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Gambian nationals can renounce their nationality pending approval by the state. [14] Nationals may be denaturalised in The Gambia for performing acts, like voting, which are afforded to citizens of another country; committing serious crimes; committing crimes against the state or state security; or for fraud, misrepresentation, or concealment in a naturalization petition. [15]
Visa requirements for Gambian citizens are administrative entry restrictions imposed on citizens of Gambia by the authorities of other states. As of 23 July 2024, Gambian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 71 countries and territories, ranking the Gambian passport 69th in terms of travel freedom (tied with Azerbaijani passports) according to the Henley Passport Index.
Citizens of United States can enter the country with a visa on arrival for maximum of 30 days. (Travelers entering and exiting The Gambia are required to pay 20 USD (or 20 EURO / 10000 DALASI) security fee upon arrival and departure at the airport, payable in cash (USD or DALASI) only at kiosks.)
The first people from what is now The Gambia arrived to the United States as slaves during the Atlantic slave trade. [7] In 1588, the claimant to the Portuguese throne, António, Prior of Crato, sold exclusive trade rights on the Gambia River to English merchants (including the slave trade). Letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I confirmed the ...
Accra has long attracted African-American tourists since the country became the first African country to gain independence from the United Kingdom in 1957 (W. E. B. DuBois settled in Ghana in his last years and is buried in Accra), and the government has made controversial overtures to gain more African-American residents and tourists ...
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Naturalization (or naturalisation) is the legal act or process by which a non-national of a country acquires the nationality of that country after birth. [1] The definition of naturalization by the International Organization for Migration of the United Nations excludes citizenship that is automatically acquired (e.g. at birth) or is acquired by declaration.
En route to Casablanca for a conference and then to Liberia, Franklin D. Roosevelt stopped in Banjul in 1943. [1]U.S. policy seeks to build improved relations with The Gambia on the basis of historical ties, mutual respect, democratic rule, human rights, and adherence to UN resolutions on counter-terrorism, conflict diamonds, and other forms of trafficking.