Foreigner to Marry a Moroccan. Step by step instructions

Foreigner to Marry a Moroccan. Step by step instructions
Hi everyone.

Ive noticed that alot of people ask for help re mixed marriage in Morocco. Here is my own personal experience that i want to share.

Some information you might want to know is that im from New Zealand and my partner is Moroccan and we completed this whole process is Agadir, Morocco.

Step One: Before leaving your home country you should sort these papers

1. No Impediment to Marriage certificate
2. Updated Birth Certificate
3. Criminal records from Home country
4. Certificate of Previous employment stating dates worked and annual salary
5. Certificate of Nationality (If your country does not have this then your birth certificate and passport will be fine)
6. Certificate of Religion

After you have all these papers you should take them to a notary public or a government official to state that the documents are true and accurate.
They need to put there signature and stamp on your papers.
After this you then need them to be translated to ARABIC. DO NOT TRANSLATE TO FRENCH IT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

After the translation you then need to send all the papers to the moroccan embassy designated for your country. For New Zealand it was the Moroccan embassy in Australia. You need to include in the package a cash cheque for them to put the special stamps on the papers and a prepaid courier bag to send the papers back to you.
(For information on how much you need to send for the cash cheque you should contact the moroccan embassy for your country)

Once all of this is done you are good to go to Morocco.
Once you are in Morocco you need to go to the MINISTRY DE LA JUSTICE , RABAT. Its a day trip and you need to get your criminal records from there. Get them done up in arabic. Cost is 30dh.

Once you have this paper you and your partner need to go see a doctor in Morocco and get a general test done on both of you. This includes general check up, xray and blood tests. cost is 200dh each.

After this your partner needs his or her moroccan national identidy card (THE NEW ONE), criminal records from his or her city of residence, no impediment to marriage certificate and an updated birth certificate.

Once he has these you can both take all your papers to an adoul. He is the one that will help you to marry in court. Depeding on your country it will range between 2000 to 3000 dh.

Then your done...fianlly!!!!

It sounds simple, but Its the most time gruely process and EXPENSIVE i might add but worth it in the end.

Give your self plenty of time. Theres always something or someone to sting you money wise around each corner so be prepared for a few shocks. (It always good to know someone in the legal systems e.g.: A main police officer or official, Morocco is unfortunately corrupt in more ways then one so what ever you think it may cost you be prepared to double it as under the table cash payments to even simply admin workers will help you get your things done faster. Sad but true).

Please responde if this has helped some of you to get a better understanding.

if you have any questions please feel free to ask :)

Since our marriage in Morocco we now both live in New Zealand and have been married over 3 years now and still going strong. All i can say is if you are going to Morocco to meet the love of your life, take your time...there is really no need to rush. If someone is trying to wine and dine you on the first visit to marriage then reconsider. i remember sitting in the courts with a couple of other moroccan/foreigners wanting to get married and i could see how fake it really all was. It was funny because wen me and my partner went to get signed off from the police and judge they actually said they were ''refreshed'' to find a couple that were around the same age (I'm younger) wanting to get married, they seem to see way to many illegitimate marriages, and i could see what they mean.

Cheers