{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"IR","name":"Iran","slug":"iran"},"destination":{"code":"SM","name":"San Marino"},"status":"visa_required","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-21","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"san-marino-schengen-visa-required-ordinary-passports","title":"Schengen-visa-required ordinary passports: visitor access via Italy","summary":"These ordinary passports require the Italian/Schengen visa needed for access through Italy; San Marino does not issue a separate entry visa.","status":"visa_required","conditions":["This is the advance Schengen visa required for entry through Italy, not a separate San Marino visa. The Italian MFA describes a visa sticker affixed to the passport or other travel document; no eVisa status is established.","San Marino requires the necessary Schengen authorisation before departure; a local stay exceeding 30 days requires a stay permit or residence.","Italian entry conditions separately require a valid travel document, purpose and means evidence, a visa where prescribed, and no refusal/security ground. A Schengen residence permit holder has a separately stated 90-in-180 visa exemption; that document-conditioned route does not change this ordinary-passport nationality baseline.","Minor, diplomatic/official/service, refugee/stateless, residence, work, transit and other special-document exceptions are not flattened into this policy."],"sourceIds":["san-marino-foreign-affairs-visitor-entry-guidance","san-marino-consolidated-foreign-entry-law-2024","italy-mfa-current-short-stay-visa-required-list","italy-mfa-general-entry-conditions","italy-mfa-schengen-visa-description","eu-schengen-visa-regulation-current"],"application":{"url":"https://www.esteri.it/it/servizi-opportunita/ingressosoggiornoinitalia/visto_ingresso/","label":"Italian MFA entry-visa information","processingTime":"The cited page does not publish a universal decision-time promise; consult the competent Italian consular post for the itinerary and residence location.","steps":["Apply through the competent Italian consular channel for the Schengen access itinerary.","Obtain the Schengen visa sticker in the valid travel document before travelling to Italy and onward to San Marino.","Present the visa, passport and supporting entry documents for Italian border control; carry identity documentation in San Marino."]}}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"san-marino-foreign-affairs-visitor-entry-guidance","title":"Information for those who visit San Marino","url":"https://www.esteri.sm/pub1/EsteriSM/en/Servizi-per-utenza/Informazioni-per-chi-visita-SMR.html","publisher":"Department of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of San Marino","jurisdiction":"San Marino","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"san-marino-consolidated-foreign-entry-law-2024","title":"Consolidated rules on entry and stay of foreigners, updated 9 April 2024","url":"https://www.esteri.sm/pub1/EsteriSM/en/dam/jcr%3A38eabe03-3e2f-44f3-a498-a5421388ddcf/2024_04_09%20Testo%20coordinato%20residenze%20%28SENZA%20NOTE%29.pdf","publisher":"Republic of San Marino","jurisdiction":"San Marino","kind":"law","language":"Italian","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"italy-mfa-current-short-stay-visa-required-list","title":"Countries whose citizens need a visa to cross the border","url":"https://www.esteri.it/it/servizi-opportunita/ingressosoggiornoinitalia/visto_ingresso/paesi_soggetti_visto/","publisher":"Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation","jurisdiction":"Italy / Schengen external border","kind":"government-guidance","language":"Italian","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"italy-mfa-general-entry-conditions","title":"General conditions for entry of foreign nationals into Italy","url":"https://www.esteri.it/it/servizi-opportunita/ingressosoggiornoinitalia/condizioni_ingresso/","publisher":"Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation","jurisdiction":"Italy / Schengen external border","kind":"government-guidance","language":"Italian","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"italy-mfa-schengen-visa-description","title":"Italian entry visa","url":"https://www.esteri.it/it/servizi-opportunita/ingressosoggiornoinitalia/visto_ingresso/","publisher":"Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation","jurisdiction":"Italy / Schengen external border","kind":"government-guidance","language":"Italian","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"eu-schengen-visa-regulation-current","title":"Regulation (EU) 2018/1806, consolidated 30 December 2025","url":"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A02018R1806-20251230","publisher":"European Union, EUR-Lex","jurisdiction":"European Union / Schengen external borders","kind":"law","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"}]}