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Hi everyone.
I have read that Moroccan law prohibits cohabitation without marriage and hotel owners sometimes ask for a marriage license prior to offering a room. I have read that this law is mostly overlooked for foreigners, but it may be sometimes enforced for Moroccans.
Does anyone have any experience with this? Is the law enforced? Would it be a bad idea to travel in Morocco with one's Moroccan fiancee?
Morocco government authorization
in Middle East and North Africa
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Hello everyone.
My fiancee recently got her K1 visa approved and she was able to leave Morocco and make it here to the U.S.
Let me share our experience:
Due to Covid restrictions, Morrocans require special permission (الترخيص للسفر) to travel out of the country. This is an official letter issued by the local government office (العمالة). The Morrocan beneficiary should apply for this letter immediately after receiving the visa in hand. It may take a few days to receive it. They might demand further evidence beyond the K1 visa. After contacting several VJ members, we heard back that some of them had experienced difficulties obtaining this permission from the local government office. This also happened to my fiancee. They demanded that she show official evidence from the U.S. Government that proves that she is going to the U.S. with the intention of marriage. She tried to explain to them that the K1 visa is exactly this evidence. They did not seem to understand what the K1 visa is. So my fiancee was not successful on her first try.
Other people have reported success by showing a marriage ceremony reservation at a U.S. courthouse. In our case, we did not have this, so my fiancee went back the next day and showed them a printout from the U.S. State Department explaining what a K1 visa is, along with an Arabic translation. They eventually accepted this, along with a copy of the K1 visa and a copy of her DS-160 confirmation page. It took three days and multiple visits to the local governmment office, but my fiancee eventually did receive her permission to travel. Having in hand the K1 visa and this permission to travel (and of course a PCR test for covid), my fiancee was able to leave Morocco without any difficulties or problems at the airport.
I hope this helps.