One-Month Transformable Visa for Long Stay

What exact status does accumulated residence lead to?

The official EDBM document describes a one-month visa that is transformable and extendable into a long-stay visa. It does not establish that the route itself grants permanent residence.

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Limits of the record

The source does not define a permanent or accumulated-residence status.

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Visa d’un (01) mois transformable et prorogeable en long séjour 140.000 Ar payable en espèces auprès du Centre fiscal EDBM

What qualifying residence period is required and when does the period begin?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the qualifying residence period and when it begins.

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Limits of the record

Searched all MG extractions (EDBM notice, embassy pages, MFA/Interior guidance, Law 2023-002, 2026 finance law) for a qualifying residence period and its start date for a permanent or accumulated-residence status; none states it. The finance law only prices a 'visa de séjour définitif' without residence conditions.

Which types of residence count fully, partially or not at all where the official rules specify this?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm which types of residence count towards the qualifying period.

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Limits of the record

Searched all MG extractions (EDBM notice, embassy pages, MFA/Interior guidance, Law 2023-002, 2026 finance law) for rules on which types of residence count fully, partially or not at all toward a later status; none states it. The finance law only prices a 'visa de séjour définitif' without residence conditions.

What absence/continuity rules affect accumulation of the qualifying residence period?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the absence and continuity rules for the qualifying period.

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Limits of the record

Searched all MG extractions (EDBM notice, embassy pages, MFA/Interior guidance, Law 2023-002, 2026 finance law) for absence, continuity or physical-presence rules for accumulating residence; none states it. The finance law only prices a 'visa de séjour définitif' without residence conditions.

What other major conditions apply, how is the status obtained, and what renewal, document-validity, retention or loss rules matter?

Applicants from countries without a Malagasy representation first request a boarding agreement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, then file a physical application with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs representative at EDBM; the transformable visa is affixed to the passport within one week. In Madagascar the holder must then apply for a long-term visa and a resident card at the Ministry of the Interior. Immigrant visas are issued on a precarious and revocable basis and can be withdrawn for irregularity, a threat to public order and security, or if the reason for the initial visa disappears; renewal must be filed three months before expiry under the same conditions as the first visa.

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Limits of the record

The sources set no rules for retaining or losing a permanent status; this route is only the entry stage to a long-stay visa.
The validity period of the long-term visa and resident card is not stated.

https://edbm.mg/accord_debarquement/V1_visa_transformable_public%20_JAUNE.pdf
Le visa transformable traité auprès de l’EDBM est destiné aux étrangers n’ayant aucune Représentation de Madagascar dans son pays d’origine. L’étranger doit en premier lieu demander l’accord d’embarquement auprès du Ministère des Affaires Etrangères pour entrer dans le territoire Malagasy.
https://edbm.mg/accord_debarquement/V1_visa_transformable_public%20_JAUNE.pdf
La demande de visa transformable nécessite le dépôt des dossiers physiques au représentant du Ministère des affaires étrangères à l’EDBM
https://edbm.mg/accord_debarquement/V1_visa_transformable_public%20_JAUNE.pdf
Documents délivrés (sous 1 semaine) - Visa transformable apposé sur le passeport
https://www.mdg-london.org/visas
STEP 2: In Madagascar, the holder of a transformable visa must apply for a long term visa and a resident card at the Ministry of the Interior, Immigration and Emigration Service.
https://ambamad-paris.diplomatie.gov.mg/index.php/visa/visas-d-entree-et-de-sejour-a-madagascar
Les visas non-immigrant et immigrant sont délivrés à titre précaire et révocable. Ils sont accordés sous réserve du droit de l’autorité compétente de le retirer avec toutes les conséquences de droit, si l’un des cas suivants venait à se manifester : Le constat d’irrégularité dans les conditions d’octroi de visa, d’admission ou de séjour du titulaire du visa sur le territoire ; La présence de l’intéressé constitue une menace pour l’ordre et la sécurité publique ; Le motif de la délivrance du visa initial venait à disparaitre.
https://ambamad-paris.diplomatie.gov.mg/index.php/visa/visas-d-entree-et-de-sejour-a-madagascar
Toute demande de renouvellement de visa d’immigrant doit être déposée trois mois avant l’expiration du visa en cours. Et elle est également soumise aux mêmes conditions que pour le premier visa.

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What exact status does accumulated residence lead to?

What qualifying residence period is required and when does the period begin?

Which types of residence count fully, partially or not at all where the official rules specify this?

What absence/continuity rules affect accumulation of the qualifying residence period?

What other major conditions apply, how is the status obtained, and what renewal, document-validity, retention or loss rules matter?

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