New Apostille Rule for Moroccan Documents

[AJ17 2]

I guess my search is wonky or something because I could not find this with the search. It just comes up with coding rather than search results.

I wanted to post about a new rule concerning Moroccan documents we found out went into effect 10 days ago from today.

Procedure:

After getting all the documents required - in our case - singlehood certificate, court record, police record, birth certificate, etc, the Moroccan partner should go to www.apostille.ma and create the form that applies to the ones that should be translated - that the partner has and that are on this website.

These papers should be printed and signed by the person or place that prepared them for you - such as the court, police station or adoul. This certifies that these papers are original and real.

This should be done prior to taking the documents to be translated.

After translation, all of these forms should be taken to embassy for submission at time of visa interview.

We were shocked because no where in our package from the consulate was apostille mentioned. However, during his wait at the medical office, my fiance was told by someone there that you needed this now and that he found out from the court. Then the translator confirmed this to my fiance.

The USA requires this as both USA and Morocco are part of the Hague agreement - Morocco having just signed this last year but only recently implemented it. It was not listed on our interview documentation.

[Kikk159 27]

Does this apply to CR1 as well? I have never heard of this. I already have all my documents translated.

[Kikk159 27]

This is ridiculous, really. We need a confirmation about wether this is a must have at the interview or not.

Edited September 2, 2016 by Kikk159

[C-ma'am 684]

**Post moved from K1 to Middle East and North Africa. Post is related to procedures for that embassy

[dreamtor 1]

We need someone who recently done their interview to confirm this. This is just one more step added to this process. Ugghh

[Beth & Achraf 328]

You best bet is to contact the US Embassy in Casablanca & ask them. Right for the horses mouth

[dreamtor 1]

You best bet is to contact the US Embassy in Casablanca & ask them. Right for the horses mouth

They never pick up. I keep calling with no luck.

[Love_Bug 95]

I would email them constantly! We had our interview on Aug. 12th but we never needed this. Granted this might be a very new thing, but I would email since yes - they NEVER answer ANY phone call

[dreamtor 1]

I'm still waiting for my interview to be schedule so I have some time. I will email them and see what they say.

[MoroccanEscape 31]

My husband had his interview on August 17th and we did not need this either.

[AJ17 2]

If you already interviewed, of course, you wouldn't need it. It went into effect about a 10+ days ago so not a lot of places even in Morocco itself knows because when my fiance went to get his police record, no one mentioned it. His friend asked the police chief in his hometown and he didn't know.

The consulate also do not answer their emails frequently either. I got an interview notice after about 2 months of both of us emailing them almost daily. They don't like picking up the phone and the operator there just shoos you off the phone even if you try to ask her a question.

Our interview is this coming Friday. As a precaution, to all new interviews - you should get this anyway.

In fact, the translator told my fiance he needed these apostilles before she would translate for him the papers we needed. So if you go to a translator - this one was given to my fiance at the medical office by a person who was also going through her visa journey.

I just thought to post this because this happened to my fiance. Up to you if you wish to take the chance or not but this is fairly recent.

The problem is you need to go directly to the province of where you got your papers and have them sign these papers with the originals. This may take time.

My fiance was unsure if it was required for us since we got our interview date on 8/23 and had less than 3 weeks to prepare. However, we prepared everything else already so he had court record, police record, birth certificate etc for translator. She told him this was needed. As did another fellow who was getting medical exam at the doctor's office on same day as my fiance.

Again, we are sharing this as courtesy so others do not get trapped in not having everything required.

Edited September 3, 2016 by AJ17

[AJ17 2]

It applies to all documents you get in Arabic that need to be translated to English.

[Adil & Jeanne 296]

From what i am reading your moroccan documetns must be certifeid when you bring them to the US

it says "TO BE CAST TO THE FOREIGN AUTHORITIES" Arabic does not translate good into English so cast in this case does not mean throw but means "to be given to the US "

get your documents certified by the translator before you bring things like the translated copies of birth, marriage, school records, record of shots, etc.

la mochika or no problem as translation officals usually do this

Pursuant to the instructions of ownership of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, aimed at streamlining administrative rulers Moroccan citizens, the Kingdom of Morocco on November 27, 2015 the deposit of its instrument of accession to the Convention on the Abolition of the ratification of the foreign public documents condition to be cast abroad, which entered into force for the Kingdom of Morocco for the States Parties to the present Convention on August 142,016.

هذا، وتتميز هذه الاتفاقية بكونها ترمي إلى تبسيط وتسهيل مسطرة التصديق على الوثائق الصادرة عن السلطات الوطنية والمراد الادلاء بها لدى السلطات الأجنبية ... This, of this Convention and is characterized by being designed to simplify and facilitate the procedure of ratification of the documents issued by the national authorities, to be cast to the foreign authorities ...

[don2016 0]

I see a lot of people writing reviews for recent interviews done in Morocco up to September 6, 2016. However, nobody mention anything about documents apostille required by the consulate in Casablanca.

Please share any updates. Thanks

[dreamtor 1]

Yes, can someone who had their interview done recently update us on this.