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Cape Verde visa for citizens of Madagascar

Citizens of Madagascar get a Cape Verde visa on arrival at passport control. You don’t apply in advance, but border officers check your passport, return ticket and accommodation. Visago checks your documents before you travel. It costs $19.

For citizens of Madagascar: the passport opens 29 countries visa-free; Antananarivo — Praia: ≈ 8,640 km, about 11.5 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

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Can I travel to Cape Verde without a visa on a Madagascar passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Madagascar get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

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Cape Verde visa rules at a glance

With a Madagascar passport you can visit 29 countries visa-free, 26 with a visa on arrival and 47 with an e-visa; 96 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Madagascar passport ranks 147th of 199.
Madagascar passport: visa-free access to 29 countries; Cape Verde passport: 39.
Citizens of Madagascar and Cape Verde can travel together visa-free to 18 countries, for example: Seychelles, Zambia, South Africa, Kenya, Rwanda, Angola, Benin, Malaysia, Singapore, Gambia, Philippines, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Micronesia, and Dominica.
Citizens of Cape Verde, in turn, get a visa on arrival in Madagascar. Madagascar visa for citizens of Cape Verde

Travelling to Cape Verde: good to know

Antananarivo — Praia: about 8,640 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 11.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −4 hours.
Local time: Antananarivo 12:00 — Praia 08:00.
Local currency: Cape Verdean Escudo.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ CVE 97.
Cape Verde is the 127th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Madagascar.