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Extraordinary Stay Permit for Humanitarian and Social Protection Needs

San MarinoHumanitarian protection

Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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What exactly is this: asylum, temporary protection, humanitarian admission, resettlement or another protection mechanism?

It is an extraordinary stay permit for humanitarian social-protection needs, one of the stay-permit types listed by the law; the extraordinary stay permit is temporary.

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Where can protection be requested, and is this a direct application, border/in-country request, referral or other process?

The grant (and revocation) of extraordinary stay permits is decided by the Congress of State after the mandatory opinion of the Gendarmeria – Foreigners Office. The official source does not state where or how the person lodges the request.

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  • The law does not state where or how the person lodges the request (office, border or in-country).

What happens after the request: registration, family handling, major support and rights where officially stated?

The extraordinary stay permit issued for these needs gives the right to healthcare benefits and temporary economic benefits from the Social Security Institute, and allows the holder to work in San Marino. The official source does not state registration or family handling.

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Which competent authority, UN body or official assistance channel should the person use?

Renewals of the extraordinary permit are adopted by the Gendarmeria – Foreigners Office only while the legal conditions (and any further conditions in the Congress of State grant) persist; the permit may be renewed annually while the social-protection needs persist. After at least two years of continuous stay, the Permanent Parliamentary Commission for Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Immigration may, on the person's reasoned and documented application, convert the humanitarian permit into an ordinary stay permit or residence. The official source does not name an assistance channel or UN body.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured texts do not name an assistance channel, UN body or official warning for persons seeking this protection.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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