Morocco Resumes Tourist Visa Applications for Taiwanese Travelers After Two-Month Suspension

Morocco resumed accepting applications for tourist Visa Confirmation Letters on September 21, 2026, ending a suspension that began in July. The restart offers Taiwanese travelers a route to pursue a tourist visa, but the process has not received a public announcement from the Moroccan government.

The reopening covers tourism only. Other travel categories are excluded.

Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Hsiao Kuang-wei said on September 28 that staff at the ministry’s Tokyo office confirmed the change by telephone with the Moroccan Embassy in Japan on September 25. The embassy gave verbal confirmation, the ministry said.

Taiwan has not established whether individual applications are already being accepted in practice. The difference is concrete: officials confirmed the resumption through a call, while the other government has not publicly announced the change.

The reopened application route still depends on a letter from Japan

Taiwanese passport holders seeking to visit must use the Visa Confirmation Letter (VCL) process through the Moroccan Embassy in Japan. Resuming VCL applications restores access to that step; it does not itself establish that a traveler has received a visa.

The distinction is important for applicants planning a trip. The reported change concerns the embassy’s receipt of confirmation-letter applications for tourism, not a wider reopening for every travel purpose.

A private travel company also said the VCL service had restarted. Five Dragons said on September 25 that it had confirmed the service’s resumption and reopened its forwarding service for travelers from Taiwan.

That is a separate confirmation from the foreign ministry’s account. The ministry described what its staff heard from the embassy; the company described its own check and the forwarding service it made available. Neither statement supplies evidence about the outcome of an individual application.

Taiwan’s reciprocal restrictions remain in place

Taiwan announced on July 30, 2026, that it would suspend visa processing for Moroccan nationals under a reciprocity policy. The measure followed the July halt to Taiwanese applications, which Morocco’s diplomatic missions had been instructed to stop accepting.

Taiwan’s suspension covers most applications from Moroccan nationals, while allowing special-case approvals. Ordinary processing has not resumed.

The ministry is considering whether to restore visa access, but has not made that decision. Hsiao said the review would proceed on a “rolling” basis as Taiwan assesses how the other side handles applications.

That assessment depends on further confirmation of implementation. Taiwan’s officials have linked any change in its own processing to the scope and operation of the reopened route, rather than treating the verbal confirmation alone as a full restoration of reciprocal access.

Actual acceptance of applications remains the next test

The two governments’ positions now differ in scope: the VCL route is again available for tourist purposes, while Taiwan continues to restrict most visa processing for Moroccan nationals. Special-case approvals remain the exception on Taiwan’s side.

Taiwan’s account of the restart comes from its foreign ministry and the embassy call. The absence of a formal public announcement means travelers do not have a published Moroccan notice confirming the change, and the account does not establish that every submission is being taken forward.

Applicants seeking the letter must still use the embassy channel in Japan. A travel company has reopened its forwarding service, but the ministry is continuing to assess whether the process is operating as described.

Taiwan’s review will continue as it seeks confirmation of the other side’s implementation. Any decision to restore ordinary processing for Moroccan nationals remains subject to that review.