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Madagascar visa for citizens of Burkina Faso

Citizens of Burkina Faso get a Madagascar 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 Burkina Faso: the passport opens 30 countries visa-free; Ouagadougou — Antananarivo: ≈ 6,400 km, about 8.5 hours of flying.

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

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Can I travel to Madagascar without a visa on a Burkina Faso passport?

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

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Madagascar visa rules at a glance

With a Burkina Faso passport you can visit 30 countries visa-free, 22 with a visa on arrival and 48 with an e-visa; 98 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Burkina Faso passport ranks 142nd of 199.
Burkina Faso passport: visa-free access to 30 countries; Madagascar passport: 29.
Citizens of Burkina Faso and Madagascar can travel together visa-free to 14 countries, for example: Benin, Gambia, Rwanda, Kenya, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Haiti, Ecuador, Singapore, Philippines, Micronesia, and Hong Kong.
A language both countries share: French.
Citizens of Madagascar, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso visa for citizens of Madagascar

Travelling to Madagascar: good to know

Ouagadougou — Antananarivo: about 6,400 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 8.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +3 hours.
Local time: Ouagadougou 12:00 — Antananarivo 15:00.
Local currency: Malagasy Ariary.
Languages: French and Malagasy.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MGA 4,398.
Madagascar is the 118th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Burkina Faso.