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Rabat – The BLS Casablanca office, which is in charge of appointment booking for Schengen Visas, has announced the resumption of visa applications for Spain.
BLS’s official website announced the news late last week, along with new conditions for applications.
Only applicants who have had a minimum of a Schengen visa of six months or more or two Schengen visas of three months during the last two years can apply.
BLS said that it will not take into account requests that do not meet criteria mentioned in its conditions.
“We inform you that we will restart rescheduling the appointment for the year 2020 by sending an email,” it noted.
The rescheduling process will respect the “hierarchy of deadlines,” from March to the end of October.
“Applicants are asked not to come to the visa application center unless they receive the new appointment by email.”
In March, BLS released a disclaimer after reports emerged of new sets of conditions for visa applicants.
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BLS said that visas are exclusively available for people who already have a visa of at least one year and whose expiry date is after 31.12.2018.
It added that visas can only be used after the borders have reopened and that access to Spain is strictly reserved for specific areas.
Under the new conditions, travelers are subject to health checks by Spanish authorities.
Last year, Spain’s government updated visa requirements for Moroccans and increased the visa fees.
Children aged 6 to 12 are subject to a fee of €60 (MAD 641), and applicants aged 12 and above are subject to a fee of €80 (MAD 855).
In 2018, Moroccans spent $44 million (MAD 424 million), of which $8 million (MAD 77 million) worth of applications were declined.
