Avoiding scams and illegal agents
Only the German missions decide on visas. The Embassy in Rabat is committed to acting against appointment trading and expressly warns against third parties who offer, for a fee, help with booking appointments and claim to get faster ones. Registration on the waiting list in the Embassy's appointment system is free for the listed categories (rabat.diplo.de).
Typical patterns
- Sold appointments or "guaranteed" visas. No one can guarantee a visa. A visa cannot be bought. The only legitimate extra charge is the service fee of the external provider TLScontact for booking and intake, published on its own website.
- Visa agencies that charge for "files", "invitations" or "placement". A real invitation or contract comes from a named German employer, school or relative.
- Fake job offers and training places by messenger or social media, especially for "Ausbildung" or care jobs. A real offer is a contract with a named employer that you can look up in the German commercial register.
- Fake funding or documents, including borrowed "show money" for the blocked account, and bought stamps or legalisations. False documents lead to refusal and may lead to an entry ban.
- Charges for free programmes. THAMM Plus applications run through ANAPEC job postings; see THAMM Plus. Do not pay anyone to "get you in".
How to check before you pay anything
- Use only the Embassy's appointment page and the provider site that the Embassy links: rabat.diplo.de.
- Look up the employer and call its published number; ask for the contract in writing.
- Recognition questions: the federal portal anerkennung-in-deutschland.de is free.
- For nursing, look for employers and agencies with the seal Faire Anwerbung Pflege Deutschland.
Already in Berlin and being exploited? See Already in Berlin?. Moroccan rules on recruitment agencies and their fees were not checked.
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