not requiredCentral Asia90 days
- TanzaniaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- Timor-LesteVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- TogoVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- TongaVisa not requiredPolynesia90 days
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- TunisiaVisa not requiredNorthern Africa
- TürkiyeVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- TurkmenistanVisa not requiredCentral Asia
- TuvaluVisa not requiredPolynesia90 days
- UgandaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- United Arab EmiratesVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- United KingdomVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- UzbekistanVisa not requiredCentral Asia28 days
- VanuatuVisa not requiredMelanesia90 days
- Vatican CityVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- ZambiaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- ZimbabweVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- United StatesVisa on arrivalNorth America30 days
- AfghanistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- ArgentinaVisa requiredSouth America
- ArmeniaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- AzerbaijanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BahrainVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BelarusVisa requiredEastern Europe
- BoliviaVisa requiredSouth America
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- BrazilVisa requiredSouth America
- CambodiaVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- ChileVisa requiredSouth America
- ChinaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- ColombiaVisa requiredSouth America
- CubaVisa requiredCaribbean
- El SalvadorVisa requiredCentral America
- GeorgiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- GuatemalaVisa requiredCentral America
- HondurasVisa requiredCentral America
- Hong KongVisa requiredEastern Asia
- IcelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IndonesiaVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- IranVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- IraqVisa requiredWestern Asia
- IsraelVisa requiredWestern Asia
- JapanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- JordanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- KazakhstanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- KuwaitVisa requiredWestern Asia
- KyrgyzstanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- LaosVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- LebanonVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LibyaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MacauVisa requiredEastern Asia
- Marshall IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- MexicoVisa requiredNorth America
- MicronesiaVisa requiredMicronesia90 days
- MoldovaVisa requiredEastern Europe
- MongoliaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- MontenegroVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- MyanmarVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- NepalVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- North MacedoniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- OmanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- PalauVisa requiredMicronesia
- PalestineVisa requiredWestern Asia
- PanamaVisa requiredCentral America
- ParaguayVisa requiredSouth America
- PeruVisa requiredSouth America
- PhilippinesVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- QatarVisa requiredWestern Asia
- RussiaVisa requiredEastern Europe
- RwandaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- Saudi ArabiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- South KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- SurinameVisa requiredSouth America
- SyriaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ThailandVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- UkraineVisa requiredEastern Europe
- UruguayVisa requiredSouth America
- VenezuelaVisa requiredSouth America90 days
- VietnamVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
Who can visit easily, by part of the world
For each part of the world: how many countries' travellers can come easily. Easy means no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- Africa51 of 53 countries
- Europe38 of 46 countries
- Oceania11 of 14 countries
- Americas19 of 35 countries
- Asia16 of 50 countries
Questions
How many passports can enter the Gambia without a visa?
135 of 198 passports can enter without applying before travel.
What is the most common entry rule for the Gambia?
No visa needed: it applies to 134 passports.
Which passports need an embassy visa for the Gambia?
63 passports, including China, Indonesia, Brazil, Russia Mexico, and 58 more.
Do India passport holders need a visa for the Gambia?
No visa needed, for up to 90 days.
Do China passport holders need a visa for the Gambia?
Visa needed.
Do United States passport holders need a visa for the Gambia?
Visa on arrival, for up to 30 days.
Do Nigeria passport holders need a visa for the Gambia?
No visa needed.
Do Pakistan passport holders need a visa for the Gambia?
No visa needed, for up to 90 days.
Do Brazil passport holders need a visa for the Gambia?
Visa needed.
Which region's passports have the easiest access to the Gambia?
Africa: 51 of 53 passports enter without applying first.
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