Purpose-specific registration card for a foreign national authorised to carry out declared professional activity in Morocco.
Northern Africa · Immigration
Morocco
Morocco sits in Northern Africa. Its immigration system runs 11 distinct routes — led by short stay & visit, 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 stay & visit2 of the 11 routes — see them under Short stay & visit 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.
Study
1 route
Purpose-specific registration card for a foreign student staying in Morocco beyond the short-stay period.
Family
1 route
Purpose-specific registration card for an eligible family member joining a lawful resident in Morocco.
Can bring: spouse, children
Independent means
1 route
Temporary residence card bearing the visitor mention for a lawful adult resident supported without local employment.
Residence-based status
1 route
Renewable residence card for permanent settlement after qualifying lawful residence or under a listed direct-entitlement family or protection class.
Official government source: marocainsdumonde.gov.ma · checked 2026-07-27
Short stay & visit
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.
Official government source: consulat.ma · checked 2026-07-27
Short-stay entry visa for non-immigration purposes, with stays of up to ninety days.
Official government source: 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
Medical treatment
1 route
Purpose-specific temporary residence for a foreign national requiring long-term medical care in Morocco.
Transit
1 route
One- or two-transit visa for a traveller crossing Morocco en route to a third country.
Official government source: consulat.ma · checked 2026-07-27
Official sources
- Acces Maroc eVisaGovernment
- Consular Services VisasGovernment
- AMDIE InvestmentGovernment
- [NSO] Direction de la StatistiqueGovernment
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