# San Marino passport to Eritrea: Visa required

Current access classification: **Visa required** — Traditional visa required before travel.

Access data checked August 24, 2026. Evidence status: **official evidence collected**.

This page concerns ordinary short visits unless an official source states otherwise. Authorities apply the current rule, and individual circumstances can change the applicable treatment.

## Evidence timeline

- **Current official route — Foreign ordinary passports: Eritrean advance visitor visa** (Visa required)
  Eritrea’s current Embassy guidance expressly says a visa is required for non-Eritreans. The electronic form and online fee do not result in a wholly electronic visa: applicants must mail the original passport to the Embassy and travel only after receipt of the visa. This is an advance traditional visa requirement, not an eVisa or visa on arrival.
  - This policy applies to non-Eritrean holders of ordinary foreign passports. The Embassy’s National-ID exemption for Eritreans and its special official, diplomatic, family, employment, student and transit workflows are outside this ordinary foreign-visitor policy.
  - Choose the visa type for the actual travel purpose. Tourist and business applications require the stated online form, photo, passport validity of at least six months, residency evidence where applicable, funds or purpose evidence, fees and the stated processing period; a family visit additionally requires an Eritrean resident reference.
  - The online application and fee are only consular-processing steps. The Embassy requires the applicant to mail the original passport and to travel after receiving the visa, so no nationality-wide electronic issuance or airport route is established.
  - The categorical non-Eritrean visa rule is published by Eritrea's Washington mission, while its document-submission workflow is specific to that consular jurisdiction. No current central nationality or bilateral-exception schedule was found; travelers must use the competent Eritrean mission's workflow.
  - Visas are valid for three months from issue; after arrival they are typically valid for one month and may be extended or renewed through Immigration in Asmara. Entry remains subject to health, return travel, security, prior history, document and immigration controls. It grants no work, residence, internal travel permit, diplomatic, official or special-document entitlement.
  Official sources:
  - [Embassy of the State of Eritrea in the United States of America: Embassy of the State of Eritrea in Washington: Visa](https://us.embassyeritrea.org/visa/)
  - [Embassy of the State of Eritrea in the United States of America: Embassy of the State of Eritrea in Washington: Visa application form B62.3](https://us.embassyeritrea.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Eritrean_Visa_Application_.pdf)

## How to apply

Minimum 15 business days stated by the Embassy for tourist processing.

1. Select the visit type and complete the Embassy’s online visa application and required fee.
2. Provide the stated photo and supporting material, including passport validity and purpose or funds evidence.
3. Mail the original passport to the competent Eritrean mission; travel only once the visa is received.

[Eritrean Embassy Consular Affairs Processing System](https://us.eriembassy.org/)

## Useful links

- [HTML evidence page](https://multipassrank.com/san-marino-eritrea-visa)
- [San Marino passport access](https://multipassrank.com/passport/san-marino)
- [All passport requirements for Eritrea](https://multipassrank.com/destination/eritrea)
- [Dataset license](https://multipassrank.com/data-license)