Monaco residence card

In every case you must prove housing in Monaco suited to the household, as owner, shareholder or director of an owning company, tenant, or as the guest of a close relative, spouse or partner. You must also prove sufficient financial resources through a salary, professional income, savings certified by a Monaco bank, or support from a relative, spouse or partner; no fixed amount is published, as the bank judges what is sufficient. Good character is shown by criminal record extracts under three months old from every country where you lived during the five years before arriving.

A valid passport with the establishment visa, a French residence card if any, a birth certificate under three months old, criminal record extracts, the sworn statement for a first application, the electricity contract or latest bill, and proof of housing (title deed, company statutes and shareholding, a lease registered with the tax office, or a free accommodation certificate). Proof of resources depends on your situation: a trade register extract for self-employed people and company managers, an Economic Development Department receipt for future company founders, an Employment Service certificate for employees, a pension statement for retirees, or a Monaco bank certificate under one month old. Add a marriage certificate, children's documents or a student certificate as relevant. Documents not in French, English or Italian need a sworn translation.

Temporary card: for first-time residents, valid one year, EUR 80 (renewal EUR 40). Ordinary card: after three years of residence, valid three years, EUR 100 (renewal EUR 50). Privileged card: after ten years of effective residence (reducible to one year in special cases), valid ten years, EUR 160 (renewal EUR 80). Spouse of a Monegasque: after one year of residence, valid five years, EUR 80 (renewal EUR 40). Late renewal costs EUR 50, a duplicate EUR 80 and an update after a change of status or address EUR 30. The fee is paid when the card is handed over.

Non-EEA nationals who have lived in France for more than a year request a residence transfer from the French Embassy in Monaco. Everyone else applies for a type D establishment visa for Monaco at the French consulate nearest to their last home. Exceptionally, foreigners already in Monaco with housing there may ask the Department of the Interior for permission to do this directly with the French Embassy in Monaco. The visa is mandatory before the residence card file can be submitted. EEA nationals need no visa.

Apply online with the documents in digital form, or on paper at the Residents Section, 9 rue Suffren-Reymond. If the file is admissible you are invited to an individual interview with the originals. After an investigation, an enrolment appointment is set to hand over the card. Holders leaving Monaco must return the card eight days before departure.