Moroccan passport

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• Moroccan Passport Ranks 8th Among Arab Nations for Visa-Free Travel
  5 August 2019, by Said

  The Canadian consulting firm analyzed data from 199 countries around the world, taking into account the number of destinations that can be visited without a visa.
  At the Arab level, the Moroccan passport ranks behind seven others, including those of the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, the Sultanate of Oman, Saudi Arabia, and then Tunisia. The Algerian passport, on the other hand, only allows access to 59 countries.
  As for Syria, Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan, their (…)

• Moroccan Police Bust Network Falsifying Documents for Israeli Citizenship
  8 March 2019, by Said

  About ten people accused of being part of a criminal network specializing in the falsification of official documents have been arrested Tuesday and Wednesday by the police.
  In a statement, the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) indicates that the members of this network were active in "the falsification of official documents in order to obtain Moroccan nationality and national identity documents". Among the arrested persons, there is a "Moroccan of Jewish faith, three police (…)

• Morocco Arrests Five Israelis in Fake Passport Forgery Ring
  25 March 2019, by Said

  The investigation into the case of illegally obtained Moroccan fake passports issued to Israeli nationals has just led to the arrest of several other people, all of whom have Israeli nationality.
  In a statement, the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) indicates that it has arrested "five foreigners holding Israeli passports, for their alleged involvement in obtaining Moroccan identity documents and passports by forgery", adding that the dismantled criminal network a few days (…)

• Morocco’s Passport Ranks 79th Globally, Lags Behind 18 African Nations in Visa-Free Access
  5 April 2019, by Amine

  The Moroccan passport allows access to 61 countries without a visa. And if it is 79th in the world in terms of passport strength, even at the African level the Moroccan green passport is struggling to establish itself.
  18 African countries precede the Moroccan passport regarding the issue of power. By this is meant the privileges of entry into foreign countries. This sad reality is reported by the Henley firm, which has just published its 2019 ranking of the most powerful passports in the (…)

• Morocco Ranks 43rd in Global Passport Power Index, Offering Visa-Free Access to 56 Countries
  12 September 2020, by Sylvanus

  The annual ranking of the power of passports has just been published by the British firm Henley and Partners. Morocco ranks 43rd in the world.
  The Moroccan passport allows its holders to travel to 56 destinations without a visa, to 23 others with free access and to 33 countries with a visa on arrival.
  The French passport is among the second most powerful, along with Sweden, Finland, Italy, Spain, Japan and New Zealand. Holders of these passports can travel to 123 countries without a (…)

• Morocco Restricts Diplomatic Passport Holders from Entering Spanish Enclaves
  2 July 2019, by Kamal

  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has just prohibited the access or transit of Moroccan nationals holding diplomatic or official passports to the two Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla.
  Moroccans holding a diplomatic or official passport are required to depart from the various ports of the Kingdom (Tanger-Med, Tanger ville or the port of Nador), or by air.
  Morocco’s decision to limit the movements of its diplomats or other senior officials at the Spanish (…)

• Morocco’s Passport Ranks 83rd Globally, Grants Visa-Free Access to 61 Countries
  9 August 2019, by Bladi.net

  The 83rd most powerful passport in the world is Moroccan, out of 109 countries. It ranks behind Tunisia (77th) and ahead of Algeria (94th). This ranking, established by the global citizenship consulting firm Henley & Partners, opens 61 borders to Moroccans.
  Three Maghreb countries stand out from the others through their ranking in the group of the most powerful passports in the world. These are Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria.
  Thanks to its supremacy over other passports, the Moroccan (…)

• Syrian Migrants Arrested Near Melilla with Fake Moroccan Passports
  30 August 2019, by Sylvanus

  They won’t be able to reach Europe. The police arrested seven Syrian nationals who were about to enter Melilla.
  According to the daily Al Ahdath, the suspicious behavior of these Syrians aroused the suspicions of the police elements, who redoubled their vigilance. They were traveling in a group with other Arab nationals, including two Tunisians, an Egyptian and a Yemeni, all holders of passports from their country of origin, the same source indicates.
  After the arrest of these Syrians, (…)

• Moroccan Official Arrested for Passport Bribery Scheme in Casablanca
  5 January 2020, by Sylvanus

  A caïd working in the prefecture of Sidi Bernoussi was detained in the Oukacha prison, after a woman denounced him through the anti-corruption hotline. He had demanded a bribe of 500 dirhams from her to speed up the procedure for issuing her passport.
  The head of the passport service in the prefecture of Sidi Bernoussi paid the price for his misconduct. By demanding a bribe of 500 dirhams from a woman to speed up the procedure for issuing her passport, he was far from imagining that he (…)

• Moroccan Passport Ranks 65th Globally, Grants Access to 77 Countries
  10 December 2022, by Armel

  The Moroccan passport ranks 65th worldwide out of 199 and 2nd in North Africa, according to the latest Henley & Partners ranking.
  With this position, the Moroccan passport allows its holder to travel to 77 countries in the world, including 33 visa-free countries and 44 countries with a visa on arrival, while 121 countries require Moroccans to obtain a visa, the index specifies, based on data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
  In the sub-region, Morocco is (…)