Switzerland Airport Transit Visa

Overview

It identified as an A-visa, permits the holder to transit over a Swiss airport in demand to get onboard in a connecting flight to a non-Schengen nation. It comes under the short-stay visa group of Switzerland. You are not permitted to leave the Swiss airport if you have an airport transit visa for Switzerland. You should wait for your next or connecting flight in the airport transit zone. The Schengen nations have an index of countries whose citizens need a transit visa to enter the Schengen zone. But it is a comparatively small list, and most nations can transit via Switzerland and other Schengen countries without restrictions. However, they are still not permitted to leave the airport.

How to Apply

You appeal for a Swiss airport transit visa similarly as for a regular short-stay Swiss Visa. You should request at the Swiss embassy in your nation. The procedure goes as follows:

Check if you require to appeal for a Swiss transit visa: The only nations whose citizens need an airport transit visa for swapping flight at a Swiss airport are:

Afghanistan	Ghana
Bangladesh	Nigeria
Congo (Democratic Republic)	Pakistan
Eritrea	Somalia
Ethiopia	Sri Lanka
Iran	Syria
Iraq	Turkey

 

Exclusions from the Swiss Airport Transit Visa: If you come under one of the groups below, you are exempted from a Swiss airport transit visa, even if you are a national of a country which needs one.

• If you carry a legal ambassadorial, service or special passport
• If you are a family associate of an EU or EEA national
• If you own a visa provided from:
  • A Schengen part associate nation
  • Bulgaria
  • Cyprus
  • Croatia
  • Ireland
  • Romania
  • Japan
  • Canada
  • United States of America
  • United Kingdom
• If you carry a legal residence visa from:
  • A Schengen nation
  • Bulgaria
  • Cyprus
  • Croatia
  • Ireland
  • Romania
  • Andorra
  • Canada
  • Japan
  • San Marino
  • United Kingdom
  • United States of America
• If you are a flight crew associate and a citizen of a contracting party to the Convention on International Civil Aviation

Schedule a Swiss transit visa appointment: Dependent on your nation, you can schedule an appointment online or in person. You cannot appear to submit an appeal without a prior arrangement.

Fill up the Swiss A visa appeal form and gather the needed documents: If your nation needs you to appeal for a Swiss airport transit visa and you are not exempted, you have to accomplish the following necessities:

• A finalized and signed Switzerland Transit visa appeal form
• Two passport photos meeting the Schengen photo necessities
• Legal passport with a minimum of two empty pages
• A reserved return flight itinerary for your ongoing travels
• A visa provided by the nation of your destination (if applicable)
• Travel insurance which covers a minimum of €30,000 for all medical crises
• Evidence that you have compensated the Switzerland Transit visa fees

Submit the appeal in person at the Swiss embassy and compensate the visa processing fee: If there is no Swiss consulate office in your nation, you should submit your visa request to the Schengen nation that Switzerland has outsourced visa submissions center.

Transiting Via Switzerland without an Airport Transit Visa

If you are not a national of a nation who requires to appeal for an airport transit visa, there are still conditions you have to come across. You can only transit via a Swiss airport if:

• You do not depart the airport transit zone
• You have a legal and familiar travel document
• You have all the compulsory travel documents and permits for entering your final destination
• You by now have a flight itinerary for your connecting flight to your destination country
• The Schengen Information System (SIS) or state databases do not have an alert against you which rejects you entrance
• You are not a risk to Switzerland’s internal security, public rule, public health or global relations

Validity

The Swiss airport transit visa is legal for 24 hours. It is also only permitted inside the transit zone of a Swiss airport. If you desire to leave the airport transit zone or stay for lengthier than 24 hours, you require a regular, Swiss Schengen visa.