Traveling on a 2 year perm res card

[KarimaG 2]

Next summer me and husband are making a trip back to Morocco. We were checking the prices on line and noticed that plane tickets to Morocco for one person were averaging about $2,000. However, if we flew into Sevilla, Spain and took to ferry south to Morocco the plane ticket would cost only $1,000. He came here on a fiance visa. He just received his 2 year permanent resident card.

Would they allow him to fly into Spain and exit the airport go through customs where the ferry is at and enter Morocco? Im sure they will bc he is a citizen of Morocco. The flip side is, when its time to go home. Will they let him enter get on the ferry to enter Spain so we can travel to the airport to Sevilla to fly home to United Stated? Thats where the tricky part is. Entering into Spain from Morocoo.

I am not sure where Mouad can or can not go with hs visa. Anyone?

Thanks a bunch!

[Ryan H 3,834]

Would they allow him to fly into Spain and exit the airport go through customs where the ferry is at and enter Morocco? Im sure they will bc he is a citizen of Morocco. The flip side is, when its time to go home. Will they let him enter get on the ferry to enter Spain so we can travel to the airport to Sevilla to fly home to United Stated? Thats where the tricky part is. Entering into Spain from Morocoo.

I am not sure where Mouad can or can not go with hs visa. Anyone?

Thanks a bunch!

Check entry requirements to Spain for Moroccan citizens. Since he will be traveling on his Moroccan passport, Spain will consider him a Moroccan citizen and subject him to whatever entry requirements they have. His status as a LPR of the USA does not exempt him from entry requirements (i.e. required to obtain a visa prior to arrival) of other countries.

He may need a transit visa for Spain, but as I already said, check what the requirements for Spain are.

[HeatDeath 430]

I am not sure where Mouad can or can not go with hs visa. Anyone?

With a US green card (and a valid passport from his country of citizenship - Morocco, in this case), Mouad can enter the US (obviously!), Canada, Mexico, and several Caribbean countries without needing visas from those countries. [Obviously, as a Moroccan citizen, he can also enter Morocco without a visa (though you, the USC, will probably need a Moroccan visa).]

Those are the only countries in the world that care about a green card, one way or the other. Morocco does not care whether Mouad has a green card or not, and Spain does not care whether Mouad has a green card or not. To them, he's just another Moroccan citizen, and they will decide whether or not to let him in using the same rules they apply to every other Moroccan citizen. If "normal" Moroccan citizens need a Spanish visa to enter Spain, Mouad will need a Spanish visa.

The best place to find this info will be to call (or check the website of) the nearest Spanish embassy or consulate. They will be able to tell you authoritatively what the paperwork requirements are for a Moroccan citizen to enter Spain. These requirements will apply to Mouad the same way they apply to any other Moroccan citizen - his GC won't make any difference to Spain.

Edited April 20, 2011 by HeatDeath

[KittyPollitt 284]

Next summer me and husband are making a trip back to Morocco. We were checking the prices on line and noticed that plane tickets to Morocco for one person were averaging about $2,000. However, if we flew into Sevilla, Spain and took to ferry south to Morocco the plane ticket would cost only $1,000. He came here on a fiance visa. He just received his 2 year permanent resident card.

Would they allow him to fly into Spain and exit the airport go through customs where the ferry is at and enter Morocco? Im sure they will bc he is a citizen of Morocco. The flip side is, when its time to go home. Will they let him enter get on the ferry to enter Spain so we can travel to the airport to Sevilla to fly home to United Stated? Thats where the tricky part is. Entering into Spain from Morocoo.

I am not sure where Mouad can or can not go with hs visa. Anyone?

Thanks a bunch!

Spain doesn't mess around when it comes to Moroccans entering the country. It'd be like a Mexican national trying to enter the US at the Canadian border saying they were only on their way back to Mexico. Good news is, as a US LPR, he has a great chance of getting a transit visa, and you have plenty of time to apply for it. They will not let him enter Spain without a visa, even if he states he is just catching the ferry to Morocco. Contact the closest Spanish consulate to you in the US and ask them when you should start the application process to get him a transit visa in time. Good luck

[KarimaG 2]

Thanks everyone for your replys! I checked the Spanish Consulate wesbite and I think we will just apply for him a visa... now if I can just find the appropriate paperwork!