Schengen-visa-required ordinary passports: visitor access via Italy
These ordinary passports require the Italian/Schengen visa needed for access through Italy; San Marino does not issue a separate entry visa.
- 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.
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 whose citizens need a visa to cross the borderItalian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation: General conditions for entry of foreign nationals into ItalyItalian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation: Italian entry visaEuropean Union, EUR-Lex: Regulation (EU) 2018/1806, consolidated 30 December 2025