The Morocco visa from Pakistan
Morocco
The short answer. A Pakistani passport needs a visa for Morocco. The route it takes should be confirmed for your passport rather than assumed: Morocco has introduced online arrangements for some nationalities and conditions attached to others, and the picture has changed more than once.
Morocco is the trip that feels furthest from everything else on this page while being closer than most of it. The tours page carries Marrakech with its price.
What the file wants
The ordinary shape of a visitor file:
- The passport, with the validity and blank pages required on the day.
- Photographs to specification.
- Confirmed return flights and accommodation for the whole stay.
- Bank statements and your employment or business papers.
- Travel insurance.
What makes the Moroccan file slightly different is that the itinerary matters more than usual, because the country is large and the distances between the cities people name in the same breath are real. Marrakech to Fes is most of a day. Marrakech to the desert is longer still.
Marrakech is the trip, and the rest is a decision
Marrakech is what people come for: the medina, the square at dusk, the riads behind doors in alleys that do not look like they lead anywhere.
Fes is older and quieter and the medina is harder to navigate, which some people love and some find exhausting.
The desert, Merzouga or Zagora, is two days out and back from Marrakech at minimum, and it is the thing people either plan properly or should leave out. A five day trip that tries to include it spends three of those days in a vehicle.
Chefchaouen, the blue town in the north, is beautiful and a long way from everything.
Five days is Marrakech and its surroundings. Seven or more is when the rest becomes sensible rather than hurried.
With Spain, which is how some people do it
Morocco sits across a narrow strait from Spain and the two appear in the same itinerary often. They are two countries and two completely separate permissions: Spain is a Schengen application and Morocco is its own. Neither helps with the other.
If both are in the plan, the Schengen side sets the timeline because it is the slower one. Tell us at the start rather than after one is booked.
When to go
Spring and autumn. March to May and September to November are the good months.
July and August in Marrakech is heat that changes what a holiday is, and the desert in high summer is not something this office will book for a family with children or elderly parents without saying so first. Winter is pleasant in the south and genuinely cold at night in the mountains and the desert, which surprises people who packed for Africa.
Is halal food an issue?
No. Morocco is a Muslim-majority country and it is not something you will need to arrange or ask about.
Can I see Morocco and Spain on one visa?
No. They are separate countries with separate permissions, and a Schengen visa does not cover Morocco. If both are in the plan, start the Schengen application first because it takes the longer.
Is five days enough?
For Marrakech, yes, and it is a complete trip. For Marrakech plus Fes plus the desert, no, and a tour selling you all three in five days is selling you a car journey. Tell us what you want to see and we will tell you honestly what it takes.
Is it suitable for elderly parents?
Marrakech and the riads, yes. The medinas involve uneven ground and narrow alleys, and the desert involves a long drive. Tell us about mobility and we will build the trip around it rather than leaving somebody waiting in a hotel.
Before you pay anything
Moroccan entry arrangements change and differ by nationality. We confirm the current position for your passport before anything is booked rather than trusting any list, including this one.
Send us the passports and say how long you have. We will tell you what the file needs and what that number of days honestly buys.