Who requires a Switzerland Visa?

Switzerland has joined Schengen zone and became 25-th country – the participant of visa-free moving agreement. Under the Schengen agreement, transiting from one country to another within the Schengen area is done without border controls. The current Schengen area is composed of the following countries – Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

Visa required for the airport transit
Citizens of the following states are required to hold an airport visa:
• Afghanistan
• Angola
• Bangladesh
• Cameroon
• Congo (dem. Republic)
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• India
• Iran
• Iraq
• Lebanon
• Nigeria
• Pakistan
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Sri Lanka
• Turkey

Visa is required for stays up to 3 months (90 days) by the nationals of the following countries:

Afghanian Algeria Angola Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad China Colombia Comoros Congo (Brazzaville) Congo (Democratic Republic) Côte d’Ivoire Cuba Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Grenada Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana

Haiti Hong Kong* India Indonesia Iran Iraq Jamaika Jordan Kazakhan Kenya Kiribati Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzan Laos Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Macao Madagascar Malawi Maldives Mali Marshall Islands Mauretania Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (Burma) Namibia Nauru Nepal Niger Nigeria Northern Mariana Islands North Korea Oman Pakistan

Palau Palestine Papua New Guinea Peru Philippines Qatar Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Salomon Islands Sambia Samoa (West) Sao Tomé and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Korea Sri Lanka Sudan Surinam Swaziland Syria Tadjikian Tansania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinad and Tobago Tunesia Turkey Turkmenian Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uzekistan Vanuatu (New Hebres) Vietnam Yemen Zimbabwe

* The following documents are valid for entry into Switzerland:
• Hong Kong Special Administrative Region People’s Republic of China Passport (HKSAR Passport); visa exemption – V1
• Hong Kong British National Overseas Passport (BNO Passport); visa exemption – V1
• Hong Kong Certificate of Identity; obligation to hold a visa – V
• Document of Identity for visa purposes containing under the heading “nationality” the entry “Chinese.” In this case, the document is a Chinese passport. (If holder’s nationality is not mentioned, the document is not valid for entry into Switzerland.); obligation to hold a visa – V
(The “Hong Kong British Dependent Territories Citizens Passport” is not valid anymore for entry into Switzerland.)

Find more information directly at:

Switzerland Embassy

Source & Copyright: The source of the above visa and immigration information and copyright owner/s is the:

– Swiss Visa VFS Global – URL: http://ch.vfsglobal.co.uk
– Federal Office for Migration, Switzerland – URL: www.bfm.admin.ch
– Varsity Admission – URL: www.varsityadmission.com

Country : Switzerland