Schengen advance-visa-required ordinary passports: visitor entry
These ordinary passports require a Schengen short-stay visa before Gibraltar entry. This includes Annex I passports and Nauru, whose Annex II waiver remains conditional. Gibraltar accepts a Schengen short-stay visa; if Gibraltar is the main destination, Spain is the competent issuing Schengen State.
- This is an advance Schengen short-stay visa requirement, not a UK visitor visa. The reviewed primary sources do not establish a general Gibraltar electronic-issuance, UK-ETA or ordinary visa-on-arrival alternative for this cohort; Gibraltar's prior UK visa application platforms ceased operating on 8 July 2026.
- Gibraltar recognises Schengen short-stay visas. Where Gibraltar is the main destination, Spain issues the Schengen visa; otherwise competence follows the applicable Schengen rules.
- The ordinary visitor stay is no more than 90 days in any 180 days including time in Gibraltar and the Schengen Area. Passport validity, purpose, means, security and other admission conditions remain applicable.
- A Schengen residence document, Gibraltar residence/identity card, UK status, civilian sea-crew identity document, family status, paid activity, minor, refugee/stateless or special passport arrangement is not flattened into this nationality baseline.
Official sourcesHM Government of Gibraltar: Technical Notice: Reminder Concerning Visa Arrangements (558/2026)Official Journal of the European Union: Agreement in respect of Gibraltar between the European Union and the United KingdomEuropean Union, EUR-Lex: Regulation (EU) 2018/1806, consolidated 30 December 2025Council of the European Union: EU visa agreements with non-EU countries