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Register a birth abroad

Have the local birth certificate transcribed at the consulate so your child exists in Moroccan records.

Checked: October 2026

Key facts

  • The transcription is made at the consulate that covers the place of birth.
  • It can be requested by the father or the mother, then the guardian, a brother, a nephew or anyone given a mandate.
  • A child born to a Moroccan mother and a foreign father is Moroccan. If born after 2 April 2007, the birth is transcribed directly. If born before, a certificate of Moroccan nationality is needed first.
  • The consulate then enters the child in your family booklet and can issue Moroccan birth certificates.

Steps

  1. Get a full copy of the birth certificate from the local town hall or registry.
  2. Bring it to the consulate with your family booklet and your registration.
  3. Ask for the child to be added to the family booklet and request a few birth certificates for later files.

What to bring

  • Consular registration of the parents
  • Moroccan family booklet
  • Full copy of the child's local birth certificate
  • Parents' CNIE or passports

Watch out

  • Do it in the first months. Consulates long applied a time limit for births abroad, after which a court judgment was needed. The legal guide of the Hassan II Foundation now says the law sets no time limit. Ask your consulate which rule it applies.
  • Need a Moroccan birth certificate without travelling? Order it on watiqa.ma. Users reported outages in 2026: the fallback is the consulate where the birth is registered, or a relative at the commune in Morocco with your power of attorney.
  • Birth certificates for a CNIE must be less than six months old.

Official sources

watiqa.maconsulat.ma

Checked: October 2026. Independent guide, not a government site. Rules change: confirm on the official page before you act.

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