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Useful Contacts Guide:
• Expatriate Quota Allocation Board
Office of the
Vice-President
Banjul
Tel: +220 4224 102
Tel:
4227 881
Email: vicepresident@statehouse.gm
A regulation that set up the board is intended to encourage businesses
to hire qualified Gambian staff. For hiring an expatriate, they
are required to pay a special tax annually.
• Immigration &
Nationality Department
The IND is responsible for the issuance of:
A) Aliens Identity Card
B) National Identity Card
C) Passport issues
D) Residential Permit
• Indigenous
Business Advisory Services
(IBAS)
Bakau (Sait Matty Rd.)
Tel: +220 4496098
The service was set up to guide Gambian business persons in all
areas of business management so as to improve the productivity
of their businesses. It is focused on the development of small
scale entrepreneurship in the country and provides them with microfinance
soft loans.
• Semlex
This is the company responsible for processing aliens' ID cards,
national identity cards, residential permits, work permits and
driving licenses. It is staffed by the IND.
• Couriers & Freight Forwarding
Transportation resources for relocating expats to Gambia such
as couriers, shipping companies and international air freight
firms.
• Immigration Lawyers
Providers of legal assistance advising clients on The Gambia's
immigration and nationality laws, rules and regulations, visa
extensions, extended visitor permits, permanent residency, applications
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