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Old 23 Feb 2011
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We got into Morocco via Melilla on 31 or March, and they do not let people if they do not have insurance. There is shop just across the border which sells the insurances, but in our case they did not have the correct papers, which meant a 3 hour wait.


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How did you get the insurance if the shop was across the border but they wouldn't let you in? I only ask as I'm doing this route in a couple of weeks time and I'll need to get insurance on arrival.
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It´s easy. The first thing you must do is get your passport stamped. Then you can cross the border on foot and buy the insurance, it´s only a few meters.
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How did you get the insurance if the shop was across the border but they wouldn't let you in? I only ask as I'm doing this route in a couple of weeks time and I'll need to get insurance on arrival.
When you cross into Morocco you enter the resitriced frontier zone with booms/fence on the sides and buildings in the middle. You do immigration. customs and insurance formalities in this area. The gate/boom which separates this area from the rest of Morocco can only be crossed if they are happy with all the paper work. So, to answer your question, you do the paperwork in an area which is separated from the rest of the country. Most borders in Africa work like this.
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When you cross into Morocco you enter the resitriced frontier zone with booms/fence on the sides and buildings in the middle. You do immigration. customs and insurance formalities in this area. The gate/boom which separates this area from the rest of Morocco can only be crossed if they are happy with all the paper work. So, to answer your question, you do the paperwork in an area which is separated from the rest of the country. Most borders in Africa work like this.
That's useful to know as I'm new to all this. Thanks.
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You can enter cross the border without insorance in Ceuta, and you can continue to drive without insorance, on your own risk!! It is not >atleast on Ceuta border< required insorance for entering the county. I arrived in the night, continued to drive... and in the morning, in Tetouan, i bought insorance - 950 dirhams, valid for one month. On the way out of the country, you must show insorance papers, so, it is not posibile to drive Morocco without insorance.
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Does anyone know if we can buy insurance from Ceuta for Morocco?
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Since our first time in Morcco in early 90's, we've been ALWAYS asked for to show both, the grey and the green card, always; so I'm very surpirsed when you Pera say you were not asked for it and even refused !!! :confused1:
We always enter Morocco through Ceuta.
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In my trips to Morocco I have never, ever been asked to show insurance or Green Card.
That is, until last trip when I passed Dahkla Junction - but that was a young officer for some reason looking to stir up trouble for me. Could be because there was a recent Swedish documentary made about fishing and West Sahara, with very negative views of Morocco? Parts of it were from Dahkla, using a hidden camera.
In that other Green card country Tunisia, I have been asked to show insurance a few times.
BTW with a Swedish registered car all I have to do for a Green Card is call my insurance company. It is free. 30 days.
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