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Transformable immigrant visa for retiree. Present pension or retirement evidence and a bank certificate showing periodic account funding, plus the common immigrant-visa documents; the authority applies an evidence-based resources test rather than a numeric minimum.

Free, with the law behind every answer

Transformable immigrant visa for retiree

A 30-day immigrant visa that must be converted after arrival to long-stay retiree status. It does not grant employment authorization.

Who qualifies

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

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Does it fit your family?

2 questions, from the program’s own rules.

Steady monthly income, from any source?

Not legal advice.

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What it takes.

Time
Present the originals within 72 hours of arrival and request the long-stay conversion within the visa’s first month.
Cost
The Foreign Affairs Ministry lists Ar 140,000 for a retiree transformable visa.
The hard part
Assembling the option-specific evidence and obtaining the issuing authority’s approval.
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Citizens by 2033.

If your first permit is issued in 2027 and you keep living there, this is the road.

  1. 2027
    First residence permit

    0.08333333333333333 years, not renewable.

  2. 2032
    Apply for citizenship

    With a language test.

  3. 2033
    Citizenship
Language
Enough Malagasy for the applicant’s circumstances; the code treats language as evidence of assimilation rather than setting an exam level.
Time away
Habitual residence in Madagascar for the five years before filing and maintained until the naturalisation decree is signed.
Two passports
Yes. You keep your U.S. citizenship.
  • The initial visa is converted after arrival; continued lawful residence on the retiree card can build the five-year naturalisation period.
  • How long the decision takes isn’t published; we allow a year.
The law behind these dates
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Living there.

Time you must spend there
The program sets no minimum number of days. Renewal still expects it to be your home.
Tax
Where you become tax resident follows the days you spend there and where your home is. We map it for your family before you move.

We never file a tax return. We tell you what applies and brief the professional who does.

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Start today.

  1. Open the official transformable immigrant visa for retiree procedure and assemble the listed filing documents.Open diplomatie.gov.mg ↗
  2. Gather these documents.
    • Proof of how you will support yourselves
    • Request your FBI Identity History Summary
    • Health cover for the move
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The official application forms, submission and recovery specification are not complete. Postern cannot run this application yet.

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