San Marino passport

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

Sammarinese passport
Front cover of the Sammarinese biometric passport
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Type	Passport
Issued by	Government of San Marino
First issued	12 October 2006 (current version)[1]
Purpose	Identification
Eligibility	Sammarinese citizenship
Expiration	10 years (applicants aged over 14); 5 years (applicants aged 3-14); 3 years (applicants aged under 3)

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]

• Completed passport application form^[3]
• Certificates of birth, citizenship, residence (or relevant self-certification form)
• Certificates of criminal record, pending suit and full civil capacity (to be issued by the Court without stamp duty)
• Two photographs, one of which certified by the Registrar of Vital Statistics (also in this case it is possible to use the self-certification form)

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 in terms of travel freedom.^[4] It is currently (2024) one of 13 European "ordinary" passports to provide visa-free access to China, allowing the visa-free stay (90 days).

See also

• Visa requirements for San Marino citizens
• San Marino identity card