Visas & paperwork · Madagascar

Hello, We’ll soon be moving to Madagascar long-term. As a French national, I need to obtain a short-stay visa that can be converted to a long-stay one. To do this, I have to send the required documents to the Madagascar embassy in Paris. No issues with that procedure so far. If I get this visa, once I arrive in Madagascar, I’ll need to provide the same documents to the Ministry of the Interior in Anosy. I’m trying to find an email address or website for the Ministry to check which documents I need to submit (I think they ask for additional ones). If you have any info on this, I’d appreciate your replies. Best regards, M. Buisson Eric

Hi there, We’re planning our trip and want to spend 3 MONTHS in Madagascar, but we’re getting really conflicting info about visas. Apparently, it’s not possible to get one at the airport. We contacted the consulate in Marseille… and they don’t know either. The phone number for the embassy in Paris is no longer in service… Anyway… help! If anyone’s gotten a 3-month visa, could you shed some light on this for us? Thanks so much.

Hi, I want to invite a Malagasy friend and I’m surprised to learn there are procedures (that seem complicated) to follow… It would be a short stay (max 3 months). She’s got her passport, I’m paying for the flight ticket, and I read that I need to get an accommodation certificate from my town hall—but what else is required after that? What other documents are needed? What are the processing times? I’m really disappointed that in 2026, it’s still such a hassle for this kind of thing.

I’m currently looking into and especially thinking about getting married to my sweetheart, who has legally returned to Madagascar. I’d love to hear your thoughts. Should we have the wedding in Madagascar or in France during her legal visa period? Some people told me that if we get married in Madagascar, it takes a very long time to get approval for my wife to come back and live permanently in France with me. If we get married in France during her legal visa period, she can stay here afterward, provided we go to the prefecture for the family life declaration. Are there any folks who can give me precise information about these two options? Thanks in advance!

Hey Fellow Travelers,

I was caught off guard when the Malagasy consulate in Scandinavia informed me they don’t issue entry visas for Madagascar—what’s the point of a consulate, I wonder! They advised me to apply at the Malagasy embassy in London. So, I started filling out the online form, but the price for the visa made me do a double-take: nearly 200 €!

But apparently, you can also get it on arrival! Has anyone tried this before? I’d love to know if the process takes a long time (I’ll be landing in Nosy Be, exhausted after nearly 15 hours of travel), what the cost is, and—since corruption isn’t just a word—whether you absolutely have to grease the palm of the official(s). This is because I almost took the next flight back when I arrived in a country I won’t name. Even though all my documents were in order—passport, visa, vaccinations, hotel reservation—the immigration officer initially refused to stamp my passport. I later found out I was supposed to slip at least $10 into the document when presenting it... Thanks! /d

Hello, My partner, who is Malagasy, would like to visit France (ideally in mid-August) and therefore apply for a short-stay visa (90 days). I’ve heard that many applications are refused even when all the required documents are submitted, which is why I’m here—to get advice and guidance to be "almost" sure the application will be accepted. I have a lot of questions, and your help would be invaluable to us.

She is 27 years old, has a passport with her current occupation listed as self-employed (she owns a "taxi-brousse" truck) and thus has a statistical card, a business license, and annual tax certificates. She started her business at the beginning of this year.

As for me, I am an adult with a disability. I receive disability benefits until May 2026. I’m in the process of professional reintegration and will start a job in a few days, likely on a fixed-term contract (CDD).

Here are my questions about the supporting documents to provide:

-Purpose of the trip/stay

Flight ticket reservation (round-trip) (the ticket should only be purchased once the visa is approved). Letter of commitment to return, written on plain paper. Any other document demonstrating potential family, economic, or material ties in the country of residence. Confirmation of a booked organized trip or any other document outlining the planned itinerary.

I’ve been told that for the flight reservation, my partner just needs to go to Air Madagascar in Antananarivo and pay around 50,000 ariary to get this reservation. Given that the French short-stay visa takes between 15 to 45 days (I might be wrong) to be processed and approved, I wonder if the reservation will still be valid if the visa is approved late. For the letter of commitment to return, I assume two sentences are enough, and what matters most are the documents proving ties to the country of residence (her economic activity). Do you think that will be sufficient? And for the planned itinerary, since this isn’t an organized trip, what document could work? A handwritten letter explaining a few planned visits?

-Proof of residence in the country of origin

For employees: original work certificate, original leave certificate, last 3 payslips (or bank statements). For retirees: pensioner’s card and last 3 pension statements. For traders or entrepreneurs: professional registration, professional card, and recent bank statements.

For liberal professions: professional registration, professional card, and recent bank statements. For unemployed applicants and students: sponsorship letter and copies of the sponsor’s financial documents.

For this point, she can justify her self-employed status with the statistical card, business license, and annual tax certificates. As for bank statements, she deposits her earnings in cash into her bank account—will this be an issue during the application review?

-Financial resources

Bank account statements (last 3 months). Last 3 payslips or pension statements. Foreign currency allocation certificate, whose origin must be demonstrated (recent bank statement, savings account), issued by local banks or exchange offices (minimum 32.50 € per day if staying with a private individual or 65 € per day if staying in a hotel) or presentation of an international bank card with supporting account statement.

I need help with this point because I don’t fully understand what she needs to provide as a self-employed individual, especially since she doesn’t earn 32.50 € per day. I can obviously transfer money to cover this. So, overall, what documents should be provided for this section?

-Accommodation

Confirmed hotel reservation with the hotel’s phone number and reservation number / payment confirmation for stays longer than 1 month or original hosting attestation.

For this point, do I just need to write a handwritten letter stating that I will be hosting her? Then scan it and email it to her? Is that all?

-Travel medical insurance

Insurance certificate: must specify the amount and scope of coverage (30,000 € coverage / medical expenses and repatriation).

For this, I’ll opt for AXA Schengen insurance (low-cost). Any advice is still welcome...

I have one last question about the following point:

The short-stay visa allows you to stay for a maximum of 90 days for a continuous stay or multiple stays within the Schengen area over a 180-day period.

If we decide to leave the Schengen area during the stay (to visit the United Kingdom, for example), will the 90-day visa be paused and resume once we return to the Schengen area? And if so, can we plan a return ticket beyond the 3 months by justifying an exit/entry?

Thank you in advance for all your advice and suggestions. I may have forgotten some important points—feel free to let me know.

Best regards.

Hello fellow travelers, I’m planning my trip to Madagascar for next March and I’m looking for info on how to get a visa and its cost for 13 days in Mada. I’ve read that you can get the visa directly at Ivato, but what’s the price for the length of my stay? Also, can you pay in euros? Thanks for your tips and advice—they’re always welcome and super helpful.

Hi everyone, I’m planning my trip to Madagascar for the fall and starting to think about getting my visa. After reading through different posts, I’m a bit unsure about the best way to go about it. Is it better to apply for an e-visa (and if so, which official website?) or just queue up on arrival? It seems there are "unofficial"—and therefore fraudulent—sites out there, and that you’ll have to queue either way (which I’m not thrilled about since I’m arriving at 11 PM). What do you think?

Hi fellow travelers, Can you tell me if it's possible to exchange money at Ivato or if it's better to do it at banks in Tana? Which banks are the most "reliable"? Regarding ATMs, what's the maximum amount you can withdraw in one go? Thanks for your tips!

Please, "HELP ME".

Hello everyone, and especially to the regulars of the MADA forum that I read every day. This time, I’m asking you not to argue and to try to help me with my problem.

A week ago, I submitted a visa application for France where I was supposed to meet a family who was going to help me with medical exams and host me on a short-stay tourist visa. My application was put together with the help of my friends over the past two months, and we checked everything multiple times—nothing was missing, and everything was in order. Last Friday, I picked up a visa refusal from the embassy in Tana with the reason: your intention to leave the territory of the member states before the visa expires could not be established. Yet, I had handwritten a letter committing to return to my country.

I went to the embassy twice because the first time they couldn’t find my file, and the second time I still wasn’t registered in their computer. After a while, the person came back from another room with my passport and this refusal slip. I’m starting to wonder if my application was even reviewed. I’m completely desperate, and even though my friends in France have filed an appeal in Nantes, I’m forced to leave Tana because my savings are running out fast. We have very little hope for the appeal in France since there must be hundreds of applications. So I’m open to any information or advice, but please "HELP ME".

Hi there, Just a quick post to let travelers heading to Madagascar know not to apply for an eVisa online—the platform isn’t working. We actually submitted an application last Sunday on their official site (provided by the Madagascar embassy in Paris) http://evisamada-mg.com/. The 35 € payment for a 30-day visa was debited from our account, but no document was issued. After emailing back and forth, they admitted there’s a flaw in their system, and we’ll now have to apply for an AD visa on arrival! We thought we’d save time at the airport—nope, that backfired. They claim we won’t have to repay for the visa, but I’ll believe it when I see it…

Luckily, we only applied for my husband’s visa, so we’ll only lose 35 € if that’s not the case! I’ll apply for mine directly on arrival and skip the eVisa altogether!

Hi there,

My wife is from Madagascar (we currently live in France), and she wants to move back permanently. Can we buy a one-way ticket for her flight?

Looking forward to your reply, Eric

After several months of delay, Madagascar has just launched an electronic entry visa for the island, available online. It allows tourists to stay for 30 (35 €), 60 (40 €), or 90 days (50 €). Read more...

Bonjour! je suis a tananarive, j arrive pas trouver ou aller pour faire le visa pour GHANA???avec 4jour de sejour, ,, ,, S IL VOUS plait ou renseigne moi si vous avez des idees, ,, et combien ca coute pour y acceder, Merci cordialement

bonjour pour obtenir votre visa pour Madagascar vous avez 2 possibilités le demander par courrier à l'ambassade avec envoi de votre passeport , côut avec l'envoi plus ou moins 60 euros directement à l'arrivée à la douane , côut 30 euros la différence , outre le côut , est que vous passez la douane bien plus rapidement , mais , .... vous attendez comme tout le monde vos bagages mais le propos de mon billet est que l'on vous propose sur internet le eVisa pour plus ou moins 30 euros . En fait ce n'est pas le visa , mais une autorisation de débarquement que vous recevez par mail , document que la douane malgache n'a que faire . Vous suivez donc la file des demandeurs de visa touristique et vous payez 30 euros à la douane pour ce fameux visa . Vous avez donc dépensé plus ou moins 30 euros pour rien , mais rassurez-vous ce n'est pas perdu pour tout le monde

Bonjour, j aimerais emmener mon cheval à Madagascar, qui peut me renseigner sur les formalités et prix du voyage. Merci. Valérie

Est-ce que quelqu'un a fait une demande de visa en ligne sur le "https://www.evisamada.gov.mg/fr/"; (ou un autre site) ? Comment cela s'est-il passé Merci

Bonjour,

Je voudrais me rendre à Madagascar bientôt.

J'ai été naturalisé récemment, et je dispose désormais d'un passeport français avec mon nom de famille français qui est différent du nom de famille que j'ai sur mon passeport malgache.

Croyez-vous que cela puisse poser problème?

J'ai pu lire sur d'autres discussions que pour l'embarquement lors du retour en France il faudrait présenter les deux passeports à la douane... voilà pourquoi je me posais la question.

Merci pour votre réponse :)

Bonjour !!! J, aimerais savoir comment me procurer un visa pour Madagascar.Je suis du Canada....J, ai lu qu'on peux en ligne, mais quel site ???Et J, ai lu, qu'on pouvait en arrivant, a Tana.Mais que c'était tres long pour l'attente...J, aimerais savoir aussi si quelqu'un connait la difference de prix entre les 2 (Web et aeroport)

Merci tout l'monde pour votre aide....😉

Bonjour à tous Pouvez vous me renseigner sur la démarche à faire si je veux faire venir pour un temps limité une malgache ? Merci de votre retour

Bonjour à tous A la fin de l'année nous partons trois mois pour l’île au parfum Nosy Be Est il possible d'obtenir son visa à l'aeroport Fascene sans difficulté et combien ça coûte ?

Bonjour Qui saurait me renseigner quant aux modalités d'obtention du visa d'entrée pour un séjour 18 jours à l'arrivée à Tananarive? Faut il des photographies? Quel prix? Peut on payer avec des Euros? Les pièces en Euros sont elles acceptées?

Quel conseils donnez vous pour perdre le moins de temps possible pour l'obtention? Merci

Après la taxe touristique de 10 € payable depuis janvier 2016 par tout étranger entrant dans le pays, les autorités malgaches viennent de rendre payant le visa 30 jours qui était auparavant gratuit. Il en coûte ainsi maintenant 31 €. Quant aux visas de 60 et 90 jours, ils sont respectivement à 39 € et 54 €. Lire la suite...

Bonjour à tous,

On a besoin de vous, l'ambassade de Paris ne répond pas ni par mail et ni par téléphone. Les consulats honoraires il n'y en a plus ou presque. Le consulat de Nantes où nous vivons ne gère pas les visas.. seul Paris !

On a la liste des documents pour faire une demande de visa transformable mais deux documents nous laisse perplexe et où vraiment s'adresser :

- Autorisation d'emploi bénévole délivré par le ministère de la fonction publique, du travail et des lois sociales. - Certificat d'existence délivré par le ministère de l'intérieur et de la décentralisation.

On a tout essayé affaires étrangères, consulat, ministère du travail de notre ville etc.. mais rien. On monte à Paris début octobre car on veut des infos et voir si par chance on sera où s'adresser et croiser les doigts pour avoir les documents.

On décolle le 29 octobre pour une mission de volontariat qu'on construit depuis bientôt 1 an avec les locaux.. passer juste 3 mois c'est super frustrant.

Bref si quelqu'un est super calé dans ce domaine on est preneur sachant que depuis le nouveau gouvernement beaucoup de choses ont changé.

Merci à vous

Coline

Suite à mon prochain voyage sur Madagascar, est-ce-que quelqu'un pourrait me donner des infos sur le paiement du visa à l'aéroport d'Ivato. Doit-on payer en Euros? ou en Ariary? merci pour votre coopération.

Bonjour, Je cherche a savoir si a madagascar ou a la Reunion existent les consulats d'Afrique du Sud et de nouvelle Zelande pour delivrer les visas. De la Reunion y a t il des vols pour l Afrique du Sud ?

Bonjour,

Nous devons partir en voyage avec mon mari au mois de septembre pour Madagascar, j'ai donc fait ma demande de visa court séjour à l'Ambassade de Madagascar à Paris par courrier postale en recommandé avec accusé de réception. Le courrier est bien arrivé mais cela va bientôt faire 12 jours ouvrés et je n'ai toujours pas de retour de mes passeports. Je n'ai aucun interlocuteur sur les lignes téléphoniques du site. J'ai fait parvenir des mails aucun retour.

Pouvez-vous me dire si les demandes prennent toujours autant de temps ? Et si vous connaissez un moyen de les contacter ? Je m'inquiète un peu... Merci de vos réponses

Bonjour

je compte aller à Madagascar fin septembre 2019, à Nosy Be exactement puis descendre toute l'île jusqu'à Tuléar. Je voyage en routard, après Madagascar j'irai en Afrique du sud. Je n'ai donc pas de billet de retour en France ni de billet pour l'Afrique du sud, ne sachant pas au jour près quand je vais quitter Mada. C'est justement ma question. Je vais demander un visa à l'arrivée de 60 jours à Nosy Be. Quelqu'un qui a atterri dernièrement à Mada peut-il me dire si le billet d'avion de retour ou de sortie du territoire est réclamé systématiquement à l'arrivée? Est-il vraiment possible d'obtenir un visa de 60 jours à l'arrivée? (ou bien seulement 30 jours)

Merci de m'apporter une réponse correspondant à un vécu récent. Bons voyages à tous.

Bjr 🙂 Avant d'acheter mes billets pour mon 19 ème séjour (surtout pêche) pour octobre je voudrais savoir si quelqu'un a le renseignement concernant le visa 90 jours à nouveau possible ! D'avance merci ! 😉

Bonjour . Nous allons passer 1 mois à Nosy Bé et souhaitons enchaîner par les Philippines 2 mois il nous faudra demander un visa Est il possible d'obtenir à Nosy Bé un visa pour les Philippines ? En vous remerciant . Bien cordialement