Visa-exempt Schengen-access ordinary passports: visa-free visitor access
A visitor with these qualifying passports is compliant with the Italian Schengen access rule and may visit San Marino without a separate San Marino entry visa.
- San Marino requires the necessary Schengen entry and transit authorisations before departure; a stay exceeding 30 days requires a stay permit or residence.
- Biometric passport is required for AL, BA, GE, MK, MD, ME, RS, UA and XK. The Italian MFA schedule excludes Serbian Coordination Directorate passports; Taiwan requires the identity-card number; HK and MO require their named SAR passports.
- CH, IS, LI and NO follow equivalent free-movement treatment for the Italian access leg; this does not make San Marino part of Schengen.
- ETIAS is not operating on the research date. Schengen residence-permit and family-status routes are document-conditioned exceptions outside this passport-code baseline, as are special passport and refugee-document rules.
- Minor-specific identity, parental-authorisation and carrier or Italian controls are outside this adult ordinary-passport classification.
Official sourcesDepartment of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of San Marino: Information for those who visit San MarinoRepublic of San Marino: Consolidated rules on entry and stay of foreigners, updated 9 April 2024Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation: Countries exempt from short-stay visasItalian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation: General conditions for entry of foreign nationals into ItalyEuropean Union, EUR-Lex: Regulation (EU) 2018/1806, consolidated 30 December 2025European Union, EUR-Lex: Schengen Borders Code: persons with equivalent free-movement rightsEuropean Commission, Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs: European Travel Information and Authorisation System: current status