The Gambia Immigration Department (GID), in collaboration with Securiport, on Tuesday concluded a six-week Advanced Information Technology and Capacity Building Training at the Banjul International Airport, graduating 15 officers. The program was facilitated by the Quest Institute of Technology (QIT). The closing ceremony was presided over by the Assistant Director General of Policy and Planning,…
The Assistant Director General (ADG) of Administration, Olimatou Jammeh, and other Senior Immigration Officers presided over the closing ceremony of a five-day In-Service Refresher Training Course held at the Gambia Immigration Department Training School (GIDTS) in Tanji. The occasion recognised the accomplishments of twenty-five immigration officers who have undergone intensive training on Immigration Legislations and…
In an effort to strengthen compliance and awareness on immigration matters among Gambians and non-Gambians, the Gambia Immigration Department (GID) collaborated with Mariama Jallow, a journalist of Teranga FM, in convening a highly-attended community sensitization program for the Guinean community in The Gambia on Sunday 17 July 2025 at the Bisco Garden. The engagement brought…
The Gambia Immigration Department (GID) has launched a five-day In-service Training Course at the GID Training School in Tanji commencing today 11 August. The initiative forms part of the GID reform strategies aimed at enhancing operational efficiency and professionalism in immigration services, developing the GID Training School (GIDTS) into an in-service training centre that enhances capacity…
In a coordinated security operation, the Gambia Immigration Department (GID), in collaboration with other security services, on March 21, 2025 intercepted 75 would-be migrants in Yarambamba in the West Coast Region. The operation was initiated following intelligence reports received a day earlier, highlighting unusual movements in the area. According to GID officials, the migrants were…
The North Bank Region (NBR) border patrol unit of Gambia Immigration Department (GID) has intercepted 29 suspected would-be irregular migrants of different nationalities in a coordinated operation across Barra and nearby communities since Monday 17 March 2025. Inspector Siman Lowe, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of GID, said the intercepted would-be migrants consisted of 17 Senegalese, 8…
In the early hours of March 18, 2025, Dimbaya Immigration personnel successfully recovered two children reported missing yesterday in a widely circulated social media post. The allegedly abducted children were located and secured following a thorough screening, investigation, and intelligence-gathering operation by immigration officials. According to a GID statement, Mohamadou Jallow, who claimed to be…
The Gambia Immigration Department has set its revenue target for 2025 at two hundred million dalasis or more, according to the commissioner of finance Karalang Jarju. The GID finance commissioner disclosed that the GID is aiming to come up with a number of strategic initiatives to that effect. Commissioner Jarju was speaking at a press…
