The Agreement on the Abolition of Visa for Holders of Ordinary Passports (valid) signed between Morocco and Burkina Faso on October 23, 2020 has entered into force. In a press release, the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Burkinabe citizens are now exempt from the entry visa formality to the Kingdom.
The Council of State suspended the government’s decision to freeze the issuance of family reunification visas to spouses and children of non-European foreigners residing in France due to the health crisis related to the coronavirus.
Two French deputies, M’jid El Guerrab and Sira Sylla, have tabled a parliamentary bill on visa policy, with a view to facilitating the process. On Tuesday, January 12, they presented a detailed report in which they emphasize the effects of the centralization of visa processing in Morocco on local Moroccan consular agents.
The Moroccan passport ranks 79th in the annual ranking of the most powerful passports in the world in 2021. It retains its position as the second most powerful passport in the Maghreb.
Faced with the blocking of family reunification files, French NGOs, unions and lawyers have seized the Council of State on Thursday, December 17.
The European Parliament and the Council of the EU have welcomed the European Commission’s proposal to revise and modernize the Visa Information System (VIS). The two bodies reached a provisional agreement on Tuesday.
Moroccans are at the top of applicants for new residence permits in France. They are followed by Algerians.
Living in France for about forty years, Abdellah Khayr, a Moroccan residing in Rouen, was unable to say goodbye to his seriously ill mother in Morocco due to the bad will of the French administration.
France no longer issues visas to foreigners concerned by family reunification. Annoyed by the situation, families have taken legal action and are beginning to obtain satisfaction.
Morocco is absent from the list of 15 African countries whose citizens must deposit a $15,000 bond before obtaining a US visa.
The Spanish far-right political party Vox proposes the suspension of entry visas to Europe for Algerians, Mauritanians and Moroccans. This proposal will be the subject of debate in the Congress of Deputies.
France plans to exempt foreign spouses of French citizens from any tax related to the issuance and renewal of residence permits in France. This recommendation was proposed by an LREM senator from French citizens living abroad.