New members of the Morocco forum, introduce yourselves here - 2021

Women in morocco have always have their rights but become limited when they get married. Ladies in morocco are the real bosses nowadays. The husbands and partners are just for the show.

Good day to all. We are a retired Canadian couple who sold literally everything but clothes, phones and laptops and moved to Mexico in 2013. We were bitten hard  by the travel bug in 2017 and left Mexico indefinitely to wander. Covid 19 put a stop to our plans and we returned to Mexico at the end of June 2020 to wait until it was feasible to travel again. We were vaccinated in March and April of this year in Mexico (Pfizer) and have carefully resumed our travels. Our first stop was Canada, which finally opened up to fully vaccinated Canadians without quarantine, then Lisbon and Faro in Portugal, on to Barcelona, then Albania, followed by some time on Corfu, Greece until finally slowing down for a month here in Batumi, Georgia.
Obviously, travel has been more of a challenge than usual, due to changing pandemic rules but adhering to the different protocols and continuing with masking and hand washing, along with the other common sense things one can do to help keep us and others healthy has brought us here safe and sound. There are those who might suggest we just stay home but that is for another discussion.
We have been wondering where we might go after this month and low and behold, Morocco jumped out at us sooner rather than later. It had always been on the back burner, to be visited after we finished with S.E. Asia, but plans change and here is Morocco, on the front burner and coming up fast.
We have a handful of Turkish Airlines vouchers (due to cancelled flights) we can use to get to Marrakesh, then it's a 3 1/2 hour bus ride to Agadir. AirBnb's are plentiful and we're planning to stay for the full 90 days allowed.
Just thought we would write this by way of saying "hi" and hope to meet some of you folks to glean some info and advice from your experiences in the country and Agadir in particular.
September is coming up fast.
Hasta luego.   Pete

Hey Pete! sounds like you 2 are a couple of years ahead of us. So many places that we have our sights set on that you have done. We started our full time travel after selling all in 2019, by moving to Salinas, Ecuador. Then felt a little trapped there by covid for over a year, then on to Olon, Cuenca and Santa Cruz (Galapagos) before moving from Ecuador to Mexico City. Our plan is to try lisbon for a month after the new year, then on to Agadir for three months. We plan on a visa run to the Canary Islands (cheap flight) then 3 months in maybe Fez, then a visa run to Iberia (where ever is cheap) then 3 months in Tangiers. We follow Vagabond Awake on You Tube and believe in the slow travel method- 3 month minimum where feasible. We would love 2023 in southeast asia but we will see what covid has to offer at that point, Eastern block is the current backup plan! Anyway, best of luck, sorry I can't help you, but the fact that you are preceeding us gives us more faith in our choices.
Cheers bud,
Nate and Janice

We would love to be back in SE Asia. We left Da Nang after 9 months due to Covid. Chances are, we'll meet you on the road. The world is small. Thanks for the reply, let's keep in touch and best of luck with your plans.

Hello! I'm Shauna from Toronto Canada 🇨🇦
I'm heading to Morocco to visit next week. I will be married there and wish to stay. I speak French, English and some Italian. I know that Hexcell is expanding in casablanca but not until 2023. I have experience as a machine specialist as well as human resources,  and management of operations in the logistics field. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

Hello to all I law advisor  I work in Morocco Nador city I have my office  I help all who need live in Morocco or open his company here
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RePetenBob wrote:

Good day to all. We are a retired Canadian couple who sold literally everything but clothes, phones and laptops and moved to Mexico in 2013. We were bitten hard  by the travel bug in 2017 and left Mexico indefinitely to wander. Covid 19 put a stop to our plans and we returned to Mexico at the end of June 2020 to wait until it was feasible to travel again. We were vaccinated in March and April of this year in Mexico (Pfizer) and have carefully resumed our travels. Our first stop was Canada, which finally opened up to fully vaccinated Canadians without quarantine, then Lisbon and Faro in Portugal, on to Barcelona, then Albania, followed by some time on Corfu, Greece until finally slowing down for a month here in Batumi, Georgia.
Obviously, travel has been more of a challenge than usual, due to changing pandemic rules but adhering to the different protocols and continuing with masking and hand washing, along with the other common sense things one can do to help keep us and others healthy has brought us here safe and sound. There are those who might suggest we just stay home but that is for another discussion.
We have been wondering where we might go after this month and low and behold, Morocco jumped out at us sooner rather than later. It had always been on the back burner, to be visited after we finished with S.E. Asia, but plans change and here is Morocco, on the front burner and coming up fast.
We have a handful of Turkish Airlines vouchers (due to cancelled flights) we can use to get to Marrakesh, then it's a 3 1/2 hour bus ride to Agadir. AirBnb's are plentiful and we're planning to stay for the full 90 days allowed.
Just thought we would write this by way of saying "hi" and hope to meet some of you folks to glean some info and advice from your experiences in the country and Agadir in particular.
September is coming up fast.
Hasta luego.   Pete

Hi Pete,

Nice to hear your story and welcome to Morocco. Im a British expat been living in Morocco for almost 7 years now. I enjoy traveling and exploring the world. We have plenty of story to share especially within Morocco good and bad lol.

Anyways how are you finding the trip so far? did you make it safely? reached Agadir? I currently live in Marrakech. so please feel free to reach out should you need nay advise or help.

Regards
Vakil

Salamo Alykom to All,

my husband and I are planning to move to tangier in Summer, looking to settle down a business but not yet sure what kind of business we can lunch.

we do not know the Moroccan market yet, i would love to hear your experiences and ups and downs of creating a business in morocco Tangier especially and your ideas of a business that you think could work best.

Looking forward to your replies.
meet you all one day

Salaam! Hope everyone is having a good day.  My name is Sarah. I am from Philadelphia, US.  I am currently looking for English teaching jobs in Morocco and would like to move there by the end of this year.  I have been sending my resume and cover letter, have a bachelor's degree, TEFL certificate, and experience teaching here and abroad.  I just started applying last week but haven't heard anything back yet.  I am getting super nervous about it, to be honest.  Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated!

merieaero wrote:

Salamo Alykom to All,

my husband and I are planning to move to tangier in Summer, looking to settle down a business but not yet sure what kind of business we can lunch.

we do not know the Moroccan market yet, i would love to hear your experiences and ups and downs of creating a business in morocco Tangier especially and your ideas of a business that you think could work best.

Looking forward to your replies.
meet you all one day

Sallams.

I'm a British expat been living in Morocco for almost 7 years now. Have a consulting busienss in Marrakech www.esaberinvest.com as well as other countries.

Firstly, Morocco is fantastic place to settle, hey it's been 7 years and I'm still hear lol.

Like all countries they have there ups and downs but you must be patient especially with the people and the culture. I can assure you it's much different to what we're are used to but that's something I'm prepared to compromise lol.

Corruption or should we say open corruption happens a lot and that's something you will also get used to seeing so again patience is key and not to get upset or frustrated.

As a expat I would recommend opening a convertible Dh bank account which only allows foreign currency to be credited into the account. However by doing this you are free to take the money back outside of morocco as and when you want.

Also once résidence you can open a local Dh account for any monies you accept in local currency. However there are limits to how much you can send out the country. Anyways this is another topic I guess.

I strongly advise to learn French and Arabic/Darija if you don't already know it. If you no both or one of them this will help you excel much quicker in Morocco.

Please feel free to message me privately and I can share my info with you should you want to generally talk or need any help with anything.

Regards

Arif

Hi! My wife and I did the Imperial Cities Tour with Gate1 just before Covid as the start of our retirement year and our excellent guide, Abdullah, told us lots of stories about his home town - Agadir. So, we are coming to visit for January and February and hope we like it!

My wife, Kathryn is a retired teacher and loves cooking - she is looking forward to cooking with all of the local produce.

I am a partially retired electronics engineer and I love live music, especially classic rock, blues, country rock and folk. 

Any advice or guidance would be appreciated.

Iain

Hello lain ,
Welcome to morocco , you will have a wonderful time in the south , agadir is a good city and taghazout its awsome place near it if you want to visit .
if you want to have a visit to other city , there is tangier and essaouirra and marrakech you will like them too .
the people are friendly with foreigns in morocco and if you need any help here to understand something you can come ask here .

Thanks for your note!

Iain Scott wrote:

Hi! My wife and I did the Imperial Cities Tour with Gate1 just before Covid as the start of our retirement year and our excellent guide, Abdullah, told us lots of stories about his home town - Agadir. So, we are coming to visit for January and February and hope we like it!

My wife, Kathryn is a retired teacher and loves cooking - she is looking forward to cooking with all of the local produce.

I am a partially retired electronics engineer and I love live music, especially classic rock, blues, country rock and folk. 

Any advice or guidance would be appreciated.

Iain

Hi Ian, Im a British Expat been living here for 7 years now. You will love Morocco. Agadir is amazing especially the weather, and beaches. You are coming in Winter tho so it can get quite cold in these cities due to the Atlantic Ocean so wrap up warm especially at night.

Im living in marrekech but love exploring Morocco in general. As for cooking you wife will love it and enjoy it. If you're staying in Riads some places allow you to watch and cook with them or you can take our cooking session at local places.

If you enjoy hiking then you must visit Paradise valley not to far from Agadir but its Hiking in to the mountain to get to paradise.

Morocco in genreal mainly Marrakech hold lots of music festivals and from what iv been told the Oases Music Festival in Marrakech starts in September if you're still here. Either way there are lots of music bar and live music places where you can go and relax.

If you enjoy seafood Agadir has some of the best seafood places some overlooking the beach for a nice relaxing romantic sunset dinner not to far out from Agadir.

Either way you will enjoy your visit and stay and feel free to private message for any help or advise always nice to help fellow travellers.

Thanks - this all sounds very encouraging. We understand that it will be colder than during the summer, but it still looks warmer than where we live in Canada - but we will follow your advice and bring some warmer clothing.

Thanks for your message.

Iain

Salam, im harpy from indonesia looking for a job on morocco, and i still learning morocco. I hope u guys can help me for the information.

I am new to this Forum but I can assure you there are many jobs in English. Anyways, speaking for myself, I can tell you that there plenty in Rabat and even Casablanca. Depends what exactly you're looking for.

Hello to all,
I just discovered this forum, there are good advices, it's great. I have been an expat for over 20 years, mainly in Africa, but for a long time in Morocco, especially in Casa  , and I will soon jump into the great Moroccan south. My wife and I are just over 50 years old. We have already explored Morocco in all directions. Soon we will be moving to Dakhla for a long period of time, for work, we are really looking forward to it.  While waiting to be there, I hope we will be able to exchange with people from this forum.

Danecan wrote:

Hello to all,
I just discovered this forum, there are good advices, it's great. I have been an expat for over 20 years, mainly in Africa, but for a long time in Morocco, especially in Casa  , and I will soon jump into the great Moroccan south. My wife and I are just over 50 years old. We have already explored Morocco in all directions. Soon we will be moving to Dakhla for a long period of time, for work, we are really looking forward to it.  While waiting to be there, I hope we will be able to exchange with people from this forum.

Very nice to hear from you Danecan, we wish you all the best with your new work in Dakhla. It truly is an amazing place to visit and spent time in.

May we ask what work you will be doing there?

I myself is a British Expat lived in many countries and settled in Morocco for the past 7 years. What turned out to be a 2 week trip ended up being 7 years lol. How the country does charm you in to staying

I operate a global consulting business which has also now expended in to Morocco.

Anyways wishing you and your wife the best of luck and please feel free to keep in touch with us all.

Hello Danecan,

Welcome to Expat.com

We are glad to hear that you have found the forum to be useful.

Please feel free to participate on the Morocco forum to connect with other expats, and ask questions if you need more advice.

Best of luck in your future plans. 

Diksha
Expat.com team

Hello!! Can you give me some information please, am a Moroccan women married to British man I want to apply for spouse visa, my husband he work as gas engineer he start work in last August with a company but he is going to stop working at the end of December, and beginning of January he will start new job with new company, is it ok to give 5 months payslips August, September,October,November and December from old job and payslip number six January from the new job will that be ok? Or if we do that will refuse visa for me? Or it need to be from one place?

Soukaynasadik96 wrote:

Hello!! Can you give me some information please, am a Moroccan women married to British man I want to apply for spouse visa, my husband he work as gas engineer he start work in last August with a company but he is going to stop working at the end of December, and beginning of January he will start new job with new company, is it ok to give 5 months payslips August, September,October,November and December from old job and payslip number six January from the new job will that be ok? Or if we do that will refuse visa for me? Or it need to be from one place?

Hi Soukaynasadik, This questions has been responded to on your last post but either way please see the response below:

To Summarise: yes it's fine as its consecutive payslips and no missing months.

https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=366120&p=2#5295436


Hi yes I don't see that being a problem at all. As long as it consistent with the dates. For example if you apply from November then he should show the last 6 months from this Month and same year. They can't be any missing dates between the wage slips.

so June, July, Aug, Sept, Oct, November 2021 would be fine but if you show: May,  June, July, August, September  & November. (means you have one month missing) then it will not be accepted and you would have to wait for a full 6 months. unless he has the savings as per below.

He will have to show  an income of at least £18,600 per year before tax. Last 6 Months wages slips regardless of if its a new or old job as it still counts.

His income can be a combination of:

earnings from employment or self-employment - but only if you're working in the UK
a pension
maternity, paternity, adoption or sick pay
other income such as from rent or shares
If your income is less than you need, you can use cash savings to meet the financial requirement. You'll need £16,000 plus £2.50 for every £1 your income is below the financial requirement. The savings must have been in his name for 6 months or more.

Before you make your application, you might have to:

Pass an English language test –  find out more about the English test  on GOV.UK

Get a medical test to show they don't have Tuberculosis (TB) –  find out more about the TB test  on GOV.UK

Coronavirus – if you can't take the English language test

You can still apply for a visa if they can't go to a language test appointment because:

Test centres near them are closed

Your appointment is delayed

You can't travel because of coronavirus – for example because your self-isolating

You should call the Coronavirus Immigration Help Centre to explain the situation and check what you need to do next.

Coronavirus Immigration Help Centre
Telephone: +44 (0) 800 678 1767
Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm

You should also explain on the form why you haven't taken the test when you apply for your visa.

You might have to take the test later.

Hi Vakil,
    Thank you for your words of welcome. I am going to start working in the fish trade, this is the place to be! We will be in the south very soon, and will certainly spend Christmas in Dakhla as well.

Thank you for your welcome Diksha, I will share this site all around me.

Hello Vakil!! I just notice that, thank you so much for the information can you tell me please  how much a spouse visa cost applying from inside the uk and also how much does health surcharge will cost me as well?

little off topic but does anyone know what . .. hania jemi lahfdk   means?

Something like : no problem , that is ok  god bless you ...

Hi how are you i am Australian and im looking for some American people to meet in morocco

You're welcome there is to much jobs for English speakers in rabat

Soukaynasadik96 wrote:

Hello Vakil!! I just notice that, thank you so much for the information can you tell me please  how much a spouse visa cost applying from inside the uk and also how much does health surcharge will cost me as well?

Hi, you're welcome.

   
Spouse visa UK fee (cost) in 2021   
Out of country application £1,523
In country application    £1,033

Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS)   
Out of country application £1,872   
In country application £1,560

Housing Report    £80-120   

Priority (premium) visa services    £573    £500-800

Lawyer fees    £285-£2,000+   

Bank statements    £0-80   

English language test    £150   

Tuberculosis test    £65-110   

Translations    cost also.

Please note the above cost are just estimates and more information can be found on the Gov.com website but its better for your fiancé to speak to an immigration lawyer in the United Kingdom.

You can only apply within the united kingdom if you are already their on a long term visa and rules are different. If your not in the UK then the rules are slightly different also when applying for the visa. Hope this helps.

Hi all!
I am a young entrepreneur who is simply looking for a new start outside of the US. The majority of my services of Life Coaching, Education, and Music are geared towards assisting children and adults who need spiritual and psychological healing. This process is very new to me and somewhat overwhelming, but I am committed to it and I hope to find assistance in getting established.

you need what ? for example
information or loan ?...

you are looking for jobs ?