{"id":1424,"date":"2024-06-25T21:06:18","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T21:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/?p=1424"},"modified":"2024-06-25T21:06:18","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T21:06:18","slug":"morocco-digital-nomad-visa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/morocco-digital-nomad-visa\/","title":{"rendered":"Morocco Digital Nomad Visa"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Visa category<\/strong><\/p>\n

Visit Visa*<\/p>\n

What are the visa fees\/charges?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Visa of less than 3 months with one entry: MAD220 \u2013 Around EUR21
\n\u2022 Visa of less than 3 months with two entries: MAD330 \u2013 Around EUR32<\/p>\n

Is there a minimum income threshold applicable for digital nomad\/remote work visa?<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is no minimum income threshold to obtain a visitor visa for Morocco. However, a bank statement stating sufficient means of subsistence covering the period of residence in Morocco is required to the applicants of such visa<\/p>\n

Are digital nomad\/remote work visa holders subject to income tax?<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to the article 23-I of the Moroccan Tax Code (\u201cMTC\u201d), the below are subject to income tax in Morocco:<\/p>\n

\u2022 individuals considered as tax residents in Morocco with regard to their worldwide income (i.e. income from Moroccan source and income from foreign source);
\n\u2022 individuals considered as non-tax residents in Morocco with regard to their income from Moroccan source;
\n\u2022 individuals, whether they are tax residents in Morocco or not, with profits or income which the right of taxation is attributed to Morocco by virtue of a Double Tax Treaty (\u201cDTT\u201d)<\/p>\n

Furthermore, based on article 23-II of the MTC, individuals are considered Moroccan residents for tax purposes if:
\n\u2022 they maintain their home in Morocco;
\n\u2022 they have their center of economic interests in Morocco, or
\n\u2022 they are present in Morocco for 183 days during any period of 365 days<\/p>\n

The applicability of income tax in Morocco requires an analysis of the residency on an individual basis<\/p>\n

Are digital nomad\/remote work
\nvisa holders subject to social
\nsecurity contributions?<\/p>\n

\u2022 Individuals are subject to Social Security if they are working for at least one employer in Morocco in the industrial or commercial sectors, regardless of the nature of their remuneration, its form and the nature or validity of their labor contract (per Art. 2\/15 of Dahir 1-72-184)
\n\u2022 Therefore, as long as the digital nomad\/remote work visa holder does not work for a company with a legal or fiscal presence in Morocco, in practice, there should be no social security contributions<\/p>\n

Is there Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) relief available in the country?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes, Morocco has signed DTAs with more than 50 countries<\/p>\n

Is there an income tax requirement in the country, in general?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes<\/p>\n

Is there a social security requirement in the country, in general?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes<\/p>\n

Are criminal checks required for this visa?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Any foreigner arriving to Moroccan territories is required to present him\/herself to the competent authorities responsible for border control, with a passport issued by the State of which he or she is a national, or any other valid document recognized by the Moroccan State as a valid travel document and accompanied, where applicable, by the required visa, issued by the administration<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0 The access to Moroccan territories may be refused to any foreigner whose presence constitute a threat to public order or who is subject to a ban on entry or expulsion<\/p>\n

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  Visa category Visit Visa* What are the visa fees\/charges? \u2022 Visa of less than 3 months with one entry: MAD220 \u2013 Around EUR21 \u2022 Visa of less than 3 months with two entries: MAD330 \u2013 Around EUR32 Is there a minimum income threshold applicable for digital nomad\/remote work visa? There is no minimum income […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digital-nomad-visa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1424"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1426,"href":"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1424\/revisions\/1426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expatcircle.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}