San Marino passport

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Sammarinese passport
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Front cover of the Sammarinese biometric passport
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Visa requirements for San Marino citizens
  San Marino
  Visa free access
  Visa on arrival
  eVisa
  Visa available both on arrival or online
  Visa required
Type Passport
Issued byFlag of San Marino.svg  San Marino
First issued12 October 2006 (current version) [1]
PurposeIdentification
Eligibility San Marino citizenship
Expiration10 years (applicants aged over 14); 5 years (applicants aged 3-14); 3 years (applicants aged under 3)

Sammarinese passports are passports issued to citizens of San Marino for international travel.

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Application procedure

Applications for a Sammarinese passport are lodged at the Passport Office in San Marino (or, in the case of citizens living overseas, at San Marino diplomatic missions) with the following documents: [2]

In general, the processing time for a passport application is 15 days.

The application fee is €100 for applicants aged over 14, €50 for applicants aged 3–14 and €30 for applicants aged under 3.

Visa requirements

In 2024, citizens of San Marino had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 173 countries and territories, ranking the Sammarinese passport 16th.[ clarification needed ] [4] It is currently (2024), along with the Serbian passport , Albanian passport and the Bosnian passport, one of four European "ordinary" passports to provide visa-free access to China. Of all nationals who can travel visa-free to China, the citizens of San Marino and Bosnia and Herzegovina are granted the longest period of stay (90 days).

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References

  1. "Home". www.consilium.europa.eu.
  2. Republic of San Marino Ministry for Foreign and Political Affairs, Telecommunications and Transport: Passport Office - Issue of ordinary passports Archived 2013-06-19 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Segreteria Esteri". www.esteri.sm. Archived from the original on 2013-04-18.
  4. https://www.henleyglobal.com/files/download/hvri/HP%20Visa%20Restrictions%20Index%20141101.pdf Archived 2019-12-11 at the Wayback Machine [ bare URL PDF ]