Who needs a visa - Which are the travel documents of all nationalities valid for entering Switzerland?

You will find useful information on the website of the Federal Office for Migration - FOM

• Federal Office for Migration

  Documents that need to be presented when applying for a Schengen visa

• One application for a Schengen visa
• Two pictures
• Passport (needs to be valid at least 3 months after having left the Schengen territory)
• Travel insurance
• Justifying documents with regard to the object and the duration of the stay (business or tourist trip or private traveling)
• Documents proving the intention for returning back
• The proof of sufficient means to cover the costs of your stay, such as salary statement from last month, latest bank statements of an account, saving book, credit cards, traveller's cheques etc. (min. requirements 100 CHF per day)
• Declaration of acceptance of financial liability

In general rules, the visas are delivered, following the situation, at least 5 days after the applying date .

Only a complete file submitted between 09:00 and 11:00 a.m. is accepted.

The fee of 60 € will not be refunded, for any reason, even if the visa is refused.

For further details concerning the documents to deliver and the visa application form, please kindly visit the website of the Federal Office for Migration:

• Federal Office for Migration

 
How to obtain a Swiss visa?

EU nationals (Europe of 25 countries) who are resident in the European Community do not normally require a visa to visit Switzerland for the purpose of tourism, business trips ans visits for a maximum stay of three months (work - paid or unpaid - or gainful activities not permitted) if they travel with the national passport and/or with the European ID card.

You will find the visa application forms in different languages by clicking on the following link:

• Here is Visa application form