According to the Schengen agreements, which require visa applications for Switzerland to be treated by a Swiss employee, and due to a temporary lack of personnel, the Embassy informs the esteemed Customers that the visa section of this Embassy is closed per 09.06.2009.
The Embassy of Switzerland in Cairo will treat the visa applications of applicants residing in Libya. (Tel. +20 225 758 284, e-mail:
cai.vertretung@eda.admin.ch).
Embassy Cairo
Since 11.11.2007, the Libyan authorities request, in addition to a valid visa, a legalised translation in Arabic of the passport for entering an exiting the country. The translation must be done by an official translator, written directly into the passport and include his/her official stamp.