Pour le courrier à Madagascar, c' est plus long que difficile.
Tous les courriers qui m' ont été adressés me sont parvenus, mais parfois dans des délais de deux mois.( Petite remarque le courrier des Administrations françaises passe plus vite) Une fois installé la solution est d' ouvrir une boite postale, ça évite des délais de distribution, parfois très très longs.
Avec une boite postale, entre La Réunion et Mahajanga, mieux vaut compter une dizaine de jours.
Toutefois si vous avez besoin de quelqu'un sur la Réunion, nous en parlerons en MP, je suis sur Saint Denis.
Pour ce qui est de votre vie de famille, c' est du domaine privé et à Madagascar ça doit rester du domaine privé, sans plus.
La C.F.E dépend des revenus, son coût est soit un forfait dans le cas de faibles revenus, soit 4.2 /100 des revenus. Mais comme en cas de maladies, sortant des compétences locales il faut rentrer en France, c' est à réfléchir.
Pour un rhume vaut mieux se soigner à ses frais !😉
Allianz est une assurance présente à Madagascar ; J' avais opté pour l' assurance voiture la moins chère compte tenu du fait qu' il est extrêmement difficile d' établir un constat amiable en cas d' accident. Ce n' est pas dans les habitudes des malgaches qui préfèrent s' arranger entre eux
Bonjour,
Il faudrait savoir qu'aucune loi du code des assurances malgache oblige un tiers (ou vous) à remplir et signer un constat à l'amiable qui n'a aucune valeur juridique en cas de litige même rempli et signé par les deux parties. Dans tous les cas, on ne peut en aucun cas utiliser à titre de preuve un contenu de ce constat à l'amiable pour se prévaloir d'une indemnisation pour quelconque motif. A partir de ce vide juridique, c'est, grosso modo, un document qui ne sert à rien. Moi-même, je ne l'utilise plus.
Comme le code des assurances exige juste que le tiers soit identifiable alors je préfère prélever le numéro d'immatriculation du tiers et je prends des photos de l'incident/accident. Je dépose tous ça chez mon assureur (Allianz justement). Comme je souscris à une assurance recours, c'est mon assureur qui se démerde pour pour trouver l'adresse du tiers à partir du numéro d'immatriculation prélevé. D'ici peu, je compte faire comme les russes : installer une caméra Gopro qui filme en live.
Si je suis en tort, je prends des photos et je donne RDV au tiers dans un autre endroit pour plus de discrétion.
Je parlais de constat amiable pour faire référence et montrer la différence avec la France.
Vous avez très certainement raison, je ne me suis jamais attaché à connaître le code des assurances en vigueur à Madagascar.
Bonjour Alain,
Je reviens vers vous pour plus d'amples renseignements sur les commerces à Mahajunga. Je pense qu'il n'existe pas de grandes enseignes comme Carrefour, Leclerc ou BUT... à Majahunga. A Tana je pense qu'elles existent ?
Merci pour votre Lumière...
Mais alors, quand on loue un logement vide et qu'on doit l'équiper de meubles et d'électroménager comment fait-on ? 😕
Les meubles de qualité sont bien moins chers à Madagascar qu' en France.
Vous trouverez de l' ameublement en palissandre pour le prix de meubles de chez But ou Conforama.
Pour ce qui est le l' électroménager, téléviseur, wifi ...... les Karana (zarabes à la Réunion) ont un choix satisfaisant, actuellement à des prix raisonnables.
Merci 1 sitraka, j'ai eu un vieux réflexe de "métro" en posant cette question 😏. Puisque vous êtes un puits de sciences 😇, je profite pour vous poser quelques questions simples, en vrac :
1) Internet à Majahunga, je lis la fibre est présente. Est-ce vrai ?
2) Quel fournisseur internet conseilleriez-vous ?
3) Peut-on appeler la France sans se ruiner ?
4) Pour le Visa doit-on obligatoirement, d'abord, demander un visa Tourisme transformable ou peut-on obtenir un visa Retraité avant d'arriver, via le Consulat malgache en France (en fournissant les pièces évidemment) ?
5) A votre avis, peut-on alimenter son compte bancaire malgache suffisamment en une fois (par exemple 5000€) ou est-il plus prudent de ne l'alimenter qu'au fur et à mesure via un compte bancaire un France ?
Encore merci 1sitraka
Un puits de sciences non, disons que j' ai une expérience de Madagascar, assez longue et encore récente.
La fibre optique on en parle depuis une dizaines d' années, avec l' installation du câble Lion. Ca se met en place mais très doucement. Je ne suis pas en mesure de répondre pour Mahajanga. J' avais un abonnement chez Moov, mais juste avant mon d��part, ils proposaient une sorte de box, avec un débit plus élevé que la 3G avec wifi.
Il y a aussi Telma comme fournisseur d' accès, mais peu de concurrence ce qui fait que l' accès est encore cher. Et c' est un accès sans téléphone et télévision. ( à prendre en plus)
Un accès quasiment illimité pour internet est à environ 40 €, environ la même chose pour un petit bouquet de Canal Sat.
La meilleure façon de téléphoner en France est bien sûr par Skype, gratuit si votre correspondant à internet. Par les lignes malgaches (GSM) il faut compter 5000 fmg la minute, soit 5000 ariary pour 5 minutes.
Pour le visa vous devez demander un visa transformable. Vous trouverez la liste des pièces à fournir sur le site de l' Ambassade de Madagascar à la Réunion. La durée de ce visa est de 1 mois. Ca vous laisse le temps de déposer votre demande de visa de longue durée, auprès du District (ancienne préfecture) au dépôt il vous est délivré un récépissé, qui vous met en règle pour 3 mois. Si au bout de 3 mois le visa n' est pas délivré vous faites renouveler le récépissé pour 3 mois.
Les pièces à fournir sont les mêmes que pour la demande de visa transformable.
J' ai toujours effectué ces démarches seul, ça évite les arnaques, il est toujours risqué de confier son passeport à un tiers.
Pour la demande de visa, sauf changement très récent, vous êtes tenus de faire effectuer, un virement permanent, sur votre compte à Madagascar. Une fois le papier de la banque obtenu, rien ne vous empêche d' y mettre fin.
La meilleure solution me semble être de prendre l' option internationale sur votre compte en France.
Pour 10€50, vous effectuez autant de retraits que vous voulez, sans autres frais, avec votre carte bleue française et au meilleurs taux. Mais tout ça reste un choix personnel.
Bonne journée
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