How to submit documents to the Moroccan Embassy

A detailed description of the process of submitting documents to the embassy to obtain a Moroccan visa: when and where to come, what to say, what documents to bring, how much to pay for a visa. Plus a bonus for lucky visa holders - an example of filling out a form upon arrival in Morocco.

Preparing for a visit to the embassy

First of all, call the embassy and sign up for submitting documents. After that, start collecting the necessary papers Please note that the entire process from calling the embassy to receiving the visa It will take about a month to appear in your passport! But they practically give visas everyone, you don’t have to worry about it.

First visit to the consulate - submit the application form and documents

Briefly: Submitting documents is very quick and painless

The address of the Moroccan Embassy in Ukraine is Kyiv, st. Fedorova, 12. In this the building houses representative offices of several countries: Portugal, Argentina, Montenegro and Morocco itself. During business hours, entrance to the building free. Security does not search or ask questions. Go up 3 floor by stairs or elevator and get in line.

Submission of visa documents takes place from 11:00 to 12:30. By the time it started reception on the landing in front of the doors of the consular section There are quite a lot of people wanting to go to Morocco. At 11:00 the guard starts let visitors inside. You will be asked to first go into the dressing room to the right of the corridor. You will need to leave your mobile phone there (you will receive a paper number in exchange) and you can also leave outerwear and bags (optional). Opposite the dressing room there is a small waiting room and an adjacent reception area.

The consul sits in the reception area at a regular table (and not behind bulletproof glass) and queue invites those wishing to obtain a visa. The submission process lasts literally a few minutes:

the consul asks for your last name
is looking for you in the pre-registration list
accepts your package of documents
issues a small ticket with your name, date of entry and stamp

Please note the following points:

Delivery occurs at lightning speed. File all documents in advance. The form should be first!
You do not need to submit or show your passport.
The consul does not actually check the package of documents at the time of submission. Therefore, double-check everything yourself using the list.
Whatever you give will never come back to you! Powers of attorney, insurance policies, etc. Don't stuff too much into the pack.
The consul speaks to visitors in a mixture of Russian and English. Asks almost no questions

After submitting the documents, you are completely free. Expect - in a couple weeks to the email specified in the questionnaire you will receive a letter about the date of your return visit to the embassy.

Second visit to the consulate - we give back the passport

In most cases, you will be invited to the embassy in exactly 3 weeks after submitting documents. If the deadline has come, but the invitation email still hasn’t arrived comes, then you need to call the embassy back and check if everything is in order. Let me remind you that consular officers take your email address from your handwritten questionnaire. At the same time, it’s easy to make a mistake and the letter will not go as expected. address.

Below is an example of such a letter. We submitted documents on January 1 and January 18 (Friday) received a letter with an invitation to appear at the embassy on January 21 (Monday) at 10 am. By the way, the invitation is sent wholesale to everyone those who have signed up and see all emails in the “to” line.

There is no need to print the invitation. Everything you need (in addition to the passport and money) this must be presented at the consulate the ticket that was given to you in exchange for a stack of documents 3 weeks ago.

When you arrive at the consulate and ring the doorbell on the third floor (there is usually no queue early in the morning), the guard will ask you about the purpose visit. How to answer - issuing, surrendering, receiving? All these words are too much are similar and the meaning of the message is lost. I replied that I had come to paste the visa.

The process is again lightning fast: you leave your bags and mobile phones in security guard's back room, go into the consul's office, give your passport and ticket, pay the visa fee personally to the consul or his assistant, accepted cash only (at the time of writing 653 UAH), prepare without change. At the same time, you will be informed at what time to come for your passport. Usually it's 15:00 or 16:00.

Let me remind you that everyone must submit their passport for sticking in person. By You can’t do that with a power of attorney! But if two spouses file together documents for a visa, then pick up a passport with a visa attached for yourself and for a second spouse is possible.

So, after lunch, come to the embassy for the third time, 15 minutes before you get your passport back and that’s it - the road to Morocco is open. Congratulations!

Upon arrival in Morocco

At the airport, before queuing for visa control, you need will fill out a short questionnaire. Example below.

The visa officer will take a very long time to write something on your application form, passport and on your computer.

As a result, a stamp with the date of arrival will appear on top of your visa, as well as handwritten number with 6 numbers and 2 letters. This is a very important number - it will be needed for registration at hotels and during police control checkpoints. Therefore, before leaving the officer, it is better to check - not did he forget to write down the treasured numbers? In the photo below, these numbers are written in red ink in the upper right corner.

P.S. Parking in front of the building is for embassy staff only. car It is more convenient to leave on the left edge of the road on Antonovicha Street or on Bolshaya Vasilkovskaya. But in reality it is very difficult to park in that area on weekdays.

Kirill Yasko, December 31, 2018