Passport and identity card

 

The new Swiss passport is a reflection of Switzerland: traditional but cosmopolitan at the same time. Water shapes and forms the Swiss landscape, symbolising life and motion. The passport invites you on a virtual journey through the country’s 26 cantons, from the Alpine peaks down to the valleys. For the first time, a page is dedicated to ‘The Fifth Switzerland’; i.e. the community of Swiss nationals living abroad. The first page of the document depicts the Pizzo Rotondo, the highest mountain in the Gotthard massif. This is where the sources of Switzerland’s largest rivers lie. The new design thus combines the passport’s two main themes: mountains and water.

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Swiss citizens have a passport and an identity card. 

Travelling on a Swiss passport

Travellers are advised to enquire at the appropriate embassy or consulate in Switzerland about the provisions for entering or transiting a country.

Foreign Representations in Switzerland

You can find helpful information on the FDFA website about the security situation in various countries and travelling abroad.

FDFA travel advice  

For questions about ordering a pass-port/an identity card or what to do if you lose your passport/identity card contact the passport office in your canton of residence.

For general questions about the Swiss passport or identity card you can send us an e-mail or call us on 0800 820 008. The line is open from 9 to 11 a.m. and calls are free of charge.

Statutory provisions

• Federal Identity Documents Act

  (SR 143.1)
  (not available in English)

• Federal Identity Documents Ordinance

  (SR 143.11)
  (not available in English)

• Ordinance of the FDJP on Identity Documents for Swiss Nationals

  (SR 143.111)
  (not available in English)

• ICAO Traveller Identification Programme (TRIP)
• Specifications Extended Access Control (EAC)

  (not available in English)

• Swiss Government PKI
• Integration of biometric features in passports and travel documents
• Standards for security features and biometrics

Place of origin

Your commune no longer exists – New place of origin

If you cannot find your commune when submitting your online application, go to the following link:

• List of communes that no longer exist

  (This document is not available in English)

Documentation

Photographs of the new passport

Photographs of the new passport are available to the media. The images may only be reproduced identically, without modification and the author (fedpol) must be mentioned.

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