Leaving Morocco: rules on your side

Dual nationals, cash and foreign currency, military service, money for students: what is confirmed and what is not.

Confirmed by the German Foreign Office

• Dual nationals. German-Moroccan dual nationals can usually enter and leave with the German passport but may need the Moroccan national ID card (CNIE). The Foreign Office reports that Moroccan border authorities refuse exit to dual nationals who do not carry a valid German passport or replacement document.
• Cash and currency. Foreign currency worth 100,000 MAD or more must be declared. At most 2,000 MAD in cash may be brought in or taken out.
• Minors travelling without a legal guardian should carry a parental consent form, a copy of the birth certificate and a copy of the guardian's passport; if surnames differ, the parents' marriage certificate is also recommended.

Source: Auswärtiges Amt, Marokko: Reise- und Sicherheitshinweise.

Not confirmed

• Military service. Morocco reintroduced compulsory service in 2019; who is called up, age limits, deferrals for students or workers abroad, and what happens to someone leaving the country were not checked. Ask the Moroccan authorities before you leave.
• Dual citizenship. Whether and how Moroccan citizenship can be kept or given up after German naturalisation was not checked. German law has allowed multiple citizenship since 27 June 2024, see Already in Berlin?.
• Foreign-exchange rules. Whether the Office des Changes allows transfers to a German blocked account or an allowance for students, the limits, and the bank steps were not checked. Ask your bank and the Office des Changes in good time before you open the blocked account.
• Recruitment through private agencies: Moroccan licensing and fee rules were not checked.

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