The Guaita fortress on Mount Titano, San Marino

Who needs a visa for San Marino?

Southern Europe · City of San Marino

Photo: Max_Ryazanov / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Of 198 nationalities, 93 enter San Marino with no paperwork at all. The rest: 105 must be approved before they travel.

We have not found a San Marino government portal we can link to with confidence, so we link to none — a lookalike is worse than nothing. Apply through San Marino's own immigration service or its embassy.

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 93

Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.

Visa required 105

You must apply and be approved before you travel. Airlines will refuse to board you without it.

About San Marino

Region
Southern Europe
Capital
City of San Marino
Population
34,109 2025 · 194th of 197
Size
61 km² 194th largest of 199
Density
559 per km²
Language
Italian
Currency
Euro EUR
Borders
Italy

Capital, area, languages and currency from the open country dataset, pulled 21 September 2026. Population from the World Bank, series updated 13 July 2026. Density is calculated from the two figures above.