Benin or Morocco
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| Benin | Morocco | |
|---|---|---|
| Salary in IT | — | — |
| Citizenship | 3 years | 5 years |
| Partner can work | — | — |
| Parents | — | — |
| Pets | no trouble | no trouble |
| Pet limit | no limit | no limit |
| Quarantine | — | no |
| Residence permit fee | 250 000 XOF | — |
| Rent, 2 bedrooms | $ 332 · estimate | $ 721 · estimate |
| Basket | $ 28,9 | $ 26,3 |
| Life expectancy | 60.96 | 75.49 |
| Homicides/100k | 1.13 | 1.67 |
| Natural hazards, 0–10 | 3.1 | 4.3 |
How the two sets of routes differ
Long-stay routes in this reference: Benin — 8, Morocco — 13. Types present in both: work and study. Morocco adds: family.
Fees, thresholds and deadlines
Benin: fees range from 32,798 to 800,000 XOF. Routes with a published decision deadline: 6; the shortest is 1 days. Morocco: not a single route publishes its fee.
Beyond the first permit
Permanent status: Benin after 6 years, Morocco after 4 years. Citizenship: Benin after 3 years, Morocco after 5 years.
Benin in brief
Benin is noticeably calmer than the region's reputation suggests: 1.13 homicides per 100,000 people (World Bank, 2017 data — the authorities publish nothing more recent for the country), political stability −0.4 and control of corruption −0.24 on the World Bank scale from −2.5 to +2.5. The strong points end there: life expectancy 60.96 years, health spending of 46.5 dollars per person a year, basic water access for 69.6 per cent of the population, and mean PM2.5 of 39.66 micrograms per cubic metre — nearly ten times the WHO guideline. Road deaths run at 24.8 per 100,000. Natural risk is moderate overall (3.1 out of 10 on INFORM), but flooding scores 6.7. The immigration framework has been rewritten from scratch and simplified: law No. 2025-15 of July 2025 and the decree of March 2026 left two resident statuses instead of three — an ordinary card for three years and a privileged one for ten. Two rules are worth knowing in advance: silence from the authority at the end of the decision period counts as a refusal, and a visa refusal cannot be appealed at all — three days are allowed to leave. Fees for nationals of ECOWAS states and for everyone else differ by a factor of five or more. There is no separate work permit: the labour directorate endorses the contract with a foreigner, and that is the employer's obligation.
Morocco in brief
Morocco is a kingdom in northwest Africa with coastlines on the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea; the point of the continent closest to Europe is near Tangier, on the Strait of Gibraltar. The five cities covered here span different profiles: Casablanca — the largest city and business centre, Rabat — the political capital, Marrakech and Agadir — an imperial UNESCO-listed city and a seaside resort respectively, Tangier — a port and industrial hub on the strait. Bringing in cats and dogs is straightforward: there is no quarantine on arrival, and for a permanent move a microchip and a current rabies vaccination without antibody titre testing are sufficient, except for three breeds classified as “dangerous” and banned from import. Homicides are rare (1.67 per 100,000, UNODC), but the World Bank's political stability, control of corruption and rule of law indices are below zero on the −2.5 to +2.5 scale, and youth unemployment exceeds 21%. The region around Marrakech is prone to earthquakes — a destructive earthquake struck Al Haouz there in September 2023. The official conditions for work visas, the timelines for residence permits and citizenship, and family reunification could not be confirmed against primary sources at the time this material was prepared.
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This material is for reference and is not legal, tax or immigration advice. Visa rules, tax thresholds and prices change. Before deciding anything, check the official sources and consult a licensed professional in the relevant country.