San Marino passport
| San Marino passport | |
|---|---|
 Front cover of the San Marino biometric passport | |
 Visa requirements for San Marino citizens San Marino Visa-free Electronic authorization Visa on arrival | |
| Issued by |
 San Marino |
| Type of document | Passport |
| Purpose | Identification |
| Eligibility requirements | San Marino citizenship |
| Expiration | 10 years (applicants aged over 14); 5 years (applicants aged 3-14); 3 years (applicants aged under 3) |
The San Marino passport is a passport issued to citizens of San Marino for international travel.
Application procedure
Applications for a San Marino 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:[1]
- completed passport application form
- 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 €60 for applicants aged over 14, €20 for applicants aged 3–14 and €10 for applicants aged under 3.
In 2014, San Marino citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 151 countries and territories, ranking the Sammarinese passport 16th.[2] It is currently (2014) the only European "ordinary" passport to provide visa-free access to China, and of all nationals who can travel visa-free to China, the citizens of San Marino are granted the longest period to stay (90 days).
See also
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1 A) Includes Crown Dependencies, British Overseas Territories, and former British plantations, crown colonies, colonies, protectorates, protected states, mandates, trust territories and other British possessions. 2 Open border with Schengen Area. 3 Russia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. The vast majority of its population (80%) lives in European Russia, therefore Russia as a whole is included as a European country here. 4 Turkey is a transcontinental country in the Middle East and Southeast Europe. Turkey has a small part of its territory (3%) in Southeast Europe called Turkish Thrace. 5 Azerbaijan and Georgia (Abkhazia; South Ossetia) are transcontinental countries. Both have a small part of their territories in the European part of the Caucasus. 6 Kazakhstan is a transcontinental country. Kazakhstan has a small part of its territories located west of the Urals in Eastern Europe. 7 Armenia (Nagorno-Karabakh) and Cyprus (Northern Cyprus) are entirely in Southwest Asia but having socio-political connections with Europe. 8 Egypt is a transcontinental country in North Africa and Western Asia. Egypt has a small part of its territory in Western Asia called Sinai peninsula. 9 Partially recognized. 10 Not recognized by any other state. 11 Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China 12 The Soviet Union was a transcontinental country located in Eurasia
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