current cost for a tourist visa single entry in Madagascar

No problem to pay in local currency . Regarding Euros, I guess there is no problem too. Besides, there is a place at airport where you can exchange your Euros into local money. I paid 70 Euros for a three month visa. I went out of the country to get another two months visa and quite strangely it cost me the same price -70 Euros.

Thank you, Is the visa fee the same for Australians as for Americans?

Hello,
I had paid € 65 =$95 =Ar 140.000 at Airport for three months and you can pay in local currency too or € and $.
Good luck!
Ken

The official price (as at August 2008) at the airport for a single entry visa is 140 000 ariary for any period up to the limit of three months. The actual amount payable in euros or US dollars will fluctuate according to the rates on the currency markets. The exchange rate today, for example, yields 58 euros and 76 dollars for 140 000 ariary. It seems to be the practice, though, to fix the foreign currency prices in steps of five, and it is also certain that the price will be fixed at a level that guards against exchange rate losses.

While it is possible to pay in ariary, for most visitors this remains impossible in practice. There are no currency exchange facilities airside, so you would need to still have ariary from a previous visit or to somehow have managed to obtain them outside the country. Once you're through immigration control and customs, of course, you can easily change your foreign currency at the airport.

You may find it cheaper to get your visa at an embassy or consulate outside the country. The price at the Madagascar embassy in Germany, for example, is only 50 euros. This embassy also claims to know nothing about visas at the airport, so there seems to be some kind of system at work there.

I recently traveled from Australia and found that it offers the cheapest visa if you get it before you go, at $AUS50 (around 25euro). If you're in Sydney Anthony Knox in the embassy will sort it out for you - just ring beforehand to make sure he's there, and it can save you time at the airport.

I just found this notice concerning visa at corsairfly stating the passport must be valid for 6 month after leaving the country, it costs ca. 57 € and is available at the airport too. In french:
"Formalité: Tout étranger désirant se rendre à Madagascar doit être muni d'un passeport valide 6 mois après la date de retour. Dans ce document doit figurer un visa d'entrée délivré aux touristes soit par les représentations diplomatiques ou consulaires malgaches, soit à l'aéroport de débarquement moyennant le paiement du droit correspondant (environ 57 euros).

well, Euro 65 it was last week.

If you fly in by AF908 get ready to cue for some time

There is no consistency whatsoever to the tariff for a short-term visa.

The U.S. embassy's website (http://www.embassy.org/madagascar/visas.html) states that the fee is $33.45. However, a visa application received today from the embassy states that the amount is $120. In the meantime, the honorary consulate in Solana Beach, California offers a completely different visa application and a fee of $95.

This fee is a small part of the overall cost for my trip, but I'm annoyed at the apparent lack of transparency with wildly varying fees charged by "official" entities for the exact same visa. I really don't want to wait in line on arrival in Tana, so I'll likely use the honorary consulate. However, I will be in Paris for a few days (Dec. 27, 28 and 29) before my departure to Tana on Dec. 30. If fruitful, it might be fun to get the visa at the embassy in Paris. All part of the travel experience.

Any problem with a U.S. national getting a visa at the Paris Malagasy embassy? Does anyone know if the embassy will be offering these services over the holidays? Many thanks.

Marc

Hi Marc,

I'm glad I don't live in the States! There is generally no problem getting a visa at an embassy for people who don't hail from the country where the embassy is located. In Paris, you'd pay 50 euro for a single entry visa and 75 euro for multiple entry.

If you want to know for sure if they're going to be open between Christmas and New Year, why not mail them? visa@ambassade-madagascar.fr