{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"VN","name":"Vietnam","slug":"vietnam"},"destination":{"code":"GM","name":"The Gambia"},"status":"visa_required","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-22","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"gambia-gid-named-clearance-only-advance-visitor-cohort","title":"Named clearance-only ordinary passports: advance visitor entry permission","summary":"GID's country schedule expressly places these passports in its clearance-only category, and the entry page makes approved clearance a pre-arrival condition.","status":"visa_required","conditions":["The Visa page expressly puts these countries in a clearance-only category.","GID requires approved entry clearance before arrival; this is advance permission, not visa-free access, ETA or eVisa.","A general border-visa statement does not remove an expressly required clearance.","Admission and special-document, residence, work and transit conditions are outside the baseline."],"sourceIds":["gambia-immigration-current-visa-nationality-schedule","gambia-immigration-current-entry-requirements-route-and-clearance"]},{"id":"gambia-gid-named-clearance-only-ordinary-passport-cohort","title":"Named entry-clearance-only ordinary passports","summary":"GID's live nationality schedule expressly places these passports in clearance-only categories. Its entry guidance makes approval a pre-arrival condition, not an ETA, eVisa, visa-free route or arrival-issued visa.","status":"visa_required","conditions":["The schedule expressly identifies this cohort as requiring entry clearance only.","GID says clearance must be approved before arrival and carried for entry.","The clearance format and application channel are not established as an ETA or eVisa.","Admission, work, residence, transit, health, security and special-document conditions remain outside scope."],"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"}]}