COVID-19 Information regarding travel to Switzerland
Generally anyone subject to entry restrictions who wishes to travel to Switzerland from a Covid 19 high risk country (such as Israel) will be refused entry.
Persons, even those arriving from a high-risk country, can enter Switzerland if they meet at least one of the following requirements:
- They also have Swiss citizenship.
- They hold a travel document (e.g. a passport or identity card) and
- - a residence permit, i.e. a Swiss residence permit (L / B / C / Ci permits);
- - a cross-border permit (G permit),
- - an FDFA legitimation card;
- - a D visa issued by Switzerland;
- - a C visa issued by Switzerland after 16 March 2020 in a valid exceptional case or in order to work on a short-term contract;
- - an assurance of a residence permit from a cantonal migration authority or an entry permit with a visa issued by Switzerland.
- - a residence permit, i.e. a Swiss residence permit (L / B / C / Ci permits);
- They hold a refugee’s or stateless person’s travel document issued by Switzerland, a passport for foreign nationals issued by Switzerland, a valid residence or permanent residence permit or an F-Permit.
- They have rights of free movement. If they require a visa, a valid Schengen C-visa, a valid D-visa or a valid Schengen residence permit are sufficient.
- In certain cases: They are simply travelling directly through Switzerland with the intention and possibility of entering another country.
- They are in a situation of special necessity.
Travelers must be able to prove abovementioned requirements. Suitable documentary proof must be produced at the border.
For further detailed information please consult the COVID-19-Ordinance, the website of the State Secretariat of Migration and the website of the Federal Office of Public Health FOPH for updated information on quarantine regulations.