The move of the American consulate in Casablanca to Casa Finance City gave rise to a rather unusual contract: Washington hired a company to prepare its own employees for the change. The first attempt was even canceled for lack of funding.
Morocco has just initiated administrative procedures related to the sale of the former headquarters of its general consulate in Antwerp. However, the official text reveals neither the value of the building nor the identity of a potential buyer.
Morocco is preparing a new generation of biometric passports equipped with additional protections against counterfeiting. The new document will begin to be rolled out gradually from August 2026, without requiring holders to immediately replace their current passport.
The American Mission is transferring its Consulate General in Casablanca to a new ultra-modern complex in Casa Finance City. This $300 million project symbolizes a 250-year-old historic partnership and strengthens the United States’ diplomatic presence in Morocco.
As Madrid prepares to launch a sweeping regularization operation for more than half a million undocumented immigrants, Moroccan nationals are facing critical saturation of their consular services . The inability to obtain administrative appointments threatens their eligibility for this historic process.
The Spanish justice system is not letting go. Faced with Morocco’s refusal to pay compensation for harassment, a court in Murcia has ordered the immediate seizure of the bank accounts of its consulate. A shock measure of more than 100,000 euros to repair the ordeal of a former employee.
The end of the run for a former employee of the Moroccan consulate in Dubai . Wanted by Interpol, the main suspect in a case of embezzlement of public funds was apprehended at the Casablanca airport. The damage is estimated at nearly 10 million dirhams.
A student, identified as the daughter of the Moroccan vice-consul, was the target of a violent robbery on public transportation in the Île-de-France region. The young woman officially filed a complaint this Wednesday morning with the police, following the assault that occurred on board a RER D train.
On November 10th, the court in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria ordered the Moroccan consulate in the Canary Islands to pay Amir (a pseudonym), a driver for the institution, the sum of 20,000 euros in damages, finding Consul Fatiha El Kamouri guilty of "degrading treatment" and unfair dismissal.
The Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeal of Rabat has delivered its verdict in the case of the embezzlement of funds at the Moroccan Consulate General in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. A manager has been sentenced to prison, but the main accused is still on the run.
In order to improve consular services, "the competent services are striving to reduce the user’s waiting time for the processing of the consular service, from 45 minutes in 2025 to 38 minutes in 2026," said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Christophe Lecourtier, the French ambassador to Morocco, described as "historic" the UN Security Council resolution dated October 31, 2025, validating the Moroccan autonomy plan for the Sahara as the sole basis for resolving the conflict.