Conditions required for entry and residence in the Principality
for a period not exceeding three months

Any person of foreign nationality who wishes to enter Monégasque territory and stay there for a period not exceeding three months must have the document (passport, travel or identity document) required for entry into French territory.

French subjects must merely be holders of the national identity card.

No other formality is required of foreigners who wish to travel to Monaco.

Conditions required for entry and settlement in Monaco

Conditions required for entry and residence in Monaco

          Any foreigner, except French nationals, who wishes to live in Monaco for a period longer than three months or establish residence there, must meet the following requirements:

A) Concerning nationals of the European Economic Area

          Nationals of a Member State of the European Economic Area are exempt from applying for a permanent residence permit in Monaco. Therefore, in order to obtain a Monegasque temporary residence permit, they must apply to the Residents’ Section of the Department of Public Safety of the Principality and provide the following documents:

• a copy of his police record or affidavit or any equivalent document;
• an affidavit that they have never been convicted;
• a working contract stamped by the Employment Office of the Principality or any other professional evidence or a request for authorisation to set up a business, a company or a bank certificate proving sufficient means of existence;
• a medical certificate;
• a contract of lease or promise of lease or an accommodation certificate (examined by an ad hoc commission) or a property deed;
• two recent photographs;
• their passport.

B) Concerning nationals of a State, which is not member of the European Economic Area and residing outside of France

The persons concerned are required to apply to the relevant French Consulate for a Permanent residence permit.

They must provide the consular post with the following documents:

• a copy of his police record or affidavit or any equivalent document;
• an affidavit that they have never been convicted;
• a working contract stamped by the Employment Office of the Principality or any professional evidence or a request for authorisation to set up a business, a company or a bank certificate proving sufficient means of existence;
• a medical certificate;
• a contract of lease or promise of lease or a certificate of lodging (examined by an ad hoc commission) or a property deed or an undertaking written by the person concerned to produce one of the four pieces of evidence here above mentioned within three months of his/her arrival in the Principality;
• nine photographs,
• a photocopy of their passport,
• nine copies of the form requesting a long-stay visa.

After obtaining this permit, every foreigner over sixteen years of age is required to apply for a Monaco temporary residence permit to the Residents' Section of the Department of Public Safety within eight days of arrival in the Principality.

To obtain the temporary residence permit, the same documents as those required for nationals of States of the European Economic Area must be supplied (see section III, paragraph A).

However, the following are exempt from applying for such a document:

• career consuls accredited with H.S.H. the Sovereign Prince and the members of their families;
• public servants posted to Monaco under the Franco-Monegasque conventions;

C) Concerning foreigners who are nationals of a third State to the European Economic Area, coming from France

This group may be divided into two categories:

• If the persons in question have been living in France for at least one year

They must submit their application for permanent residence in the Principality to the Consul General of France in Monaco, with the following documents:

• the application of the person in question;
• an individual form giving detailed information;
• a photocopy of their residence permit in France;
• a photocopy of their passport.

If the persons concerned have been living in France for less than one year

They must apply for permanent residence in the Principality to the Consul General of France in the place where they resided immediately before settling in France.

They are required to produced the documents here above mentioned (see section III, paragraph B).