How to obtain a Swiss visa?

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Schengen
On 27 Novemer 2008 the mixed committee of the JHA (Council of ministers for Justice and Home affairs) decided in Bruxelles that the Schengen and Dublin association agreements of Switzerland have been fully implemented on Friday 12 December 2008. From this date on Schengen visa are accpeted to enter Switzerland.

 

Travelling

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 of Migration - FOM

• Federal Office of Migration

Schengen visa

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 AM and 11.00 AM 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, please kindly visit the website of the Federal Office of Migration:

Federal Office of Migration

1. Visa application form (en, de, fr) (78 Kb, pdf)

2. Statutory rights (15 Kb, pdf)

Swiss visa

Condition to obtain a Swiss visa for a stay longer than 3 months
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 a visa application form in PDF:

1. Visa application form (en, de, fr) (78 Kb, pdf)

2. Statutory rights (en, de, fr) (15 Kb, pdf)
    

Work/Study

Visa for work or studies or family regrouping

1. 3 application forms

2. 4 photographs

3. valid passport

4. valid residence card

5. 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.

6. the work contract or the document confirming the inscription in a scholar establishment (school or university)

7. a Curriculum Vitae

8. a valid certificate a good conduct (validity less than 3 months)

9. for family regrouping, the work contract or the document confirming the inscription in a scholar establishment of the person responsible for the rest of the family

This visa application must be submitted at least two months before the beginning of the work or studies in Switzerland for authorization.

Visa after authorization (work, studies or family regrouping)

• the authorization document delivered by the Swiss federal or cantonal authorities

(proof of means not required)

* Fees

60 € to be paid in cash plus 5.50 € for the transmission fees. Fees are not refundable in case of visa-refusal.

 

Diplomats

Demand of accreditation in Switzerland

Only for the diplomats and assimilated asking an accreditation in Switzerland:

1. fill in 3 visa application forms

2. 7 pictures

3. a verbal note of the concerned Embassy or Mission which mentions the function being practised in Switzerland by the diplomats and the date of takeover

4. fill in 3 questionnaires for new arrivals

* Questionnaire in English (32 Kb, pdf)
* Questionnaire in French (37 Kb, pdf)

• the foreign concerned Embassy or Mission in Switzerland must also inform the Service of Protocol in Bern or the Swiss Mission to UN about the demand of accreditation. A copy of this verbal note must be added to the visa file.
  
  The delay of obtention of the Swiss visa will depend on the answer of the competent Swiss authorities.

Live-Work

Live and work in Switzerland

1. General information about living in Switzerland

2. Work in Switzerland

3. Publications of Swissemigration
    

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