France to open visa application center in largest city in Sahara – The North Africa Post

The Embassy of France in Morocco announced on Wednesday the forthcoming opening of an "extension of the visa collection service" through the private company TLS Contact in the city of Laâyoune, the main city of Western Sahara. This decision is part of the new French policy of supporting the "Moroccoan sovereignty" autonomy plan of Western Sahara.

France to open visa application center in largest city in Sahara – The North Africa Post

France plans to open a visa application center in Laayoune, the largest city in the Sahara territory, which Paris has recognized as part of Morocco, French ambassador to Rabat said. “We are truly committed to implementing all measures to allow Moroccan citizens residing in Laâyoune, Dakhla, or any other city to access the visa procedure […]

Promesse announced, promise kept. And for cause, in Laâyoune, a center of TLS Contact will open its doors in May 2025, allowing the inhabitants of the southern provinces, until then forced to go to Agadir, 632 kilometers from the capital of Moroccan Sahara, to file their visa applications for Hexagone. Christophe Lecourtier, Ambassador of France to Morocco, announced this good news on the margins of the inauguration, this Wednesday, of the new h…