{"schemaVersion":1,"passportCode":"MC","passportUrl":"https://multipassrank.com/passport/monaco","scope":"Selected country-topic summaries; not a complete account of citizenship law or personal tax liability. These facts do not change mobility scores.","review":{"decision":"approved","reviewer":"/root","reviewedAt":"2026-09-17","recheckBy":"2026-12-16","candidateSha256":"9904a4f6ed387aaa53a11f805aa798c8580bcd794b9d86748370eba2c2afc4aa","notes":"Independent review of all fourteen actual official sources. Iceland: public direct HTTP supplied full Directorate residence/conditions/restoration and native Ministry A2 pages; native Skatturinn guidance establishes strict >183-day presence, next-year-end departure continuation, worldwide reporting, limited liability and treaty applications. Liechtenstein: actual live 2024 Act sections 4b–4e, 5a, 6–7, 12 and 14, complete 2010 proof regulation, March 2026 official comparison and July 2026 Tax Act operative Articles 2, 5–10, 14–15, 21–23 and 26 were checked. Clarified the German school alternative as a passed German subject at grade-nine level, not attendance at a German school. Monaco: actual Legimonaco Articles 3–6 and 8, certificate Ordinance Article 3 and complete relevant BOFiP paragraphs 1–220, 260 and 320–370 checked via public HTTP. Kept ordinary versus exceptional routes, renunciation qualifications, French-national tax exceptions and certificate scope. Monaco CEFR remains explicitly unresolved, and no universal tax exemption or unproved nonresident framework is asserted. Approved exact corrected candidate bytes, not an assertion of every applicant's eligibility."},"reviewScope":"A common review is provided only when all topics share one approval. Otherwise consult each topic's review; no collection means no review.","reviews":[{"decision":"approved","reviewer":"/root","reviewedAt":"2026-09-17","recheckBy":"2026-12-16","candidateSha256":"9904a4f6ed387aaa53a11f805aa798c8580bcd794b9d86748370eba2c2afc4aa","notes":"Independent review of all fourteen actual official sources. Iceland: public direct HTTP supplied full Directorate residence/conditions/restoration and native Ministry A2 pages; native Skatturinn guidance establishes strict >183-day presence, next-year-end departure continuation, worldwide reporting, limited liability and treaty applications. Liechtenstein: actual live 2024 Act sections 4b–4e, 5a, 6–7, 12 and 14, complete 2010 proof regulation, March 2026 official comparison and July 2026 Tax Act operative Articles 2, 5–10, 14–15, 21–23 and 26 were checked. Clarified the German school alternative as a passed German subject at grade-nine level, not attendance at a German school. Monaco: actual Legimonaco Articles 3–6 and 8, certificate Ordinance Article 3 and complete relevant BOFiP paragraphs 1–220, 260 and 320–370 checked via public HTTP. Kept ordinary versus exceptional routes, renunciation qualifications, French-national tax exceptions and certificate scope. Monaco CEFR remains explicitly unresolved, and no universal tax exemption or unproved nonresident framework is asserted. Approved exact corrected candidate bytes, not an assertion of every applicant's eligibility."}],"coverage":{"citizenship":"reviewed_scope","taxes":"reviewed_scope"},"topics":[{"code":"MC","topic":"citizenship","title":"Monegasque citizenship by naturalisation","summary":"The ordinary statutory application threshold is ten years of habitual residence after age eighteen. Naturalisation remains a sovereign grant following investigation, with nationality-loss and foreign military-service conditions rather than an automatic residence-to-passport conversion.","scope":"Adult naturalisation under Article 5 of Law No. 1.155; marriage declarations, descent, restoration and the Prince's no-residence-period exception are distinct.","jurisdiction":"Monaco","routeId":"top20-mc-naturalisation","routeType":"naturalisation","facts":[{"id":"top20-mc-citizenship-residence","label":"Ten adult years of habitual residence","text":"Article 5 allows an application after ten years of habitual residence in Monaco accumulated after reaching eighteen. Childhood residence is not substituted for those adult years. 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It also addresses unauthorised voluntary service in a foreign army. These rules differ from the separate marriage-declaration route and do not justify a blanket claim about every dual-nationality situation.","state":"conditional","sourceIds":["top20-mc-citizenship-act"],"locator":"Article 8; Article 3 and Article 4 distinguish marriage declarations"},{"id":"top20-mc-citizenship-language","label":"Language threshold not established","text":"The reviewed statutory naturalisation provisions do not establish a specified language test or CEFR level. This packet therefore makes no claim that a particular certificate is sufficient or that language and integration are irrelevant to the individual investigation.","state":"not_established","sourceIds":["top20-mc-citizenship-act"],"locator":"Articles 5–6: statutory conditions and individual investigation; no specified examination standard in these provisions"}],"limits":["General information only. No approval guarantee, residence investment route, exact permitted-absence calculation or language-test waiver is established. The Prince's exceptional grant power is not a generally available shortcut."],"review":{"decision":"approved","reviewer":"/root","reviewedAt":"2026-09-17","recheckBy":"2026-12-16","candidateSha256":"9904a4f6ed387aaa53a11f805aa798c8580bcd794b9d86748370eba2c2afc4aa","notes":"Independent review of all fourteen actual official sources. Iceland: public direct HTTP supplied full Directorate residence/conditions/restoration and native Ministry A2 pages; native Skatturinn guidance establishes strict >183-day presence, next-year-end departure continuation, worldwide reporting, limited liability and treaty applications. Liechtenstein: actual live 2024 Act sections 4b–4e, 5a, 6–7, 12 and 14, complete 2010 proof regulation, March 2026 official comparison and July 2026 Tax Act operative Articles 2, 5–10, 14–15, 21–23 and 26 were checked. Clarified the German school alternative as a passed German subject at grade-nine level, not attendance at a German school. Monaco: actual Legimonaco Articles 3–6 and 8, certificate Ordinance Article 3 and complete relevant BOFiP paragraphs 1–220, 260 and 320–370 checked via public HTTP. Kept ordinary versus exceptional routes, renunciation qualifications, French-national tax exceptions and certificate scope. Monaco CEFR remains explicitly unresolved, and no universal tax exemption or unproved nonresident framework is asserted. Approved exact corrected candidate bytes, not an assertion of every applicant's eligibility."},"url":"https://multipassrank.com/passport/monaco/citizenship","disclaimer":"General information, not legal advice or a finding of eligibility. Requirements depend on the route, applicant and filing date. Verify the official instructions before applying."},{"code":"MC","topic":"taxes","title":"Monaco personal tax context","summary":"Monaco does not generally levy personal income tax on individuals domiciled there, but that does not end another country's tax claims. The France-Monaco convention creates a material citizenship-linked exception, and fiscal residence evidence requires more than holding a residence card.","scope":"Baseline personal-income and cross-border residence context, particularly the France-Monaco convention; not business-profit tax, wealth/property charges, inheritance, social contributions or personal tax planning.","jurisdiction":"Monaco","facts":[{"id":"top20-mc-tax-baseline","label":"No general resident personal income tax","text":"Monaco does not impose personal income tax on individuals domiciled in its territory. That statement is not a worldwide tax exemption: French-national treaty rules and another jurisdiction's residence or source-income rules must be considered separately.","state":"conditional","sourceIds":["top20-mc-tax-france"],"locator":"I, paragraph 1; I-A residence analysis and I-B income treatment"},{"id":"top20-mc-tax-residence-proof","label":"Residence evidence for fiscal formalities","text":"For a fiscal-formalities residence certificate, foreign nationals need a valid residence card, accommodation and supporting residence evidence. Principal stay means at least 183 days a year, or fewer if physical presence in Monaco exceeds that in each other country. The home is considered only when principal stay cannot be determined; the principal centre of activities is another criterion, subject to bilateral agreements. The certificate does not override another country's law.","state":"conditional","sourceIds":["top20-mc-tax-certificate","top20-mc-tax-france"],"locator":"Ordinance 8.566 Article 3; BOFiP I-A distinguishes treaty residence and French domestic criteria"},{"id":"top20-mc-tax-french","label":"French nationals: worldwide French taxation","text":"French nationals moving to Monaco are generally taxed in France on worldwide income under the 1963 convention. Defined exceptions include qualifying historic residents, continuous residents from birth, and certain family or official cohorts. French-Monegasque dual nationals are treated as Monegasque for this convention; another second nationality alone is not sufficient.","state":"conditional","sourceIds":["top20-mc-tax-france"],"locator":"I-A-1 paragraphs 10–110; I-A-2 paragraphs 120–190; I-A-3 paragraph 200; I-B-1 paragraph 220"},{"id":"top20-mc-tax-source","label":"Foreign-source taxation can remain","text":"French nationals outside the convention's worldwide-income rule can still owe French tax on French-source income under nonresident rules. Income class matters: property and pension rules have specific qualifications. 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Clarified the German school alternative as a passed German subject at grade-nine level, not attendance at a German school. Monaco: actual Legimonaco Articles 3–6 and 8, certificate Ordinance Article 3 and complete relevant BOFiP paragraphs 1–220, 260 and 320–370 checked via public HTTP. Kept ordinary versus exceptional routes, renunciation qualifications, French-national tax exceptions and certificate scope. Monaco CEFR remains explicitly unresolved, and no universal tax exemption or unproved nonresident framework is asserted. Approved exact corrected candidate bytes, not an assertion of every applicant's eligibility."},"url":"https://multipassrank.com/passport/monaco/taxes","disclaimer":"General information, not personal tax advice. Nationality, tax residence and source of income are different questions. 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