Kingdom of Morocco
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
African Cooperation
and Moroccan Expatriates

• The biometric passport is an individual travel document. It is delivered without condition of age to any Moroccan citizen who requests it, except in cases of which a court order states otherwise.
• The biometric passport has validity of 5 years for adults and 3 years for children of less than three years old;
• The biometric passport is not extendible;
• The biometric passport is delivered on request of interested party or its legal representative in case of minors or persons placed under supervision.However, Moroccan citizens can establish or renew the passports of their minor children without requiring the prior consent of their father, unless there is a judicial decision opposing it and which would have been notified to the competent authority prior to the formulation of the passport applications of the minors concerned.
• The biometric passport request is lodged at the Consular Service against a proof of receipt;
• For the adults, the biometric passport is established on the basis of the ID or a receipt of the request for getting the ID, delivered by the qualified Consular Service.
• For the minors of less than 12 years, who do not have an ID, the biometric passport will be established on the basis of birth certificate;
• The minors from 12 to 18 years old, not holders of an ID, who wish to obtain a passport,are invited to present themselves, at the Consular Service at the place of their residences, for fingerprints to be taken.

The case of an adult person

• Updated consular registration;
• A valid CNIE(original + photocopy) or a photocopy of the receipt of application for the delivery or renewal of the CNIE.
• In the event of submitting the CNIE application receipt, the interested party must also provide a birth certificate or an integral copy of the birth certificate less than 6 months old;
• Two identical and recent passport photographs on white background or light blue background of format 35 mm X 45 mm;

Case of adult person under guardianship

In addition to the documents for the major person:

• Identity document of the legal representative (original + copy);
• A document in proof of the quality of legal representative and bond with the person under supervision, if it is about a legal representative other than that of the father or mother;
• Obligatory presence of the person under supervision and his/her legal representative.

The Case of a minor aged between 12 and 18 years:

• An updated Consular registration;
• A valid CNIE (original + copy) or a photocopy of the receipt of application for the delivery or the renewal of the ID.
• In the event of Introduction of the receipt of application of the CNIE, the interested party must also provide a birth certificate or an integral copy of the birth certificate, less than 6 months old;
• Two identical and recent passport photographs on white or light blue background in a 35 mm X 45 mm format;
• In the event of renewal, the old passport must be provided.

The Case of minors of less than 12 years of age:

• Registration at the qualified Consular Service;
• A birth certificate or an integral copy of the birth certificate, less than 6 months old,or copies of family record book (the old “booklet of identity and marital status” is not accepted). 
• This document must mention the full name of interested and the names of his/her parents in Arabic language and Latin characters. 
• Two identical and recent passport photographs on white or light blue background of format 35 mm X 45 mm.

In the case of a renewal, the old passport must be presented.

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