Ecuador-Morocco Visa Waiver Signed, But Travellers Still Need Visas Until It Starts

Ecuadorian citizens holding ordinary passports will be able to travel to Morocco without a visa under an agreement signed on 9 November 2026 in Rabat. The waiver has not taken effect yet, and Ecuador's Foreign Ministry says Morocco must first complete internal procedures that could take up to one month.

Key facts

• Signed: 9 November 2026, in Rabat
• Who benefits: Ecuadorian citizens travelling on ordinary passports
• What changes: visa-free travel to Morocco, once the agreement enters into force
• Start date: not yet fixed — Morocco's internal procedures could take up to one month
• Length of stay and cost: not stated in the announcement

What is changing?

The agreement removes visa requirements for Ecuadorian nationals travelling to Morocco on ordinary passports. Morocco's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the deal is intended to make travel to Morocco easier for Ecuadorian passport holders and to encourage exchanges between the two countries' populations.

Who signed it?

Morocco's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, and Ecuador's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility, Roberto Carlos Kury Pesantes, signed the agreement during Kury's official visit to Morocco.

When do the new rules start?

Not immediately. Ecuador's Foreign Ministry said the visa exemption only becomes effective once Morocco completes the internal procedures needed to formalise implementation, a process it said could take up to one month. No specific start date has been announced.

How long can travellers stay, and does it cost anything?

The announcement does not state how long visa-free stays will last, whether any fee applies, or what other entry conditions travellers must meet.

What else did the two countries agree?

The visit also produced a bilateral cooperation roadmap for 2026-2028. The two governments said they were willing to reduce tariffs on selected Ecuadorian products, with the list of eligible goods to be set by mutual agreement, and agreed to hold the first meeting of the Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO), which Ecuador proposed hosting virtually.

The ministers also discussed partnerships in agribusiness, energy transition, renewable energy and economic decarbonisation, while Morocco expressed interest in donating 2,000 tons of fertilizer to Ecuador. Tourism was another focus: Ecuador's foreign minister met Morocco's Minister of Tourism, Handicrafts and Social and Solidarity Economy, Jalal Charaf, and the two governments are preparing a memorandum of understanding on tourism cooperation that they intend to sign in the near future. Morocco also announced plans to inaugurate a new embassy in Quito.

What this means for travellers

Ecuadorian passport holders planning a trip to Morocco should check whether the agreement has formally entered into force before booking, since the waiver is not yet in place and no start date has been announced.