The Kingdom of Morocco will start, as of July 10, 2022, the procedures for granting an electronic visa "eVisa" via the platform www.access-Maroc.ma, to facilitate the granting of visas to foreigners subject to this procedure.
A press release issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, today, Friday, stated that this new procedure has been implemented in accordance with the high guidelines of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, Aoun Allah, which aims to improve, simplify and modernize consular services. Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, and Moroccans Living Abroad.
It is part of the continuing efforts made by Morocco at the national and international levels to digitize the services provided by the public administration and identifies the same source adding that it dedicates the modernization of the consular work at the level of diplomatic and consular missions of the Kingdom, as recommended in the Ministry's strategy on reforming this area.
An e-Visa is a permit for a single person, valid for a maximum period of 180 days from the date of issue. Entry into Moroccan territory will be allowed for a maximum stay of 30 days.
Three categories of foreign nationals who will benefit from the "eVisa" are citizens of certain countries, the list of which has been determined by the competent Moroccan authorities (Thailand and Israel as a first step), and foreign nationals who have a residence permit or residence permit valid at least 180 days from the date of submission Electronic visa application, residents of an EU country, the United States,
Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, Norway, New Zealand, and Switzerland as well as foreign nationals holding a non-electronic visa from a Schengen country, the United States, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and New Zealand, multiple entries, valid for at least 90 days From the date of submitting the electronic application, the statement said that the visa application.
Applications submitted online by the concerned citizens, via www.access-Maroc.ma, and related to “tourist” or “business” visas, will be processed within 24 hours (Visa Express) and 72 hours (Visa Standard), as the source.
To launch the "electronic visa" system, the Ministry, in coordination with the relevant departments, has established a legal framework for creating an electronic visa and means for exchanging data in this field.
The press release concluded that the processing of "electronic visa" applications, within the specified deadlines, will be carried out by managers trained for this purpose, via the platform www. access-Maroc. ma, developed by the engineers and technicians of this department.