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Registered Residence after Five Years of Ordinary Stay Permit

San MarinoLong-term residence

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What exact status does accumulated residence lead to?

Accumulated ordinary-stay-permit time leads to full registered residence ('residenza'), granted by the Permanent Parliamentary Commission for Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Immigration once the qualifying period has run.

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  • Art. 16(2)
    La Commissione Consiliare Permanente Affari Esteri, Emigrazione e Immigrazione concede la residenza, previa verifica dei requisiti per ottenerla, allo straniero che viva in maniera stabile ed effettiva in Repubblica in favore del quale sia stato rilasciato permesso di soggiorno ordinario ai sensi dell’articolo 13, decorso il periodo di cinque anni continuativi dalla data del rilascio del permesso

What qualifying residence period is required and when does the period begin?

For the registered-residence route after an ordinary stay permit, captured Law 118/2010 Article 16(2) requires five continuous years counted from the date the Article 13 ordinary stay permit was issued, plus stable and effective residence in San Marino; the competent commission verifies the requirements and can refuse by reasoned decision. The five-year clock is therefore tied to issue of the ordinary permit, not simply the first entry date.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured provision does not state that all earlier permits count toward this specific five-year Article 16(2) period; it starts with the Article 13 ordinary stay permit.
  • The official coordinated text is explicitly updated to 3 June 2025 and is marked non-authentic by its publisher; the current index still links this exact ZIP/PDF on 25 September 2026. A bounded later-amendment search found no direct change to the cited Articles 13–16; this does not prove that no later law exists.
  • https://www.consigliograndeegenerale.sm/on-line/home/testi-coordinati/docCat.17003105.1.150.20.html
    2. La Commissione Consiliare Permanente Affari Esteri, Emigrazione e Immigrazione concede la residenza, previa verifica dei requisiti per ottenerla, allo straniero che viva in maniera stabile ed effettiva in Repubblica in favore del quale sia stato rilasciato permesso di soggiorno ordinario ai sensi dell’articolo 13, decorso il periodo di cinque anni continuativi dalla data del rilascio del permesso di soggiorno. Con provvedimento motivato la Commissione può negare la concessione della residenza.

Which types of residence count fully, partially or not at all where the official rules specify this?

Time spent holding an ordinary stay permit counts towards the qualifying period, during which the applicant must live in a stable and effective manner in the Republic.

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Limits of the record
  • The official source does not state the complete answer to this question for this route.
  • Art. 16(2)
    La Commissione Consiliare Permanente Affari Esteri, Emigrazione e Immigrazione concede la residenza, previa verifica dei requisiti per ottenerla, allo straniero che viva in maniera stabile ed effettiva in Repubblica in favore del quale sia stato rilasciato permesso di soggiorno ordinario ai sensi dell’articolo 13, decorso il periodo di cinque anni continuativi dalla data del rilascio del permesso

What absence/continuity rules affect accumulation of the qualifying residence period?

The applicant must 'live in a stable and effective manner' in the Republic throughout the five-year period, as verified by the Commission before the grant; the official text does not set a numeric maximum-absence rule for this conversion.

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Limits of the record
  • No numeric absence/continuity threshold for this specific conversion is stated in the captured text.
  • Art. 16(2)
    La Commissione Consiliare Permanente Affari Esteri, Emigrazione e Immigrazione concede la residenza, previa verifica dei requisiti per ottenerla, allo straniero che viva in maniera stabile ed effettiva in Repubblica

What other major conditions apply, how is the status obtained, and what renewal, document-validity, retention or loss rules matter?

The Commission may refuse residence by reasoned decision. It may extend residence to a minor child who already holds a stay permit and stably cohabits with the foreign parent, regardless of the five-year period, and to an adult child up to 25 who already held a stay permit when residence was granted to the parent, stably cohabits with and is dependent on that parent, and is not married or cohabiting more uxorio. Residence is revoked by the Civil Status Officer if habitual dwelling in San Marino has ceased for more than six months.

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

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