DOING BUSINESS MOROCCO
Launching e-services for CFC community
Exclusively to CFC’s members and their staff, CFC launches with the support of Direction Générale des Collectivités Locales (DGCL) of the Ministry of Interior and the City of Casablanca, access to on-line administrative services, primarily certifying copies of your documents remotely (following a single trip to the competent office) and notarize your documents securely without having to personally go to different competent authorities. The success of this initiative at CFC will pave the way for the wider and progressive general application of such on-line administrative services all over Morocco in the near future.
Through this initiative, CFC consolidate its role as a pioneer in doing business practices for the benefit of its members but also as a perfect sandbox for innovative measures for the whole country.
Be first to pre-register and create your account by following the instructions on the designated electronic platform: wraqi.ma/Home/CFC.
To complete your registration, dedicated bilingual officers will assist you at the nearby Annexe administrative Cité de l’Air, located at Rue AeroCity, Hay Hassani, Casablanca.
For your queries and comments, please contact: guichetunique@cfca.ma
Important notice
Foreign employees newly recruited by companies with the CFC status and who do not yet have registration cards can now open a provisional bank account in dirhams by simply submitting their foreign work contract approved by the Ministry of Labor and professional integration. In the past, opening an account required presenting the registration card application receipt.
For more information, get in touch with our companies assistance team at guichetunique@cfca.ma
ADMINISTRATIVE ADVANTAGES
CFC offers business facilitation and simplified procedures across establishment of a one stop shop:
• Accelerated administrative procedure for the constitution of companies in 48h
• Taechir service to simplify and speed up the process foreign work permits. CFC members are able to apply and pick up foreign employment contracts directly at CFC headquarters.
• Outsourced legalization of signatures service on foreign employment contracts.
Thus, members can obtain foreign employment contracts in 48 hours and residence permits in 2 weeks.
• Simplified procedures for business visa applications (24h)
• Financial institutions can receive their accreditation through a consolidated form that allows both CFC status and accreditation.
PEOPLE MOBILITY
People Mobility
Companies with “CFC Status” benefit from a faster and easier procedure for recruiting foreign candidates.
This procedure consists of:
- The exemption from the ANAPEC certificate certifying the absence of national candidates to fill the proposed post to the foreign candidate;
- Foreign candidates are exempt from producing certified copies of their professional references;
- Foreign work permit granted within a maximum period of 3 working days.
Important notice:
CFC would like to remind its members, that to be in good stand with local authorities, all foreign nationals residing in Morocco must apply for a residence permit.
In addition, starting September 1, 2019, all foreign minors must have valid local documentation to allow for exit and entry of Moroccan territory.
Foreign employees newly recruited by companies with the CFC status and who do not yet have registration cards can now open a provisional bank account in dirhams by simply submitting their foreign work contract approved by the Ministry of Labor and professional integration. In the past, opening an account required presenting the registration card application receipt.
For more information, get in touch with our companies assistance team at guichetunique@cfca.ma
Joint note relating to the facilities for granting a “Business” visa and a residence permit within the framework of the Casablanca Financial Center (CFC)
CAPITAL MOBILITY
Capital Mobility
- Opening a single currency account for all transactions
- Total freedom to manage foreign currency holdings
- Transfers unrestricted by fees and technical assistance within the group.
- Extension on business trip endowments for CFC companies