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Transformable immigrant visa for study. Present diploma, enrolment and scholarship or resource evidence, plus the common immigrant-visa documents.

Free, with the law behind every answer

Transformable immigrant visa for study

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

Who qualifies

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

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It could fit.

Transformable immigrant visa for study needs admission to a qualifying course; the course and your passport then decide it.

What would settle itYour admission and the course’s eligibility under the destination’s rules.

Every option that fits your family

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 70,000 for a student 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 30-day entry visa must become a long-stay student card; the Nationality Code counts habitual residence rather than the entry visa itself.
  • 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 study procedure and assemble the listed filing documents.Open diplomatie.gov.mg ↗
  2. Gather these documents.
    • The degree or admission letter, and proof of funds
    • Request your FBI Identity History Summary
    • Health cover for the move
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Postern can’t run this for you yet.

The official application forms, submission and recovery specification are not complete. Postern cannot run this application yet.

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