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Skilled Foreign Worker Visa

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

This route is designed for salaried foreign workers with specific skills ('Travailleur avec compétence spécifique') employed by a company in Madagascar; subject to Article 13 and the Labour Code, local companies and investors may freely recruit the expatriate employees they need for their activities.

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  • The captured sources do not define which occupations or skills count as 'specific skills'.
  • https://cnlegis.gov.mg/uploads/L2023-002-VF.pdf
    Article 13 : Visa de catégorie «Travailleur avec compétence spécifique»
  • https://cnlegis.gov.mg/uploads/L2023-002-VF.pdf
    Sous réserve du respect de l’article 13 de la présente loi, toute société locale et tout investisseur sont libres de recruter et de licencier des salariés expatriés dont ils ont besoin pour la bonne marche de leurs activités dans le respect des dispositions du Code du Travail, sauf dérogations expressément prévues par le présent article.

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

Under Investment Law No. 2023-002 (Article 13), this visa requires the applicant to be a salaried foreign employee of a Madagascar company, and is conditioned on first obtaining an employment authorisation or work permit for that specific employment from the Ministry in charge of Labour.

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  • The law does not describe what the employer must additionally demonstrate (e.g. inability to hire locally) to obtain the employment authorization.
  • Loi n2023-002 sur les investissements a Madagascar (CNLEGIS), Chapitre IV
    Un « Visa Travailleur avec compétence spécifique » est octroyé à tout salarié étranger d’une société conditionné par l’obtention préalable d’une autorisation d’emploi ou permis de travail délivré par le Ministère en charge du Travail, dont la durée ne peut dépasser celle du contrat de travail. Le « Visa Travailleur avec compétence spécifique » est fixé pour une durée n’excédant pas celle de l’autorisation d’emploi.

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

Investment Law No. 2023-002 (Article 13) limits this visa to foreign workers filling a role requiring 'specific skills' (compétences spécifiques), capped at no more than 20% of the company's total workforce. The law states that the detailed criteria defining which skills qualify as 'specific' are set by separate regulation.

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  • The regulation defining 'specific skills' criteria has not been captured; occupation, qualification, experience or salary thresholds are not established by this source.

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

Under Article 15 of Investment Law No. 2023-002, visas granted under Articles 11-14, including this Skilled Foreign Worker visa, entitle holders to reside and legally work anywhere in Malagasy territory. Under Article 14, the spouse and dependent children of the holder qualify for a 'Family Regroupment Visa' tied to the principal holder's own visa duration. The law does not state whether the holder is tied to the specific employer named in the employment authorisation.

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  • The law does not state whether the holder is tied to the specific employer or occupation named in the employment authorization, or may change employer without a new authorization.

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

The Skilled Foreign Worker visa (Article 13) is fixed for a period not exceeding the employment authorisation or work permit's duration, which itself cannot exceed the employment contract's duration. Under Article 15, the visa is granted under the authority of the Ministry in charge of the Interior and delivered at EDBM level; renewal must be requested within three months before the visa's expiry date, under conditions set by regulation. The official source does not state a longer-term residence direction.

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  • Detailed renewal, retention and withdrawal procedures are left to regulations not captured in this extraction.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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