{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"MD","name":"Moldova","slug":"moldova"},"destination":{"code":"GM","name":"The Gambia"},"status":"visa_required","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-22","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"gambia-gid-named-visa-and-clearance-advance-visitor-cohort","title":"Named visa-and-clearance ordinary passports: advance visitor entry permission","summary":"GID's country schedule expressly places these passports in a category requiring both a visa and entry clearance; its entry rules require clearance approval before travel.","status":"visa_required","conditions":["The Visa page expressly lists these countries as needing both visa and clearance.","GID requires approved entry clearance before arrival.","A border-issued visa cannot replace the named prior clearance.","GID describes sticker or endorsement issuance; no eVisa is established.","Work, residence, transit, health, security and special-document rules remain outside the visitor baseline."],"sourceIds":["gambia-immigration-current-visa-nationality-schedule","gambia-immigration-current-entry-requirements-route-and-clearance"]},{"id":"gambia-gid-named-visa-and-clearance-ordinary-passport-cohort","title":"Named visa-and-entry-clearance ordinary passports","summary":"GID's live nationality schedule expressly assigns these passports to both visa and entry-clearance categories. The current entry guidance requires an approved clearance before travel, so they remain advance-permission access rather than eVisa, ETA or arrival issuance.","status":"visa_required","conditions":["The schedule explicitly says both visa and clearance are required for this cohort.","GID requires a copy of approved entry clearance for travel; its stated validity is 30 days.","The GID service describes visas as stickers or endorsements, not electronic issuance.","Work, residence, transit, health, security and special-document rules remain outside the ordinary visitor baseline."],"sourceIds":["gambia-immigration-current-visa-nationality-schedule","gambia-immigration-current-entry-requirements"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"publisher":"Gambia Immigration Department","jurisdiction":"The Gambia","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22","id":"gambia-immigration-current-visa-nationality-schedule","title":"Gambia Immigration Department: Visa","url":"https://gid.gov.gm/visa/"},{"publisher":"Gambia Immigration Department","jurisdiction":"The Gambia","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22","id":"gambia-immigration-current-entry-requirements-route-and-clearance","title":"Gambia Immigration Department: Entry Requirements","url":"https://gid.gov.gm/entry-requirements/"},{"id":"gambia-immigration-current-entry-requirements","title":"Gambia Immigration Department: Entry Requirements","url":"https://gid.gov.gm/entry-requirements/","publisher":"Gambia Immigration Department","jurisdiction":"The Gambia","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22"}]}