Abdelkader Belliraj , 67, Belgian-Moroccan sentenced to life for terrorism in Morocco in 2010, has received a Belgian passport. He was released at the end of March from Oudaya prison (Marrakech) following a pardon from King Mohammed VI granted for the end of Ramadan.
Morocco holds the 69th most powerful passport in the world, according to the 2025 Henley Passport Index of the Henley & Partners firm. The Moroccan passport thus gains two places, after having occupied the 71st place last year and the 80th in 2023.
The Minister of the Interior, Abdelouafi Laftit, announced that his department is working to propose a bill that will allow Moroccans to submit passport application or renewal requests remotely.
While the debate on extending the validity of Moroccan passports is raging, the Minister of the Interior, Abdelouafi Laftit, announced the upcoming implementation of a new online passport application service.
While he went to the Moroccan consulate in Murcia, accompanied by his wife, to retrieve his passport, a Moroccan residing in Spain was assaulted by a security guard.
Algeria has reintroduced the visa for "all foreigners holding a Moroccan passport" on the grounds that Morocco deploys "Zionist intelligence agents [...] to freely access the national territory" and carry out "various actions undermining the stability of Algeria and its national security". Justifications deemed absurd by an expert in international relations.
The Moroccan passport is among the most powerful in the world, according to the Henley Passport Index ranking.
Contrary to the information published by some media, Spain has not restored the Schengen visa exemption to facilitate the entry into Ceuta for Moroccans residing in Tetouan and M’diq-Fnideq, upon presentation of their passports alone.
It is now official. Abdelouafi Laftit, Minister of the Interior, has confirmed the lifting of the requirement for the mother (Moroccan woman) residing in Morocco or abroad to obtain the father’s authorization to obtain or renew the Moroccan passport for minor children.
In the eyes of Mounya Allali, researcher in human sciences and Advisor on relations with Arab universities in Italy, the lifting by the Ministry of the Interior of the requirement for the mother (Moroccan woman) to request the father’s authorization to obtain or renew the Moroccan passport for minor children is a good omen for the long-awaited revision of the Family Code.
The Ministry of the Interior has lifted the requirement for Moroccan mothers (Moroccan women) to obtain the father’s authorization for the issuance or renewal of Moroccan passports for their minor children. This new measure has been implemented in the Moroccan consulates in New York (United States) and Madrid (Spain).
The validity of the Moroccan passport could soon be extended. This is at least the wish of a deputy, who has just made the request to the government.