For most visitors the answer is simple: you do not need one. Around seventy nationalities, including the whole of the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia and the Gulf states, enter Morocco visa-free for up to ninety days on a valid passport. Below is what that actually involves, who the exceptions are, and what is still unknown about entry rules for the 2030 World Cup.
Morocco operates one of the more open tourist entry policies in the region. If your nationality is on the visa-exempt list you arrive, present your passport, complete an arrival card and receive a ninety-day stamp. There is no fee, no online form and no landing card charge. If anyone at the airport asks you to pay for immigration processing, that is not an official fee.
The exceptions matter more than the rule, so the table below separates them out.
| Who you are | What you need | How long you can stay |
|---|---|---|
| EU and EEA | Passport only | 90 days |
| United Kingdom | Passport only | 90 days |
| United States and Canada | Passport only | 90 days |
| Australia and New Zealand | Passport only | 90 days |
| Gulf states (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman) | Passport only | 90 days |
| Japan, South Korea, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines | Passport only | 90 days |
| Hong Kong SAR, Singapore, Maldives | Passport only | 30 days |
| Most of Latin America | Passport only | 90 days (Dominican Republic 60) |
| Many African nationalities | Passport only | 90 days |
| Everyone else | e-Visa or consular visa | Per visa issued |
Source: Visa policy of Morocco, cross-checked against consular guidance, August 2026. The visa-exempt list has been expanded several times since 2022 and is not stable. Verify your own nationality with a Moroccan consulate before you book. This page is a starting point, not legal advice.
Morocco officially requires that your passport be valid for the duration of your stay. That is the legal position. In practice, many airlines apply their own six-month validity policy and can deny boarding before you ever reach a Moroccan border officer.
The practical answer, therefore, is six months. You will also need at least one blank page for the entry stamp, and a passport in reasonable physical condition. Torn or water-damaged passports do get refused.
No 2030-specific entry document has been announced. Previous tournaments have used them, the Hayya Card for Qatar 2022 and the FAN ID for Russia 2018, and both replaced or supplemented normal visa requirements for ticket holders. Whether Morocco, Spain and Portugal adopt anything similar, and how it would work across three countries and two continents, is entirely unresolved. We will update this page with a date when there is something to report.
Morocco launched an online visa system on 10 July 2022 for travellers who do need a visa. Applications are submitted online rather than through a consulate, which removed a significant amount of friction for affected nationalities.
You will find widely quoted processing times of 24 to 48 hours. We are not repeating that as a fact, because we have not been able to trace it to an official Moroccan government source. Treat published turnaround times as informal estimates and apply well ahead of travel.
There is no straightforward tourist visa extension process once you are in Morocco. The realistic options are to leave and re-enter, which resets the clock but is at the border officer's discretion, or to apply for a residence permit if you have grounds for one. Overstaying can result in a fine on departure.
Arriving by ferry from Spain carries the same entry requirements as arriving by air. The main crossings run from Tarifa and Algeciras to Tangier, and you complete the arrival card on board. This is a genuinely useful route for anyone combining Spanish and Moroccan host cities in 2030.
Two situations catch people out. Ceuta and Melilla are Spanish cities on the North African coast, so travelling from them into Morocco is a land border crossing with full immigration formalities. And the Morocco to Algeria land border has been closed for years, so no itinerary should assume it.
If you are planning a cross-border trip, our Morocco hub covers transport between the host cities, and the venue status tracker records which Moroccan stadiums are confirmed.
Citizens of roughly 70 countries, including the European Union, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia and the Gulf states, do not need a visa for a tourist stay of up to 90 days. Other nationalities need either an e-Visa or a consular visa. Check your own nationality with a Moroccan consulate before booking, because the list changes.
Ninety days from the date of entry for most visa-exempt nationalities. A small number of nationalities receive 30 or 60 days instead. The stamp covers tourism, not work.
Officially the passport must be valid for the length of your stay. In practice many airlines apply a six-month validity rule and can refuse boarding without it, so treat six months as the safe minimum.
An online visa introduced on 10 July 2022 for nationalities that are not visa-exempt. Applications are made online rather than at a consulate. Reported processing times are short, but treat any specific turnaround figure as an estimate rather than a guarantee.
Nothing has been announced. FIFA has used tournament-specific entry documents at previous World Cups, for example the Hayya Card in Qatar and the FAN ID in Russia, but no equivalent scheme has been confirmed for 2030. We will log any announcement here with its date.
Yes. The main routes run from Tarifa and Algeciras to Tangier. Entry rules are the same as by air, and you will complete an arrival card on board. Ceuta and Melilla are Spanish territory, so crossing from them into Morocco is a land border crossing.