Visa requirements for Swiss citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Switzerland. As of 13 April 2021, Swiss citizens had visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 187 countries and territories, ranking the

Swiss passport A Swiss passport is the passport issued to citizens of Switzerland to facilitate international travel. Beside serving as proof of Swiss citizenship, they facilitate the process of securing assistance from Swiss consular officials abroad. The pas ...

7th in terms of travel freedom (tied with the passports of Belgium, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States), and the highest of the

EFTA The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) is a regional trade organization and free trade area consisting of four European states: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. The organization operates in parallel with the European U ...

member states, according to the 2021

Henley Passport Index The Henley Passport Index ( abbreviation: HPI) is a global ranking of countries according to the travel freedom enjoyed by the holders of that country's ordinary passport for its citizens. It started in 2006 as Henley & Partners Visa Restricti ...

. 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. Moreover, by virtue of Switzerland's bilateral agreements with the EU, Swiss citizens also have freedom of movement in all EU member states. 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 and EU countries, European microstates, Greenland (''de facto''), Turkey, and on organized tours to Tunisia, where the

Swiss identity card The Swiss identity card in its current form dates back to July 1994. It is in the form of a plastic photocard. It can be used as a travel document when travelling within European Free Trade Association or to the European Union, the European micro ...

is valid.

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Consular protection of Swiss citizens abroad

The

Federal Department of Foreign Affairs The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA, german: Eidgenössisches Departement für auswärtige Angelegenheiten, french: Département fédéral des affaires étrangères, it, Dipartimento federale degli affari esteri, rm, ), so name ...

(FDFA) (German: ''Eidgenössisches Departement für auswärtige Angelegenheiten EDA'', French: ''Département fédéral des affaires étrangères DFAE'', Italian: ''Dipartimento federale degli affari esteri DFAE'', Romansh: ') regularly publishes travel warnings on its website and allows Swiss citizens to register on the online portal ''itineris'' or the mobile app ''Travel Admin'' before they travel abroad. Registered persons will receive a message if the situation in their destination country changes for the worse. Since 1919, Switzerland has also represented Liechtenstein in countries where Liechtenstein does not maintain consular representation.

Liechtenstein Liechtenstein (), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (german: link=no, Fürstentum Liechtenstein), is a German-speaking microstate located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland. Liechtenstein is a semi-constitutional monarch ...

maintains a very small network of diplomatic missions; four embassies in Central Europe, and one embassy in North America.

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