You are here : Consular Service / Courtesy Visa

Application documentation
  • Passport valid for at least 6 months

  • 2 Forms to be completed (here), supplied by the Embassy or the Consulate duly completed and signed

  • 2 recent photographs

  • 2 Photocopies of the return ticket or, failing this, a signed attestation with the official stamp of the travel agency which issued the return tickets. The reservation dates must be clearly indicated

  • A written statement from the organisation to which the applicant belongs

  • Lead time: 48 hours

Period of use and validity of the visa
  • period of use: three months maximum as from the date of issue

  • the authorised length of stay depends on the reservation dates mentioned on the tickets. It is however possible in some cases to apply for an extension of the stay in Madagascar to the Ministry of Interior or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

  • N.B.: a courtesy visa valid for less than three months cannot be converted into a long-stay visa by the Ministry of Interior or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Opening hours of the Visa department: Monday to Friday, from 9.30 to 12.