Madagascar

Transformable immigrant visa for employment. Present a Labour Ministry endorsed employment contract, proof of employment-authorization filing, employer attestation and company registration/tax records, plus the common passport, police and lodging documents.

Free, with the law behind every answer

Transformable immigrant visa for employment

An initial transformable visa toward long-stay status; employment authorization and long-stay approval remain separate checks.

Who qualifies

Present a Labour Ministry endorsed employment contract, proof of employment-authorization filing, employer attestation and company registration/tax records, plus the common passport, police and lodging documents.
Madagascar Foreign Affairs Ministry, immigrant visas
Apply through a Malagasy mission where one serves the applicant’s country.
Madagascar Foreign Affairs Ministry, immigrant visas
The transformable visa is valid for one month. Present original documents within 72 hours of arrival and begin conversion during that first month. The listed charge is Ar 70,000 for students and Ar 140,000 for investors, workers, managers and retirees.
Madagascar Foreign Affairs Ministry, transformable-visa process and charges

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

Does it fit your family?

One question, from the program’s own rules.

Do you have a binding job offer in that country?

Not legal advice.

What it takes.

Time: Processing runs from submission of a complete file to the issuing authority’s decision.
Cost: Budget for document certification, police or medical records, translations and travel in addition to any charge collected at filing.
The hard part: Assembling the option-specific evidence and obtaining the issuing authority’s approval.

Citizens by 2033.

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

2027
First residence permit
0.08333333333333333 years, not renewable.
2032
Apply for citizenship
With a language test.
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 transformable visa is only the entry step; the later long-stay card, not the entry visa alone, must be kept for the five-year residence clock.
How long the decision takes isn’t published; we allow a year.

The law behind these dates

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.

Start today.

Open the official transformable immigrant visa for employment procedure and assemble the listed filing documents.Open diplomatie.gov.mg ↗
Gather these documents.
- The signed job offer, salary, and recognized qualifications
- Request your FBI Identity History Summary
- Health cover for the move

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