San Marino passport
The San Marino passport is a passport issued to citizens of San Marino for international travel.
| San Marino passport | |
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 Front cover of the San Marino biometric passport | |
 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 by |  San Marino |
| First issued | 12 October 2006 (current version)[1] |
| Purpose | Identification |
| Eligibility | San Marino 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 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:[2]
- 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 €100 for applicants aged over 14, €50 for applicants aged 3–14 and €30 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.[3] It is currently (2018), along with the Serbian passport and the Bosnian passport, the only 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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