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San Marino is a republic with its own offices and its own stamp, so a document issued there follows a San Marino chain, not an Italian one. The UAE mission is the ambassador to Italy, who is also accredited to San Marino. MOFA attestation ends the process in the UAE.
Price: The MOFA fee and all official fees are included in our quote. Send a copy of your document for your exact total.
This covers:
- every stamp your document needs in San Marino
- the UAE embassy or consulate step
- the MOFA UAE fee (AED 150 per personal document, AED 2,000 per commercial document, paid to the UAE government)
- our service, courier and VAT
No extra charges. We confirm your exact total from a copy of your document before you pay.
Message us a photo of the paper. One price including VAT comes back before anything starts. The attestation fees page describes the government portion.
Is the San Marino route the same as Italy?
San Marino sits inside Italy, and people often confuse the two systems. An Italian prefecture apostille placed on a San Marino paper is worthless. A San Marino stamp likewise does not cover a paper issued in Rimini. Read the issuing place on your document before anything else.
What are the steps for a San Marino document?
- The issuer. Civil registry for personal records, the University of the Republic of San Marino or the awarding university for degrees, the company register for businesses.
- A notary, when a declaration or power of attorney is involved.
- The apostille office in San Marino. Sources name either the Registry Office or the foreign ministry, so we confirm.
- The UAE mission. Rome covers San Marino on a non-resident basis, and we verify this when we see your copy.
- MOFA in the UAE.
Which San Marino documents do people send?
| Paper | Source |
|---|---|
| Birth or marriage certificate | Civil registry |
| University degree | University of San Marino |
| Company certificate | Company register |
| Power of attorney | San Marino notary |
| Criminal record extract | Competent court office, which we confirm |
Each takes a San Marino stamp, the UAE mission and MOFA. The company certificate pays the commercial fee.
Do Italian language San Marino documents need translating?
Documents are in Italian, while MOFA accepts Arabic or English. A certified translation is therefore required. If a translation was already made in Italy, ask us before using it, because the certifier matters. See legal translation in Dubai.
What if my paper was issued in Italy?
An Italian paper follows Italy certificate attestation. Many Sammarinese hold Italian degrees from Bologna or other universities, and those are Italian papers even though the holder lives in San Marino.
Tips
- Bring the original, with its stamps and signatures.
- Names should match the passport letter for letter.
- Ask for a recently issued civil record.
- Remove laminate.
- Someone in San Marino can lodge the paper for you; the UAE steps run from here.
If a paper carries both Italian and San Marino stamps, send a photo and we say which office applies.
Whose San Marino signatures can be legalised?
San Marino has few public officials, and the apostille authority checks signatures against its own list. A certificate signed by a registrar who has left office needs a note from the current registrar. The same applies to a notary. Residents of San Marino also often own property or companies in Italy, so documents from the two countries get mixed up in one folder. Lay them out on a table, mark each by country of issue, and send us photos. We tell you which pile goes through which chain.
