Hey All,
Just a warning over something that happened to me last week and something that appears to happening alot.
If you have a residence visa, when you go through passport control, check what they're stamping in your passport, I came through last week and gave the guy at the desk my passport open on my visa page. BUT as well as stamping the normal entry stamp he also stamped the valid for 60 days from entry, which means I now have a visit visa too. Didn't realise what he'd done until I was flicking through.
I called immigration and they told me I have to go back and get the visit visa cancelled out! This has also happened to a mate of mine and they said he owe 3,000 Dhs in overstay, but they'd sort it - for a fee!
My friend said there were about 10 other people at the immigration office all with the same problem. Now either the immigration department aren't training their staff properly or it's a bit of a money making scam.
So if you have a residence visa, check what they stamp, because you know I rally can't wait for the major hassle that I'm going to be caused trying to sort it out next week - hohum.