Effective 1st August 2011, the Immigration authorities in Banjul have directed that expired Gambian passports can no longer be extended by this Embassy. Application forms for renewing Gambian passports are now available in this Embassy, which we could send by ordinary mail to Gambians requesting passport renewal after they submit the following to this Embassy:

1. Request for passport renewal (please write a letter giving complete name and address, e-mail address, and telephone number; the process--from Immigration's receipt of your completed application form and requirements--will take approximately about two months; sometimes less, sometimes more)
2. Money order for US$75 (which covers the fee for the application form, processing fee, and postage for sending to Banjul)
3. If the applicant wants the application form sent either by Express, Priority (with tracking number), Fedex, or UPS, please send an additional prepaid self-addressed envelope for that

After an applicant receives the application form for passport renewal, the following should be submitted to this Embassy:

1. Completed and signed application form (together with all the requirements indicated on the form)-both white and pink forms
2. Prepaid self-addressed envelope (either Express, Priority, Fedex, or UPS) so we could send the new passport as soon as we receive it from Banjul

 For further information, you may visit Immigration Department's website about passports http://www.gid.gov.gm/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=74:passport&catid=18:nationals&Itemid=75

 

Gambia's honorary consul general in Milan, Italy, has announced the grant of generators with a combined capacity of 10 megawatts by two Italian companies to The Gambia.

He was received by President Yahya Jammeh at State House in Banjul on Wednesday, and told reporters after their meeting that they discussed the project, whose financial and technical aspects have been finalised.

April 4, 2007, Washington, DC – Youth Crime Watch of America, a NGO with twenty national affiliates across the globe all dedicated to creating crime-free and drug-free environments for learning and living through a youth-led movement, today presented an award for national leadership in youth crime prevention, the International Casey Award, to The Gambian President A.J. J. Jammeh.