A Libyan national was arrested in March at the Mohammed V airport for presenting a forged Moroccan visa. He would have received the document from a travel agency in Tunis, itself from the Moroccan consulate in Tunis.
Faced with the health context related to covid-19, the French parliament has adopted the extension of the validity of residence permits (6 months) and asylum application certificates (3 months).
With the end of the lockdown on Monday, May 11, 2020, France has taken several measures regarding applications for residence documents and asylum.
In this context marked by the coronavirus pandemic, imams and reciters will not have French visas for the month of Ramadan which will begin on April 24.
The visas and residence permits of Moroccans currently in France are extended by three months.
The French Ambassador to Morocco, Hélène Le Gal, announced on Friday, March 27, that the validity of residence permits for Moroccans currently in France, as well as for French people in Morocco, is extended by three months.
Moroccans wishing to obtain a Schengen visa granted by the French embassy through a private company will have to wait until May 2020 before making online appointments.
France issued a total of 346,032 visas to Moroccans in 2019 compared to 334,019 in 2018, an increase of 12,013 visas.
Saudi Arabia has just activated its new tourist visa system. From now on, Moroccans holding Schengen visas, from the United Kingdom, the United States are exempt from entry visas in this country.
M’jid El Guerrab , member of parliament for the 9th constituency of French citizens living abroad (Maghreb and West Africa), has been appointed rapporteur of a parliamentary mission on French policy on the attribution of visas. The Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly has mandated this mission.
The Foreign Exchange Office has set new rules governing transfers related to the accommodation costs of Moroccan pilgrims in Saudi Arabia.
Eight individuals were arrested by the Central Brigade of Judicial Investigations for their alleged involvement in a criminal network specializing in fake visas and residence permits.