Document checklist
Italy → San Marino: Permesso di soggiorno speciale per motivi di istruzione
What you need before you submit, checked against official requirements, not guesswork.
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Required documents
8 itemsIdentity
4 ICAO-format passport photos (2 for renewal)
Required4 recent passport-style photos meeting the ICAO format. Only 2 photos are needed if you're renewing an existing permit.
Copy of a valid ID card or passport
RequiredA copy of your current, valid identity document or passport.
Financial
Latest tax return and proof you can support yourself
RequiredYour most recent income tax return, plus any other document that shows you can support yourself financially while studying. The office doesn't publish a fixed minimum amount.
Purpose of travel
Certificate of enrolment in your studies
RequiredAn official certificate showing you're enrolled in your course of study.
Other
Criminal record and pending charges certificate from your home country
RequiredA criminal record and pending charges certificate issued by the competent authorities in your country of nationality. Not required if you're under 14. Documents from countries other than Italy must be legalised or apostilled, and translated into Italian if not already in Italian.
Health cover confirmation
RequiredA form, filled in and stamped by the Ufficio Prestazioni (Benefits Office), confirming health cover recognised by the ISS (San Marino's social security institute) for every kind of event. If you live in Italy, attach your Italian health card instead, or an insurance policy covering illness, injury, maternity and healthcare with at least 30,000 euro of annual cover.
Italian translation of foreign documents
Every document you attach must be written in Italian, or accompanied by a sworn Italian translation certified before a competent San Marino authority, or in multilingual certified form.
San Marino criminal record and pending charges certificate
RequiredA certificate of criminal record and pending charges in San Marino, requested when you apply through self-certification at the Foreigners Office (Ufficio Stranieri), paid with 15 euro in duty stamps (marche da bollo). Not required if you're under 14.
Why applications on this route get refused
Certificates dated too long ago
Required certificates must be dated no more than 6 months before you submit your application, unless the office decides to ask for a more recent one anyway.
How to avoid it: Request your criminal record and other certificates close to your application date, and check they're all within 6 months when you submit.
Foreign documents not legalised or apostilled
Certificates, attestations or declarations from countries other than Italy must be legalised or apostilled, or they cannot be accepted.
How to avoid it: Get an apostille or legalisation on any official document from your home country (outside Italy) before you submit it.
Documents not in Italian and not properly translated
All attached documents must be in Italian or come with a sworn Italian translation, or certified multilingual form, or the office may not be able to process your file.
How to avoid it: Arrange a sworn translation into Italian for any document that isn't already in Italian before you apply.
Sources
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