Casablanca (CMN) customs clearance arriving on Royal Air Morac
Mar 28, 2018, 12:15 pm
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Casablanca (CMN) customs clearance arriving on Royal Air Maroc
My spouse and I have an upcoming trip to Morocco and will be arriving in Casablanca from Europe, on an evening Royal Air Maroc flight. We are frequent flyers, but have never visited Morocco or used Royal Air Maroc before. We are staying overnight in Casablanca. We have seen recommendations about using https://fasttrack-casablanca.com/ to simplify the arrival process. Has anyone here used the service and is the benefit worth the cost? Any other tips or recommendations when arriving in CMN for the first time would be appreciated.
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Mar 29, 2018, 8:54 am
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I flew into RAK on U2, so pretty different, but I guess this is the best you'll get for now. Morocco has a landing card, but they weren't distributed on the plane. If you don't get the card, try to get off as fast as you can and grab one. Complete it as fast as possible (while in line if you have to). Immigration is closer to EU style in the sense that you're not really asked any questions. they take your landing card, scan your passport, etc, then stamp it. Then in RAK there was a guy at the exit from immigration who just checked for the stamp in your passport lol. Then baggage claim, and customs is again a red/green lane thing
Mar 29, 2018, 9:19 am
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Thanks for the reply. Sounds equivalent to some of our visits to various Caribbean islands, although I'd expect there are more passengers involved as the CMN airport is bigger.
Do you recall roughly how long it took from deplaning until clearing customs? Trying to pre-arrange local ground pickup.
Do you recall roughly how long it took from deplaning until clearing customs? Trying to pre-arrange local ground pickup.
Mar 29, 2018, 9:23 am
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Thanks for the reply. Sounds equivalent to some of our visits to various Caribbean islands, although I'd expect there are more passengers involved as the CMN airport is bigger.
Do you recall roughly how long it took from deplaning until clearing customs? Trying to pre-arrange local ground pickup.
Do you recall roughly how long it took from deplaning until clearing customs? Trying to pre-arrange local ground pickup.
Jul 18, 2018, 3:48 am
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about a month ago (June 21) i flew into CMN on Alitalia. no landing cards on the plane. there had to be 4-500 ppl in the arrival hall with only 2 passport guys working. they were questioning EVERYONE.
1.5 hours in line.
1.5 hours in line.
