Visa requirements for Moroccan citizens

Moroccan citizens need a Schengen visa, which covers all member states for up to 90 days in any 180-day period.

Of the 198 countries whose entry rules are known in both directions, Morocco and 24 of them let each other’s citizens in without a visa obtained in advance (visa-free, on arrival or with an ETA; an e-visa counts as a visa).

54 countries ask holders of the Moroccan passport for a visa beforehand, although their own citizens enter Morocco without one: Algeria, Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria and 49 others.

The reverse holds for 47 countries: holders of the Moroccan passport get in without a visa obtained in advance, but their citizens need one for Morocco (Angola, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Burundi and 42 others).

85 countries ask holders of the Moroccan passport for a visa obtained before travel from an embassy, a consulate or a visa centre. 31 of them have an embassy or consulate on record in Morocco.

54 countries have no embassy or career consulate on record in Morocco, so the application usually goes to one of their posts in another country. Counting the post an official diplomatic list names for Morocco, or else the nearest one within 2,000 km, those posts are most often in Spain (16), Portugal (8), France (4) and Switzerland (2).

The United States refused 27% of visitor-visa (B1/B2) applications from citizens of Morocco in fiscal year 2025, by the State Department’s adjusted refusal rate. 92 of the 197 nationalities with a published rate had a lower one and 104 a higher one; the middle value was 32%.

Schengen consulates in Morocco refused 19% of short-stay visa applications in 2025 (all Schengen consulates worldwide: 15%). Among the 74 countries where they received at least 10,000 applications, that is the 36th highest rate. The figure counts every nationality applying there, not only citizens.

Visa-free travel with the Moroccan passport

By continent, the Moroccan passport is visa-free in 19 countries in Africa, 10 countries in Asia, 10 countries in the Americas and 3 countries in Oceania. The longest visa-free stays for Moroccan citizens are allowed in Vanuatu (120 days), Azerbaijan (90 days), Barbados (90 days), Burkina Faso (90 days), Benin (90 days) and Brazil (90 days).

Visa on arrival

Moroccan citizens can get a visa at the airport or land border of Burundi, Cambodia, the Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia and 21 others.

E-Visa and electronic travel authorisation

An e-Visa, applied for online before the trip, is how Moroccan citizens enter Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Australia, the Bahamas, Bahrain, Bhutan and 35 others. South Korea and Suriname ask instead for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA), a lighter online check than a visa.

Morocco’s neighbours

For the neighbouring countries, the rules are: Algeria (visa required) and Spain (visa required).

How the passport compares

Among neighbouring passports, the Spanish passport ranks 5th (162 destinations) and the Algerian passport ranks 153rd (55 destinations). Of the 198 passports in the data, 70 can enter visa-free, 8 need an ETA, 7 need an e-Visa and 113 need a visa from an embassy or consulate for Morocco.