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Application Information

Travel Purpose and Documents

Follow these steps in order to apply for a Schengen visa. A Schengen visa allows a maximum stay of 90 days within a period of 180 days in the Schengen countries. Switzerland must be your main travel destination.

Select the purpose of your trip to Switzerland using one of the following visa categories. Click on the items to download the required documents.

Prepare
the documents below carefully

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Read the list of documents which need to be submitted with your visa application based on your travel purpose and prepare the documents carefully. Please always choose the correct travel purpose.

Business & Work

Short stay visa allows the traveler, assuming all other conditions are met, to enter the territories of any Schengen country to pay a single continuous visit or multiple visits, the duration of which does not exceed 90 days in any 180 days period. A short stay visa can be issued for either single entry or multiple entries into the Schengen zone.

Short stay (less than 90 days)

If you plan to stay in Switzerland for more than 90 days, you should apply for a long stay visa.
Any stay longer than 90 days falls under national jurisdiction and is not part of the Schengen Agreement.

Long stay (more than 90 days)

Employment

Tourism

Short stay visa allows the traveler, assuming all other conditions are met, to enter the territories of any Schengen country to pay a single continuous visit or multiple visits, the duration of which does not exceed 90 days in any 180 days period. A short stay visa can be issued for either single entry or multiple entries into the Schengen zone.

Short stay (less than 90 days)

If you plan to stay in Switzerland for more than 90 days, you should apply for a long stay visa.
Any stay longer than 90 days falls under national jurisdiction and is not part of the Schengen Agreement.

Long stay (more than 90 days)

Medical

Short stay visa allows the traveler, assuming all other conditions are met, to enter the territories of any Schengen country to pay a single continuous visit or multiple visits, the duration of which does not exceed 90 days in any 180 days period. A short stay visa can be issued for either single entry or multiple entries into the Schengen zone.

Short stay (less than 90 days)

Medical

Studies

Short stay visa allows the traveler, assuming all other conditions are met, to enter the territories of any Schengen country to pay a single continuous visit or multiple visits, the duration of which does not exceed 90 days in any 180 days period. A short stay visa can be issued for either single entry or multiple entries into the Schengen zone.

Short stay (less than 90 days)

Summer school

If you plan to stay in Switzerland for more than 90 days, you should apply for a long stay visa.
Any stay longer than 90 days falls under national jurisdiction and is not part of the Schengen Agreement.

Long stay (more than 90 days)

Other Visa Types

Short stay visa allows the traveler, assuming all other conditions are met, to enter the territories of any Schengen country to pay a single continuous visit or multiple visits, the duration of which does not exceed 90 days in any 180 days period. A short stay visa can be issued for either single entry or multiple entries into the Schengen zone.

Short stay (less than 90 days)

Information on the entry visa (valid only for Switzerland) for earthquake victims who have lost their houses or flats in the earthquake and want to visit their family in Switzerland for a limited period of time. For more information please click here.