Marriage in Morocco

In response to Vicky 1274's question...........

I am a UK citizen and have just married my husband who is Moroccan. The process can take forever locally, it depends how you deal with the rubber-stampers at the local level. It took us 6 weeks in total.....we were together the whole time continually chasing the paperwork to get it done, otherwise, the guys who deal with the paperwork will tell you themselves - unless you continually chase it, it won't be dealt with for months. At one stage we were told that it might be easier to leave the paperwork with them and come back in 3 months then it would be done....but how would you know unless you chase them? lol

I guess each locality is different, my husband is not from Agadir, so they may be quicker there, who knows?! I'd rather not be too specific about where my husband is from.....lol......

We also found it impossible to plan ahead, you don't know what the next step is until you complete the current one. It also makes it impossible to set a date for family/friends to come over......best to get the paperwork done first then have a party afterwards. There will be plenty to celebrate!

Some of the papers you will be asked for will be (you will need your English docs translated into French/Arabic, you can get this done over there):

employment - reference from current employer

bank statements

police check (from your country and a Moroccan one for you)

your birth certificate

any previous marriage/divorce documents

other documents you will need to get in Morocco, but you will only be told about them as you get to each stage.....

Get your fiance to go to his local govt office in Agadir, they will give him a long list of the documents you both need to produce. You will need more documents than him......

Hope this helps.

 

For anyone wanting to get married in Morocco be prepared for a right drilling, we got married in feb 2007 it took us 3wks to have it just right and for the authorities to agree to it, the uk consulate site only tells u about a few of the papers you need with you. To get married be prepared to take from ur inpedement of marriage with you till a payslip. It is a very harrowing thing to go through nothing like a marriage here in UK, u go from consulate,to forgein affairs, to family court which was the hardest part of all.My husband had worked in south ireland for 6 yrs and im scots living in north ireland so i couldnt get irish passport, he wasnt allowed in uk with irish visa so thats why we married in Morocco, we got married put in for spouses visa and yes we were turned down even though he had a good history with his other visas, we also made sure we had all the proper papers in tack sent more than asked for but made no odds, we were more or less made out to have been a sham marriage.I travelled every wkend for 4yrs to be with my husband in the south his job took himall over south ireland. Entry clearance officer paid no heed to that,we are now appealing and our appeals tomorrow its taken from july 07 until now for appeal to be heard the appeals being heard here in north ans has been very costly, I saw someone said £1,000 its costing £1410 for us im just praying that this works cos this has been a nightmare for us both my husbands been in morocco since 13th jan 2007 and its taking its toll on him too. If i can help anyone with details or info i will just email me and i will get back to you i could type more but ask me and if i can help i will. I have firsthand experience of it . But dont let it put you off fight like i am and dont give up.