What we publish, how we research it, how we maintain it, and how we earn — explained clearly, without small print.
Real Information. Real Experience. Real Morocco.MoroccoPassport.com was built to answer the questions that matter most to people seriously considering Morocco — not the questions that generate the most clicks. There is no shortage of Morocco content online. Most of it is written at a distance, recycled from other websites, optimised for search engines, and designed to move readers quickly toward a booking.
That is not what this publication is.
MoroccoPassport.com is written from lived experience — by someone who has actually navigated Morocco's healthcare system, opened a Moroccan bank account, dealt with the bureaucracy of a residency application, understood the difference between a titre foncier and a melkia, and knows what a comfortable life in Casablanca actually costs month to month.
Our goal is not to persuade readers that Morocco is perfect. It is to give them the accurate, balanced, practical information they need to decide for themselves — and, if they choose Morocco, to help them navigate it successfully. We believe that readers who are well-informed make better decisions and have better experiences. That is the only outcome we are trying to produce.
We will tell you what Morocco is actually like — the beauty and the bureaucracy, the opportunity and the patience it requires. We will name official sources. We will tell you when something has changed. We will tell you when we earn a commission. We will correct our mistakes. We will never let an advertiser change what we write.
Every guide on MoroccoPassport.com is grounded in one or more of the following sources, listed in order of priority.
The foundation of this publication is first-hand knowledge of Morocco — living here, navigating its systems, understanding its rhythms. When we describe the process of opening a bank account, applying for a residency card, or finding an apartment in Casablanca, we are describing something we have done ourselves. This is the competitive advantage of MoroccoPassport over publications that write about Morocco from abroad.
For legal, regulatory, tax and administrative matters, we verify all specific figures, rates and procedures against official Moroccan government sources before publication. These include the Direction Générale des Impôts (DGI) at tax.gov.ma, the Ministry of Economy and Finance at finances.gov.ma, the Office des Changes at oc.gov.ma, and the Agence Nationale de la Conservation Foncière, du Cadastre et de la Cartographie (ANCFCC) at ancfcc.gov.ma. We name these bodies explicitly in our guides so readers can verify the information directly.
Prices, opening hours, transport schedules and practical details are verified through direct contact or observation wherever possible. Morocco changes quickly in some areas — new infrastructure, changing visa rules, rising prices — and we treat our guides as living documents that require regular updates rather than articles that can be written once and left.
For topics that require professional expertise — detailed tax guidance, legal property questions, healthcare specifics — we clearly indicate where readers should seek qualified local professional advice rather than relying solely on our guides. A well-informed reader who understands the landscape is better positioned to ask the right questions of the right professionals.
Factual accuracy is non-negotiable at MoroccoPassport.com. We hold ourselves to the following standards on every article we publish.
Specific figures are verified before publication. We do not publish tax rates, statutory fees, legal thresholds or official procedures without checking them against an authoritative source immediately before the article goes live. Numbers go out of date. A wrong figure on a relocation guide causes real harm to real people making real decisions.
We do not guess. When a precise figure cannot be verified, we say so. We write "typically around" or "subject to change" rather than stating an unverified number with false confidence. Readers deserve to know the difference between a verified fact and a reasonable estimate.
We date our information. Every substantive guide carries a "Last Reviewed" date. This tells readers how recently the information was checked and helps them judge how much weight to give time-sensitive details.
We identify our sources. Official bodies are named in full. Where we link to external sources, we link to the primary source — the government website, the official document — rather than to another website's interpretation of it.
MoroccoPassport.com publishes both factual information and editorial opinion. We believe both are valuable, but we are careful to distinguish between them.
Factual content — visa requirements, tax rates, property registration procedures, healthcare costs, transport routes — is presented as factual content, sourced and dated. We do not editorialize within factual sections.
Editorial content — city comparisons, lifestyle assessments, the relative merits of different neighbourhoods, recommendations about where to eat or stay — reflects the genuine opinion and experience of the publication's editor. It is presented as such. "In our experience" and "we find" are signals that you are reading an assessment, not a fact.
Reality Checks are a deliberate editorial device we use in our guides to flag the gap between expectation and reality. They are honest assessments of the challenges, limitations or complications that come alongside the opportunities. They are not disclaimers written by lawyers. They are observations written by someone who has lived them.
Morocco's regulatory environment, prices and administrative procedures change. We maintain a scheduled review cycle for all published content.
| Content Type | Review Frequency | What We Check |
|---|---|---|
| Tax & Legal guides | Every 6 months minimum | Rates, thresholds, official procedures, DGI / Ministry of Finance updates |
| Property guides | Every 6 months minimum | Purchase costs, ANCFCC procedures, Office des Changes rules, market conditions |
| Healthcare & Residency guides | Every 6 months minimum | CNSS/AMO policy changes, visa requirements, carte de séjour procedures |
| Cost of Living guides | Quarterly | Rent ranges, grocery prices, utility costs, exchange rate references |
| City & travel guides | Annually or when significant changes occur | Opening hours, transport connections, hotel availability, restaurant status |
| News & topical articles | As events develop | Updated with a timestamp when material new information becomes available |
When an article is updated, the "Last Reviewed" date at the bottom of the page reflects the most recent review. If you notice that a specific piece of information appears to be out of date, please contact us — we treat reader corrections as valuable contributions.
We make mistakes. When we do, we correct them promptly, clearly and without attempting to obscure the fact that a correction was made.
Minor factual errors (a wrong price, an outdated figure, a spelling of a place name) are corrected in the article immediately. The "Last Reviewed" date is updated to reflect the correction.
Significant errors (an incorrect legal procedure, a materially wrong tax rate, a factual claim that could mislead readers into a wrong decision) are corrected prominently at the top of the article with a brief note explaining what was changed and when.
Structural errors (where the substance of an article is found to be substantially incorrect) result in the article being either substantially revised or temporarily removed from publication while the revision is completed.
To report an error, contact us at press@moroccopassport.com with the subject line "Correction" and a brief description of the issue. We respond to every correction request.
MoroccoPassport.com is an independent publication. To cover the costs of research, writing, hosting and maintenance, the site earns revenue through two sources: display advertising (Google AdSense) and affiliate partnerships. This section explains both clearly.
Some links on MoroccoPassport.com are affiliate links. This means that if you click a link and make a purchase or booking, we may receive a commission from the partner — at no additional cost to you.
Our current affiliate partners include Booking.com (hotel and accommodation search), World Nomads (travel insurance), and Airalo (eSIM mobile data). Affiliate links are used in context — we link to accommodation search on city guides, to travel insurance on guides that discuss health risks or adventure activities, and to eSIM services in guides about staying connected.
Affiliate relationships never determine editorial content. We do not recommend a hotel, an insurance provider or any other service because we earn a commission from them. We link to partners whose services are genuinely useful to readers planning a trip to or life in Morocco. If we did not believe a service was useful, we would not link to it regardless of whether a commission was available.
All affiliate links on this site are marked with the HTML attribute rel="nofollow sponsored" in compliance with Google's guidelines. Where a CTA or link is part of a commercial relationship, the phrase "affiliate link" or "we may earn a commission" appears nearby in plain language.
MoroccoPassport.com uses Google AdSense to display advertisements. Advertisements are served automatically by Google based on page content and visitor data. We do not select individual advertisers and advertisers have no influence over our editorial content. Advertisements are visually distinguishable from editorial content on the page.
Anthropic's Claude products — which power some of the tools used in building this site — are ad-free. The advertising on MoroccoPassport.com is part of our own publishing operation, not part of any AI product.
MoroccoPassport.com does not accept payment for editorial coverage. No business, hotel, restaurant, tour operator, government body or advertiser can pay to be featured positively in our guides, to have a negative assessment changed, or to influence the editorial direction of the publication in any way.
We do not accept free hotel stays, complimentary meals, press trips or other hospitality in exchange for editorial coverage. When we write about a hotel, a restaurant or a service, the assessment reflects genuine experience or research — not a favour.
Our affiliate relationships (described above) are the only commercial relationships that exist between MoroccoPassport.com and any external organisation. Those relationships affect which links we include — they do not affect what we write about the destinations, services or experiences those links relate to.
The editorial voice of MoroccoPassport.com is the voice of its editor — someone who lives in Morocco, has genuine expertise in the subject matter, and whose only obligation to readers is to be accurate, honest and useful. That obligation takes precedence over every commercial consideration.
I built MoroccoPassport because the guides I needed when I moved to Morocco did not exist. The practical, honest, specific information that would have saved me time, money and confusion simply wasn't available in one place. I'm building that resource now — for the people who are where I was. If something on this site is wrong, incomplete or misleading, I want to know. This publication exists to be useful. Nothing else matters more than that.
If we are uncertain about a fact, we verify it before publishing. If we discover an error after publication, we correct it transparently. Our goal is not to publish the most articles — it is to publish the most trustworthy ones.
If you've spotted an error, have a question about our standards, or want to discuss a potential editorial partnership, we'd like to hear from you.
press@moroccopassport.com