Visa requirements for Swiss citizens

A Swiss passport

Visa requirements for Swiss citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Switzerland.

As of July 2024, Swiss citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 190 countries and territories, ranking the Swiss passport 4th, tied with passport from Belgium, Denmark, New Zealand, Norway and United Kingdom in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.[1]

As a member state of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), Swiss citizens enjoy freedom of movement to live and work in Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein in accordance with the EFTA convention.[2] Moreover, by virtue of Switzerland's bilateral agreements with the EU, Swiss citizens also have freedom of movement in all EU member states.[3][4] All EFTA and EU citizens are not only visa-exempt but are legally entitled to enter and reside in each other's countries.

In order to travel to another country, a Swiss citizen requires a passport, except travel to EFTA[5] and EU[3] countries, European microstates, Greenland (de facto), Turkey, and on organized tours to Tunisia, where the Swiss identity card is valid.

  1. ^ "Global Passport Ranking".
  2. ^ "Short Overview of the EFTA Convention". Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  3. ^ a b "EUR-Lex - 22002A0430(01) - EN". Official Journal L 114, 30/04/2002 P. 0006 - 0072. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  4. ^ Migration, State Secretariat for. "Free Movement of Persons Switzerland - EU/EFTA". www.sem.admin.ch. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  5. ^ "APPENDIX 1 Movement of persons (Art. 20)" (PDF). ARTICLE 1.