Morocco Visa Requirements for U.S. Citizens
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Morocco visa requirements for U.S. citizens
No visa needed; 90 days
- U.S. passport status
- Visa free
- Visa-free days
- 90 days
- Document route
- Apostille
- Translation
- Required
- Short-stay fee
- None
- Schengen area
- No
Entering Morocco
U.S. citizens enter Morocco visa-free for up to 90 days. Extension beyond 90 days requires an application to the local police, which is slow, so most long-stay visitors instead obtain a residence card.
Passport requirements
Valid for at least six months beyond your intended departure, with at least two blank pages.
What is specific to Morocco
Morocco is a party to the Hague Apostille Convention, so U.S. documents are apostilled rather than legalised, which many older sources get wrong. Morocco has become a significant destination for remote workers and retirees drawn by cost, climate and proximity to Europe, though it has no dedicated digital nomad or retirement visa; long-stay foreigners obtain a carte de sejour on the basis of resources, property or a local activity.
Visa categories for Morocco
Each has its own page combining the universal process for that category with what Morocco specifically requires.
Tourist and Visitor Visa
Visa-free for 90 days.
Business Visitor Visa
A business visitor visa lets you attend meetings, conferences, trade fairs and negotiations. It does not let you work. The distinction is genuinely important…
Student and Study Visa
Study residence through the institution.
Work and Employment Visa
Employer-sponsored, with the contract approved by the labour authority.
Digital Nomad and Remote Work Visa
No dedicated route; remote workers use the ordinary residence card on the basis of sufficient resources.
Family, Spouse and Partner Visa
Family routes are usually the most generous immigration category a country offers and simultaneously the most document-intensive. There is normally no income test on…
Retirement and Passive Income Visa
No dedicated retirement visa; a carte de sejour on the basis of resources is the usual route.
Permanent Residence and Citizenship
A ten-year residence card is available after several years of continuous residence.
Where and how to apply
- Official portal
- Moroccan consular services
- Where to file
- At the consulate with jurisdiction over your U.S. state of residence.
- Biometrics
- Fingerprints and a facial image are collected for most visa categories.
- Fees
- No visitor fee. Residence card applications carry modest fees.
- Short-stay processing
- Not applicable for visits
- Long-stay processing
- Two to six months for a residence card
Documents and authentication for Morocco
Morocco is a party to the Hague Apostille Convention, so U.S. public documents are apostilled. That is a single certificate and it is the end of the chain.
Translation. Required into French or Arabic by a sworn translator.
- 1 Obtain a certified original From the issuing authority. Photocopies, scans and souvenir certificates cannot be authenticated.
- 2 Notarise, if it is a private document Letters, affidavits, powers of attorney and diploma copies need a notary acknowledgement first. Government-issued vital records do not.
- 3 County clerk, in some states A handful of states require the county clerk to certify the notary commission before the Secretary of State will act.
- 4 Authenticate at the right level State-issued documents go to the Secretary of State of the ISSUING state. Federal documents, including the FBI Identity History Summary, go to the U.S. Department of State Office of Authentications.
- 5 Apostille or embassy legalisation Hague Convention destination: the apostille ends the chain. Non-member destination: the document then goes to that country embassy or consulate. For Morocco the apostille ends the chain.
- 6 Certified translation Translate the document together with its apostille or legalisation certificate. Doing this first means paying twice. Required into French or Arabic by a sworn translator.
- 7 File with the right consulate Jurisdiction is by your U.S. state of residence. Bring originals plus a full copy set.
The two expensive mistakes. Sending a federal document such as an FBI Identity History Summary to a Secretary of State, which cannot authenticate it. And translating before authentication, so the apostille certificate is not inside the translation and the whole set has to be paid for twice.
Official sources
- Moroccan consular services Visa and consular information.
Verified Sep 7, 2026 Primary sources: www.dgsn.gov.ma, www.consulat.ma
This resource is provided free by Federal Apostille as an educational tool. It is not legal or immigration advice, and no attorney-client relationship is created by using it. Visa rules, fees, processing times and entry requirements change frequently and often without notice, and individual circumstances change the answer. Always confirm current requirements with the official government source and the specific embassy or consulate that has jurisdiction over your place of residence before you book travel or file an application. Every figure on this site carries the date we last verified it and a link to the primary source.
