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San Marino Business Residence Permit

San Marino Residency
Pathway overview

At a glance

You may qualify for San Marino's business stay permit if you have a substantial ownership or management role in an eligible local company. The company must be active in a permitted sector; some types of business are excluded.

Role
Qualifying owner, sole administrator or board chair
Ownership option
At least 25%
Limits
Certain business activities are excluded

Summary

San Marino has a business stay permit for a person who holds a substantial ownership or management role in a qualifying local company. It gives an operating business owner a more specific basis than a general wish to invest in the country. The company’s activities matter because some sectors are excluded from this permit.

Check your role in the San Marino company
  1. Check ownership or management Your role and the company's type of business must qualify.
  2. Gather personal and housing records Show suitable housing, accepted health coverage, and the required personal documents.
  3. Apply for the business stay permit Include company records. Family applications need separate relationship and support evidence.

Owning 25% is one way to qualify; eligible managers have another. This renewable permit differs from registered residence for a major business project.

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Eligibility

Eligibility is tied to the specified corporate role and a company whose activity is permitted under the category. The 25% ownership test is one option; sole administrators and board chairs can qualify through their role instead.

The applicant needs suitable housing and accepted health coverage. Relatives are not included by a line in the company registration: each family application needs relationship, dependency and support evidence as applicable.

More about this route

This category is separate from the grant of registered residence decided case by case for a major business project. It starts with a renewable stay permit, with housing, health coverage and personal records supporting the corporate role.

What This Route Allows

The permit lasts twenty-four months and can be renewed while the conditions continue. Qualifying family members may apply for linked permission. An application for registered residence, where available, follows its own requirements and decision.

What This Route Is Not

This is not an automatic right arising from incorporation or a general work permit for unrelated employment. It also does not convert a San Marino stay into legal residence in Italy. The business-activity exclusions and the difference between a stay permit and registered residence should be resolved before an applicant relies on the route.

Next Steps

  1. Confirm the company’s eligible activity and the ownership or management role.
  2. Prepare company, housing, health and personal documents.
  3. File the business permit and any separate family applications with evidence of household support.

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