 
Contact Details:
Website
Office
address
British High Commission
48-52 Atlantic Road
Fajara
P.O. Box 507
Banjul
The Gambia
West Africa
Telephone number:
4497590 (Visa section)
4495134 (Main switchboard)
4495133 (Consular Section)
4496562
Fax:
4496134
4497583
4497583
Email: bhcbanjulvisa@fco.gov.uk
British High Commissioner's Residence
Cape Point
Telephone
4495519
Mission Opening Hours:
(Visa Section)
Monday to Thursday: 08.00- 10.30
Friday (settlement only) 08.00- 09.30
(Main Office)
Monday to Thursday
8am – 3pm
Friday: 8am – 1.30pm
(Consular Office)
Monday to Thursday: 8am – 1pm
Friday: 08.00am – 12.30pm
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Application For Visas:
The Visa Section of the
British High Commission aims to provide a fast, effective, fair and
courteous service to all applicants. Their overriding objective is to
issue entry permits quickly to genuine visitors, decide applications from those
wishing to settle in the UK and to prevent the entry of those who are
ineligible.
 
They currently receive over 8,000 visa applications each year. As a
result, they have systems in place to ensure that each application is
dealt with on its own strengths and in
accordance with their service objective as stated above. Explanations of
these systems, and information on all aspects of applying for a visa
to the UK, are given on their
website.
Who Needs a Visa?:
You may need
entry clearance to enter the UK if you are not either a citizen of
Britain or the the European Economic Area. Individuals from certain countries, known as visa nationals, need a
visa to enter the UK for any reason. Certain other categories of
travellers to the UK may need entry clearance only for some reasons:
for example to live as the husband or wife of a British
citizen.
Entry clearance is the application process for visa nationals who wish
to travel to the United Kingdom and for non-visa nationals who
intend a longer stay or to settle in the UK. The entry clearance
certificate, more commonly called a visa, is put into your passport or
travel document.
An Entry Clearance Officer will decide if you qualify to enter the United Kingdom. Entry Clearance Officers work
according to the requirements of the UK Immigration Rules.
If you have a valid UK visa you will not normally be refused entry to
the UK unless your circumstances have changed, or you gave false
information, presented false documentation or did not tell them
crucial facts when you applied.
The visa tells the immigration officer at a UK port of arrival:
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the purpose of your travel;
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how long you can stay in the UK; &
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the latest date that you can enter the UK.
Normally, you can enter and leave the UK as many times as you like
during the validity of your visa.
Other Sections:
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Application Forms
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Consular
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Passports
Summarised From the Website of:
British High Commission, Banjul
Last updated: 27
August, 2008
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