🇧🇮→🇲🇬Burundi→Madagascar

Short-stay tourism visits to Madagascar. Covers leisure, sightseeing, and non-business activities.

• Available to all nationalities except Burundi and Palestine.
• Four fee tiers based on stay duration (eVisa only - effective 16 February 2026): 1-15 days = US$35/€30 (tripled from US$10/€10); 16-30 days = US$41/€35; 31-60 days = US$47/€40; 61-90 days = US$59/€50.
• The fee increase applies exclusively to the eVisa system; VoA fees at airports/consulates were not confirmed as changed (may retain pre-increase 15-day rate of US$10/€10).
• Apply 1 week to 6 months before departure; ETA issued within 72 hours.
• Diplomats and employees of certain international organizations are exempt from fees.

Short-stay tourism visits granted at the port of entry for travelers who did not apply online in advance.

• Available at international airports and ports for all nationalities except Burundi and Palestine.
• Allows up to 90 days (eVisa is capped at 60 days).
• The official eVisa portal (evisamada-mg.com) states 'the prices of the online visa are the same as those paid on arrival,' indicating the February 2026 fee schedule applies on arrival as well: 1-15 days = US$35/€30; 16-30 days = US$41/€35; 31-60 days = US$47/€40; 61-90 days = US$59/€50 (portal currently displays placeholder amounts while the service is being upgraded).
• Can be extended to a maximum total stay of 90 days within Madagascar.
• Diplomats and employees of certain international organizations are exempt from fees.

Short-term business visits including meetings, trade missions, internships, and short business assignments without paid employment in Madagascar.

• Classified under the short-stay non-immigrant visa category by Madagascar Embassy Paris.
• Covers business visits, short missions, internships, and journalism.
• Maximum stay up to 90 days with up to 3 entries.
• Work authorization is not included.
• Can be issued by diplomatic missions or at airport immigration offices.
• No paid work permitted.

Long-term stay for expatriate workers and employees of companies operating in Madagascar; intended to be converted into a long-stay residence permit at the Ministry of Interior.

• Initial visa validity is 1 month.
• Must be obtained from a consulate before arrival - cannot be issued on arrival.
• Once in Madagascar, the holder must apply for conversion to a Long Stay Visa at the Ministry of Interior (Department of Immigration) within 1 month of arrival.
• Categories include expatriate workers, NGO members, and religious missionaries.
• Source: Madagascar Embassy Paris visa categories page.

Long-term stay for foreign nationals enrolled in an educational institution in Madagascar; intended to be converted into a long-stay residence permit.

• Initial visa validity is 1 month.
• Must be obtained from a consulate before arrival - cannot be issued on arrival.
• Once in Madagascar, the holder must apply for conversion to a Long Stay Visa at the Ministry of Interior within 1 month of arrival.
• Listed explicitly as a long-stay transformable visa category by Madagascar Embassy Paris.

Long-term residence for retirees and those making a definitive move to Madagascar; intended to be converted into a permanent residence permit.

• Initial visa validity is 1 month.
• Must be obtained from a consulate before arrival.
• Holder must apply for conversion to a Long Stay Visa at the Ministry of Interior within 1 month of arrival.
• Listed as 'rentiers' (retirees/those living on investment income) in the long-stay transformable category by Madagascar Embassy Paris.
• Vocation to obtain permanent residence permit.

Long-term residence for foreign investors, business creators, or those transferring businesses to Madagascar; intended to be converted into a long-stay residence permit.

• Initial visa validity is 1 month.
• Must be obtained from a consulate before arrival - cannot be issued on arrival or via eVisa.
• Once in Madagascar, the holder applies for a Long Stay Visa at the Ministry of Interior (Department of Immigration) within 1 month.
• Managed by EDBM (Economic Development Board of Madagascar).
• No minimum investment amount specified on accessible official pages.
• Categories include investors, business creators, and business transferees.

Long-term stay for foreign nationals joining family members residing in Madagascar; intended to be converted into a long-stay residence permit.

• Initial visa validity is 1 month.
• Must be obtained from a consulate before arrival.
• Once in Madagascar, the holder must apply for conversion to a Long Stay Visa at the Ministry of Interior within 1 month.
• Listed as a specific long-stay transformable category ('family reunification') by Madagascar Embassy Paris.

Entry for diplomats, international organization staff, development agency personnel, and their eligible family members on official assignment.

• Issued to holders of diplomatic passports, international organization staff, development agency personnel, and their family members.
• Fee-exempt.
• Issued by diplomatic missions or the Madagascar Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
• Duration up to 1 month per the Madagascar Embassy Paris page.
• Bilateral agreements (with India, China, Morocco) additionally grant full visa-free entry for diplomatic/service passport holders of those countries.

Long-term stay for foreign journalists on assignment and for trainees/interns (stagiaires); intended to be converted into a long-stay residence permit.

• Initial visa validity is 1 month.
• Must be obtained from a consulate before arrival.
• Once in Madagascar, the holder must apply for conversion to a Long Stay Visa at the Ministry of Interior within 1 month.
• Madagascar Embassy Paris lists journalist long-term missions (journalistes) and long-term internships (stagiaires) as distinct transformable categories.
• Short-stay non-transformable variants also exist for journalist missions and internships under 3 months (court séjour, max 90 days, up to 3 entries).

Long-term stay for religious missionaries and members of foreign or local NGOs/associations working in Madagascar; intended to be converted into a long-stay residence permit.

• Initial visa validity is 1 month.
• Must be obtained from a consulate before arrival - cannot be issued on arrival or via eVisa.
• Once in Madagascar, the holder applies for conversion to a Long Stay Visa at the Ministry of Interior (Department of Immigration) within 1 month.
• Madagascar Embassy Paris lists 'membres des ONG étrangères' (foreign NGO members), 'membres des associations/ONG locales' (local associations/NGOs) and religious missionaries (missionnaires) as distinct long-stay transformable categories.
• A common pathway for foreign missionaries and NGO/humanitarian volunteers in Madagascar.
• No official fee published on accessible government pages.