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

The captured implementing decree describes the work-mention registration card for a foreign national with an employment contract approved by the government employment authority. If that nationality requires an entry visa, the visa must carry the “pour le travail” mention. The captured decree does not establish a separate entitlement for company shareholders, managers or co-managers without this salaried-work basis.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured official text does not resolve whether a company director/shareholder acting outside an employment contract can use this exact registration-card route. A current consolidated legal version was not established by the available captures.
  • https://www.sgg.gov.ma/Portals/0/profession_reglementee/decretApplicationLoi02-03.pdf
    En vue d'obtenir la carte d'immatriculation portant la mention « pour le travail », l'étranger doit être titulaire d'un contrat de travail homologué par l'autorité gouvernementale chargée de l'emploi et disposer d'un visa d'entrée au Maroc portant la mention « pour le travail » lorsque sa nationalité est soumise à cette formalité.

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

For employment of a foreign salaried worker, the captured Labour Code Article 516 requires the employer to obtain authorization from the government labour authority; the authorization takes the form of a visa endorsed on the employment contract. Article 517 requires the foreign-worker contract to follow the official model, and Article 518 requires the contract to make the employer bear return costs if authorization is refused. The captured implementing decree also requires an approved employment contract for the work-mention registration card. These are employer actions; the available official captures do not establish a present exemption for Senegalese, Tunisian or Algerian nationals under this exact route.

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Limits of the record
  • Treaty-based nationality exceptions, if any, require a current applicable primary instrument. The present official captures do not resolve those exceptions or the current consolidated legal status.

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

The decisive professional criterion is scarcity of skills: the employer must prove the candidate has particular or rare skills in Morocco and that no national profile is available to fill the position (the 'national preference' labour-market test).

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

The work authorisation is granted as a visa affixed to the employment contract and can be withdrawn at any time by the labour authority. The official source does not state whether the holder may change employer or whether family may accompany the holder.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured Labour Code text on contract modifications is garbled, so whether changing employer or job requires a new authorisation is not established.
  • Family accompaniment rights were not established.

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

A registration card authorises stay for 1 to 10 years maximum, renewable for the same period according to the reasons given. A foreigner with at least 4 years of uninterrupted residence in conformity with the laws may obtain a residence card, the decision taking into account notably the means of existence, including the conditions of professional activity, and facts supporting an intention to settle durably.

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Limits of the record
  • No work-specific card duration, renewal documents or fee were found.

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

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