Morocco visa for South Africans

Step 1: Check whether you can use the e-Visa

Go to acces-maroc.ma and enter your nationality, where you live and any other visas you hold. Holders of valid multiple-entry visas from the Schengen area, the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand or Norway have been eligible. If the portal says you qualify, apply there: it’s much quicker than the embassy.

Step 2: If not, apply through the embassy

The Moroccan Embassy is at 799 Schoeman Street (corner of Farenden), Arcadia, Pretoria, phone 012 343 0230. These details come from a 2023 listing, so phone before you go and ask for the current form, fee and document list.

• Application form
• Passport photos
• Passport valid at least 6 months after you leave Morocco, with 2 blank pages, plus a copy
• Return flight booking
• Hotel or riad bookings for every night
• Bank statements showing enough money for your stay
• Employer letter with your approved leave
• Travel insurance

Step 3: Allow time

Allow several weeks and book only refundable travel until the visa is in your passport.

Why Morocco is hard for South Africans

It isn’t the refusal rate: information is thin, it’s mostly in French, and South Africans aren’t on Morocco’s visa-free or standard e-Visa lists. That’s exactly why a clear checklist helps.

Sources and checks

• secondaryMorocco visas · On The Go Tours · published 27 Sep 2023
• secondaryMorocco e-Visa: which countries are eligible · Wego · published 12 Jun 2025
• secondaryMorocco electronic travel authorisation and e-Visa changes · VisasNews · published 29 Apr 2026
• officialMorocco visa and e-Visa portal · Kingdom of Morocco · no date shown
• dataPassport Index Data (visa matrix for 199 passports, updated 17 Feb 2026) · imorte, continuing the dataset by Ilya Ilyankou (MIT licence) · published 17 Feb 2026

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