Travel to Europe

Services and visa

All consular services and visa issues are provided by the Regional Consular Centre Western Balkans in Pristina.

Consular services
Visa and entry to Switzerland

Services

Contact the responsible Swiss representation or consulate when you want to register or unregister as a resident, when you need a new passport, have moved or wish to apply for citizenship. The entire selection of services offered can be found in the dropdown menu to the right. The contact details of the responsible Swiss representation are shown on the corresponding page.

Swiss citizens who get into difficulties abroad, also can ask for advice and help from the Swiss representative.

The magazine for the Swiss Abroad appears six times a year and provides information about what is happening at home and the activities of Swiss associations abroad. It also answers administrative questions.

Online desk FDFA

Using the FDFA’s online consular services while abroad.

The relevant Swiss representation abroad can answer any questions concerning the FDFA’s online desk.

Travel to Europe © EU Commission (KOM) EES information campaign

The Entry/Exit System (EES) is an automated IT system for registering non-Schengen nationals travelling for a short stay, each time they cross the external borders of the Schengen states, using the System.

For the purpose of the EES, ‘non-EU national’ means a traveller not holding the nationality of any European Union country or the nationality of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland.

‘Short stay’ means up to 90 days within any 180-day period. This period is calculated as a single period for all the European countries using the EES.

The Swiss airports in Basel and Geneva will implement the Entry/Exit System (EES) collection biometric data starting 12.10.2025. Zurich Airport will begin on 17.11.2025 and will also collect biometric data from the beginning. The smaller airports with a Schengen external border will follow between the 90th and 170th day after the go-live date (i.e. 12.10.2025).

Due to the gradual introduction of the EES, entry and exit will not be systematically recorded, therefore the stay days calculator will not be functional during the soft opening period (until 10.04.2026).

For more information:

Border Check Process description (PDF, 1 Page, 199.7 kB, English)