Pass-Atlas
Entering Schweiz
Schweiz playbook updated 2026-09. Openness first, then how to apply and how to stay.
Openness rank
#92
Entry openness
93
Visumfrei
93
Visum nötig
105
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Länderprofil
Hauptstadt
Bern
Bevölkerung
9.1 million
Fläche
41,290 km²
Währung
Swiss franc CHF
Sprache
French, Italian, Swiss German
Zeitzone
UTC+01:00
Im Ausland geboren
2.8 million · 2024
Migrantenanteil
31.1%
Ethnische Gruppen · 2020
- Swiss69.2%
- other16.7%
- German4.2%
- Italian3.2%
- Portuguese2.5%
- French2.1%
- Other2.1%
Im Ausland Geborene: UN-Migrantenbestand über die Weltbank (meist 2024). Ethnische Gruppen folgen den veröffentlichten Kategorien des Landes. Die meisten Staaten erheben keine Hautfarbe. Nur Richtwerte.
Travel notes
Plug
Type C / Type J
Mains
230 V · 50 Hz
Driving
Right
Emergency
Police 117 · Ambulance 144
Dialing code
+41
Airports
ZRH · GVA · BRN · ACH
Highlights
- Matterhorn
- Jungfrau
- Chapel Bridge
- Old City of Bern
Schweiz PassRatgeber · SchweizVisa siteImmigration site
How to get a visa
Schengen short-stay (type C)
Visit / tourism · 90 days in any 180-day period
- Apply at a Schengen consulate or visa centre in your country of residence, with biometrics, for the main destination.
- Visa-exempt passports use the EES entry/exit system. ETIAS will apply on the EU timetable — confirm whether your passport is in scope before travel.
Permit B (work)
Work · 1 year, renewable; non-EU is quota-limited
- The employer files with the canton, showing the role cannot be filled from Switzerland/EU.
Immigration routes
Permit C settlement
Skilled work
Usually 5 or 10 years, depending on nationality and cantonal language.
Leads to PR:Permit C is Swiss settlement.
PR & citizenship
Permit C
Time to PR:Faster for EU/US/CA (~5 years); others often 10
- Cantonal language, integration, tax and police record.
Citizenship usually needs permit C and about 10 years’ stay, approved at federal, cantonal and communal level. Dual nationality is generally allowed.
Passports that enter without a prior visa
FVisumfrei93
Western Europe