Do Madagascar passport holders need a visa for Panama?
No visa required
Stay up to 90 days
No — Madagascar passport holders can visit Panama visa-free for up to 90 days as tourists.
Entry requirements for Panama
| Passport validity | 3 months months beyond arrival — Minimum three months passport validity at entry (Embassy of Panama in the US, consistent with SNM practice); the national migration law (Art. 43) requires presenting a valid passport or travel document. |
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| Onward ticket | Required — Art. 43(7) of the migration rules requires a return ticket to the country of origin/residence where the migratory category requires it; the Embassy instructs visitors to hold a round-trip ticket and proof of USD 500 economic solvency. |
| Yellow fever | Certificate required only when arriving from risk countries — No airport-transit rule stated in WHO Annex 1. Requirement added after the 2014 ITH country list edition, which showed no requirement. |
| Exemption | Holders of Nationals who require a Panama visa but hold a valid visa or residence permit issued by Canada, USA, Australia, South Korea, Japan, UK, Singapore or an EU member state: visa free, up to 30 days — Executive Decree 521/2018 as amended by Decree 196/2024: the third-country visa must simply be valid at entry (the prior-use and 6-month-remaining-validity requirements were dropped in 2024); a valid US permanent-resident card is also accepted; passport 3+ months valid, round-trip ticket and USD 500 solvency; maximum stay 30 days. |
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