Visa on arrival

Madagascar visa for citizens of Cape Verde

Citizens of Cape Verde 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 Cape Verde: the passport opens 39 countries visa-free; Praia — Antananarivo: ≈ 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 Madagascar without a visa on a Cape Verde passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Cape Verde 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 Cape Verde passport you can visit 39 countries visa-free, 24 with a visa on arrival and 43 with an e-visa; 92 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Cape Verde passport ranks 125th of 199.
Cape Verde passport: visa-free access to 39 countries; Madagascar passport: 29.
Citizens of Cape Verde and Madagascar can travel together visa-free to 18 countries, for example: Gambia, Benin, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Angola, Haiti, Rwanda, Ecuador, Zambia, Kenya, South Africa, Seychelles, Malaysia, and Singapore.
Citizens of Madagascar, in turn, get a visa on arrival in Cape Verde. Cape Verde visa for citizens of Madagascar

Travelling to Madagascar: good to know

Praia — Antananarivo: 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: Praia 12:00 — Antananarivo 16:00.
Local currency: Malagasy Ariary.
Languages: French and Malagasy.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MGA 4,398.
Madagascar is the 151st closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Cape Verde.