Morocco Mixed Marriage - Indian citizen/UK resident | Moroccan citizen

Benson Harrison · 2023-09-12T16:02:15+02:00

Hi everyone, I have finished my marriage process and was thinking to let people know about it as moroccan mixed marriage process can be difficult and confusing. I am an Indian citizen residing permanently in UK and my wife is Moroccan citizeN. Therefore most of this information is relevant to Indian citizens. Before we began our process, my wife went to adoul to get a list of documents needed. The documents are as follows: 1) Capacity of marriage issued by consulate of home country.- India does not issue any such document, what you need to do is draft this on a piece of blank paper, post it to india to your family and ask them to submit it on your behalf to MEA outsource agency. List can be found here https://www.mea.gov.in/apostille-menu.htm . I went with Alankit Ltd and it costed me 2000rs per document. https://indianembassyrabat.gov.in/pdf/MarriageCertificateProforma.pdf 2) Certificate of conversion to Islam. - This is made in Morocco and for me, my adoul did this process within next working day. 3) Updated birth certificate - This can be collected from Indian embassy in Rabat. You have to complete a form and please take copy of your passport and visa. You have to pay approx 270dhs for it to a bank right behind the embassy. Note: The will give you certificate at 4pm and not before it. Please take it in French. 4) Certificate of nationality - Same as point 3. The certificate is a combination of Birth + Nationality. 5) Criminal records from home country. You can apply this online at - https://embassy.passportindia.gov.in/ I got this apostilled as well. costed same as point 1, 2000rs. 6) Certificate of employment with annual salary. This is pretty easy. Just ask your company to make one and make sure to mention passport number on it with annual salary, type of contract and also last 3 months salary slip. Drafts available on google. 7) Residential certificate.- In my case this was my british residence permit as im a resident here and not in India. Hence, it will be a form of residence certificate at wherever you are living. 8) Criminal records from ministry of justice Morocco. This is in rabat. You can apply it online and collect it from Rabat but it will not come with stamp as its an online version and you have to request for it, because the court will not accept this document without stamp. https://casierjudiciaire.justice.gov.ma/Accueil.aspx?culture=en-US 9) Medical certificate from Morocco- Again this can be taken from any doctor but I advice you take suggestion from your adoul. The doctor will stamp the certificate and it should cost around 200dhs for both of you. 10) Copy of passport 11) 4 passport size pictures. For safety take a whole bunch. All documents need to be in Arabic. I used the following translator. Please negotiate with them. 17, Rue Habacha -Ex Briey, 1 étage, Grandcasablanca, 20000, Casabla, Casablanca 20100, Morocco Also to save time I sent my scanned documents to my wife a week before going to morocco, and she followed up with the translator to keep them ready. I had to pay half cost upfront at time of request. My whole process took 13 days(till signature on marriage certificate). Note that you should have 4 copies of documents for submission and few extra for yourself. I recommend 8 copies. I started on 7th August with going to rabat for my criminal certificate, certificate of nationality and birth. This took me 1 day to take as I order my criminal record online and went straight to my embassy to collect the certificate of nationality and birth. 9th August we collected our translation and went adoul to receive our letter of request of marriage from them, which you have to take to Family and Social Affairs Court. 10th Aug went to Family and Social Affairs Court in Casablanca but got rejected as stamp was missing on criminal record and had to go back to rabat for it. 11th Aug went again but there was a replacement judge in service, due to him being new to these documents, he rejected everyone including moroccan citizens. Went again to court on 15th Aug and fortunately it was the judge who deals with mix marriages and he approved our documents. From here we went to the police station in Casablanca. You can get the address from court itself. You have to go to 5th floor and fill up a form which will then be submitted for police verification along with your documents. We were not interviewed at all BUT I have read on forums that people were interviewed. This was not a case with me. The police station informed us to go to Family and Social Affairs Court after 5 days of submission of these documents. Went to Family and Social Affairs Court again on 22 Aug (5 days after police station) and received our approval letter. Next, we called our adoul and informed them and they told us to come to adoul next day on 23 Aug to sign the contract of marriage. Note: This can change according to your contacts with adoul. In my case, my wifes family had connections with the officer at adoul and it helped us in doing our signature very next day. Received our contract with stamp on 25th August from Adoul. Note: Be ready to wait 2-3 hours or even more in every place. If you have to go Rabat, use AL-borak train to save time. Nikkah contract cannot have any conditions inside it except the mehr being stated. Feel free to ask me any questions in comments :)

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fbjcksn New member

Member since 10 May 2024

fbjcksnNew member13 August 2024 16:26:49

#41

@Sandelcubas

You dont need a certificate of resident, i just got married this week. I put my biometric residence permit in the documents. But when they ask about residence they just refer back to your passport for nationality.

asifbhatti110896 Member

Member since 10 June 2024

asifbhatti110896Member15 August 2024 18:06:22

#42

Obtained Medical Certificates: Both me and my fiancé have undergone medical examinations and received certificates from Dr in Agadir.

Criminal Records Check: Both of us have obtained criminal records checks from Agadir court.

Court Visit: We visited a court in Agadir, where we were given an envelope containing further instructions.

Police Station Visit: We followed up at a local police station and were instructed to return next Friday to collect documents. My fiancé will collect them on that day as per instructions of a lady at the station.

In the meantime I need to leave for UK for some work, is it alright if I come back after few weeks and we follow up from next step going to court and Adul. Till what time i can do that, as all main tasks are finished. @Benson Harrison

Mohammed Thousif Hussain Kader Hussain Member

Member since 20 September 2024

Mohammed Thousif Hussain Kader HussainMember20 September 2024 04:43:39

#43

Hi Benson, ..Thanks a ton for all ur advises. I have a question. I applied PCC at VFS (Hounlow, UK). I selected "Others" as the Option and typed in "Marriage" as the reason. But this got returned from HCI asking me to change the option from.the drop down as they don't issue PCC for marriage.

The closest one is see i see is the " immigration other than citizenship" option.

How did this work for you. ? Can u pls enlighten us on this too. Which option did you select?

Also, Shoukd I take a PCC from UK govt? Been here almost 4 years and on work visa.

Pls advise . Thanks a ton mate.

Mohammed Thousif Hussain Kader Hussain Member

Member since 20 September 2024

Mohammed Thousif Hussain Kader HussainMember20 September 2024 04:50:32

#44

Hi Benson,

Thanks a ton for ur advises mate!. Really helpful.

A quick question. What option did u select on purpose for PCC ? I had selected " Others" and mentioned reason as "Marriage". But it got returned by HCI mentioning that they don't issue PCC for marriage.

They said closest one is " Immigration other than citizenship"

Is this something u cane across too? Was there any issue in Morocco regarding this?

Thanks a ton in advance.

Mohammeddz Member

Member since 17 June 2019

MohammeddzMember26 September 2024 11:56:58

#45

how much did the total cost of documentation process occurred

Mohammeddz Member

Member since 17 June 2019

MohammeddzMember01 October 2024 11:17:26

#46

@Benson Harrison

hello brother, could you tell me how did the total expenses for the documentation occurred.

Hashimcanuk Member

Member since 01 November 2024

HashimcanukMember01 November 2024 10:23:51

#47

@Benson Harrison

I have obtained a Single Status

Certificate from India, but now I need a document called a Certificate of Capacity to Marry. I'm not sure what this document looks like or where to get it, and I'm struggling to navigate the paperwork. Could someone please assist me with this process? Any guidance on obtaining all the required documents would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Bill Shepherd Active member

Member since 25 August 2024

Bill ShepherdActive member01 November 2024 14:11:48

#48

You guys like torturing yourselves, don't you!

Get married *overseas* - say, in Gibraltar (same day marriage, with MINIMAL paperwork, and certainly no medicals or police interviews) - and then *register* the marriage in Morocco, a straightforward, quick, cheap procedure.

Are they making your wife-to-be have a 'medical' (i.e., 'virginity') check......?!??!??! Mediaeval.

shahrukh ali New member

Member since 19 November 2024

shahrukh aliNew member19 November 2024 06:27:58

#49

Great post !! I have one question about single bachelorhood certificate. Would they apostille it on the white paper or should we it print it on stamp paper? Recently some posts made me worried since I would not be able to give my signature if it's being drafted in a court in india

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