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 The front cover of a contemporary Swiss biometric passport from 2022 | |
| Type | Passport |
| Issued by | Switzerland |
| First issued | 1490 (first version) 10 December 1915 (booklet) 1 January 2003 (machine-readable passport) 4 September 2006 (biometric passport) 31 October 2022 (current version) |
| Purpose | Identification |
| Eligibility | Swiss citizenship or special cases[1][2] |
| Expiration | 10 years for adults, 5 years for minors up to age 17 |
| Cost | CHF 140 (adult) / CHF 60 (minor)[3] |
The Swiss passport[a] is a biometric identity document issued by the Swiss Confederation. It can be ordinary or provisional, or in special cases, diplomatic or service-related.[4]
There is also a green Swiss passport for foreigners, issued in specific cases of necessity (foreigners without documents from their country and at the same time holders of a residence permit, stateless persons, asylum seekers, and others).[1][2]
The passport, along with the Swiss identity card allows for freedom of movement in any of the states of EFTA[5] and the EU. This is because Switzerland is a member state of EFTA, and through bilateral agreements with the EU.[6]
- ^ a b "Passport for Foreigners".
- ^ a b "Document: CHE-JO-07001".
- ^ Gebühr/Preis und Gültigkeit Archived 27 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Switzerland. Passport".
- ^ "Short Overview of the EFTA Convention". Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ Migration, State Secretariat for. "Free Movement of Persons Switzerland – EU/EFTA". www.sem.admin.ch. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
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