The National Commission for the Control of Personal Data Protection (CNDP) discovered that TLS Contact, a private service provider for collecting visa applications on behalf of European embassies such as France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Belgium in Morocco, was illegally transferring images of applicants to government institutions abroad.
Ceuta wishes to maintain the visa requirement for Moroccan travelers to control the transit at the Tarajal border.
For the whole of 2021, the United States issued 3,585 visas to Moroccan nationals . With this number, Morocco ranks second among Arab countries that have obtained the most visas for their citizens.
Good news for French visa applicants. France has decided to normalize the issuance of visas to Moroccans wishing to come to its territory.
Morocco has vetoed the appointment of the new visa officer at the Spanish Consulate General in Tetouan, Abdelilah Lamri el Ayadi, who is a Moroccan national naturalized as a Spaniard.
Speaking at the Francophonie summit in Djerba, French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed the fallout from the restriction of visa issuance for Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia decided in 2021.
The Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH) has asked the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs to allow Moroccan travelers to enter Ceuta and Melilla without having to stamp their passports. This represents a form of recognition of "colonization".
Moroccans are often forced to go through intermediaries to get an appointment to apply for a visa to France. The phenomenon is well known to the French authorities who claim to fight it "with determination".
French parliamentarians are getting involved in the visa crisis that is undermining relations between Paris and Rabat. They call for "finding ways out".
The French Embassy in Rabat explained in a letter in response to that of the Moroccan Federation of Consumer Rights (FMDC) why visa application fees are not refundable for rejected applications.
The Moroccan border police have stopped requiring stamps on passports from travelers to and from Ceuta. A measure welcomed by the association of residents of the autonomous city.
Several Moroccans, including students, doctors, retirees, etc., were unable to obtain their visas for France, which has halved the number of visas granted to nationals of the kingdom.