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Embassy of Switzerland – Addis Ababa

General Information

IMPORTANT VISA NEWS: Introduction of Biometric Visa, as of 06.06.2013 - please consult the Visa information page

Swiss Embassy Addis Ababa

Swiss Embassy Addis Ababa (1440 x 1080)
© Embassy Addis Ababa

Embassy of Switzerland
Old Airport
Lideta Kifle Ketema
Kebele 02/03
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
(see also map under downloads)
http://maps.google.ch/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=Switzerland+Embassy+Addis+Ababa+Ethiopia&ie=UTF8&hq=Switzerland+Embassy&hnear=Addis+Abeba,+North+Shewa,+Addis+Abeba,+%C3%84thiopien&ll=9.005289,38.718095&spn=0.007555,0.013894&z=17 Google map

Postal address
Embassy of Switzerland 
P.O. Box 1106
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia

Email:  add.vertretung@eda.admin.ch
 
Tel.:
+251 11 371 11 07
         +251 11 371 05 77
         +251 11 371 04 83
          +41  31 322 19 51

Fax: +251 11 371 21 77 
            +41 31 322 19 54

Visa office hours

Monday–Thursday 09:00–11:00
As of 06.06.2013: 09:00-11:30 (only for short term visa up to 3 months)

As of 06.06.2013: Monday and Thursday afternoon only: 13:30-15:00 (only for long term visa: family reunifications)

General office hours
Monday–Thursday 09:00–16:30
Friday 09:00–13:30
or by appointment

Saturdays, Sundays and
public holidays closed
(see downloads) 

Consular district
Ethiopia, Djibouti and South Sudan


Official Holidays 2013


The Embassy of Switzerland will be closed in 2013 on the following dates: 

01.01.2013  Tuesday          New Year
02.01.2013  Wednesday   Saint Berchtold (Berchtoldstag)
07.01.2013  Monday           Ethiopian Christmas
29.03.2013  Friday             Good Friday (Karfreitag)
01.04.2013  Monday          Easter Monday
01.05.2013  Wednesday   International Labor Day
03.05.2013  Friday              Ethiopian Good Friday
09.05.2013  Thursday        Ascension Day (Auffahrt)
20.05.2013  Monday           White Monday (Pfingsten)
28.05.2013  Tuesday         Ethiopian National Day-Downfall of the Dergue
01.08.2013  Thursday        Swiss National Day
11.09.2013  Wednesday    Ethiopian New Year
27.09.2013  Friday              Meskel
24.12.2013  Tuesday         Christmas Eve
25.12.2013  Wednesday   Christmas Day
26.12.2013  Thursday        St. Stephen’s Day
31.12.2013  Tuesday         New Year’s Eve