Purpose-specific registration card for a foreign national authorised to carry out declared professional activity in Morocco.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 1Process & costs: 4Report facts: 9
Northern Africa · Immigration
Morocco
Morocco sits in Northern Africa. Its immigration system runs 11 distinct routes — led by short stays and visits, work and investment, each set out in official law. 10 of them cite an official government source, shown on the route with the date we last read it. Who actually qualifies depends on your full profile.
- Immigration routes
- 11across 10 route categories, each set out in official law
- Source-cited routes
- 10 of 11cite an official government source, with the date we last read it
- Largest category
- Short stays and visits2 of the 11 routes — see them under Short stays and visits below
- Region
- Northern Africa
- Capital
- Rabat
- Population
- 38,430,770
- Official language
- Arabic, Berber
- Currency
- MAD
- Time zone
- UTC
Source-cited pathways
Immigration routes
All 11 routes, grouped by purpose — 10 of 11 cite an official government source directly. Any route below without one says so on the route.
Work
1 route
Investment
1 route
Investor entry category followed, for a stay beyond three months, by a purpose-supported Moroccan registration card.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 2Process & costs: 3Report facts: 4
Study
1 route
Purpose-specific registration card for a foreign student staying in Morocco beyond the short-stay period.
Eligibility: 2Documents: 1Process & costs: 2Report facts: 8
Family
1 route
Purpose-specific registration card for an eligible family member joining a lawful resident in Morocco.
Documents: 2Process & costs: 2Report facts: 10
Living from your own income
1 route
Temporary residence card bearing the visitor mention for a lawful adult resident supported without local employment.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 1Process & costs: 3Report facts: 9
Long-term residence
1 route
Renewable residence card for permanent settlement after qualifying lawful residence or under a listed direct-entitlement family or protection class.
Eligibility: 1Process & costs: 1Report facts: 9
Official government source: marocainsdumonde.gov.ma · checked 2026-07-27
Short stays and visits
2 routes
Multiple-entry visa valid for more than three months, with each stay capped at ninety days and residence registration required for a longer stay.
Documents: 1Process & costs: 1Report facts: 7
Source pending confirmation: consulat.ma · checked 2026-07-27
Short-stay entry visa for non-immigration purposes, with stays of up to ninety days.
Documents: 1Report facts: 9
Source pending confirmation: consulat.ma · checked 2026-07-27
Humanitarian protection
1 route
UNHCR registers and determines asylum claims pending a national asylum system; recognised refugees may then obtain Moroccan refugee and residence cards.
Can bring: spouse
Documents: 2Process & costs: 3Report facts: 7
Medical treatment
1 route
Purpose-specific temporary residence for a foreign national requiring long-term medical care in Morocco.
Documents: 1Process & costs: 2Report facts: 10
Transit
1 route
One- or two-transit visa for a traveller crossing Morocco en route to a third country.
Documents: 1Report facts: 7
Source pending confirmation: consulat.ma · checked 2026-07-27
Official sources
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