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San Marino Family Residence

San Marino Residency
Pathway overview

At a glance

You may be able to live with family in San Marino, but the process depends on whether your relative is a citizen or a foreign resident. A citizen's spouse may qualify for registered residence. Family joining a foreign resident normally starts with a stay permit.

Sponsor
Eligible resident citizen or foreign resident
Child age
Generally up to 25 for the ordinary dependent-child category
Limits
Special residence categories have separate family rules

Summary

San Marino’s family rules distinguish a citizen’s household from the family of a foreign resident. A spouse joining a Sammarinese citizen may qualify for registered residence, while the ordinary reunification category for a foreign resident begins with a stay permit. Identifying the sponsor’s status explains which process the family needs.

Citizen and resident families use different processes
  1. Your family member's citizenship or permit Identify citizenship, registered residence, or a special residence category.
  2. Corresponding family checklist Confirm the relationship and the correct permit or residence procedure.
  3. Family evidence Prepare civil, dependency, custody, housing, and support records.

A tourist or a permit without sponsorship rights cannot support the ordinary family route.

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Eligibility

The sponsor must have a status that permits the requested family application. A tourist or someone with a permit that lacks ordinary sponsorship rights cannot be treated as equivalent to a registered resident.

The application needs the relevant marriage, birth and family-status records, along with custody or consent documents for minors. Family members of special-category residents should use that category’s checklist rather than assume the ordinary rules apply unchanged.

More about this route

Dependent children can also qualify in the relevant categories, including some young adults. The age limit is only part of the test: dependency, marital or partnership status, and the consent of another parent may all be relevant.

What This Route Allows

The result depends on the sponsor and the legal category: registered residence may be available in a citizen-spouse case, while ordinary family reunification provides a linked stay permit. Later consolidation into residence requires the applicable lawful, effective residence history and approval.

What This Route Is Not

This is not citizenship by marriage or a general right for any relative to move. It also does not make a sponsor’s company or investment permit an ordinary residence status. Employment rights should be confirmed for the particular permission issued.

Next Steps

  1. Check your family member's status’s exact citizenship and residence status.
  2. Prepare relationship, dependency and parental-consent evidence as applicable.
  3. Use the corresponding family checklist and document the household’s housing and support.

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