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Forms to download and fill out online:
Schengen visa application form
For short-term stays in the Schengen area of *up to three months* in a six months period for tourist purposes, visits, etc.
National (type D) visa application form
For long-term stays (more than three months) in Switzerland subject to authorization (e.g. gainful employment, familiy reunification).
Additional visa application forms in local languages are available on the websites of Swiss representations abroad.
Country information
(Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA) |
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## Main Navigation

## [State Secretariat for Migration](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home.html "Homepage")
- [Entry, residence & working](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen.html)
- [Integration & naturalization](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/integration-einbuergerung.html)
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### [Entry](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/einreise.html "Entry")
- [Information on entering Switzerland](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/einreise/info-einreise.html "Information on entering Switzerland")
- [Visa Application Form](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/einreise/visumantragsformular.html "Visa Application Form")
- [FAQ – Entry](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/einreise/faq.html "FAQ – Entry")
- [Specific information on entering Switzerland or a country in the Schengen area](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/einreise/fachinfo-einreise.html "Specific information on entering Switzerland or a country in the Schengen area")
- [Information for air carriers](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/einreise/info-luftverkehr.html "Information for air carriers")
### [Residence](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/aufenthalt.html "Residence")
- [EU/EFTA nationals](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/aufenthalt/eu_efta.html "EU/EFTA nationals")
- [Non-EU/EFTA nationals](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/aufenthalt/nicht_eu_efta.html "Non-EU/EFTA nationals")
- [Biometric residence permits for foreign nationals](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/aufenthalt/biometr_auslaenderausweis.html "Biometric residence permits for foreign nationals")
- ["Sans-Papiers" in Switzerland](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/aufenthalt/sans-papiers.html "\"Sans-Papiers\" in Switzerland")
### [Identification and Security Checks](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/identifikation-sicherheitspruefung.html "Identification and Security Checks")
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- [Data media analysis](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/identifikation-sicherheitspruefung/datentraegerauswertung.html "Data media analysis")
### [Working in Switzerland](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/arbeit.html "Working in Switzerland")
- [EU/EFTA nationals](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/arbeit/eu_efta-angehoerige.html "EU/EFTA nationals")
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- [Young professionals](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/arbeit/berufspraktikum.html "Young professionals")
- [Employment for persons seeking or granted asylum](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/arbeit/erwerbstaetige_asylbereich.html "Employment for persons seeking or granted asylum")
- [Useful links and information](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/arbeit/links.html "Useful links and information")
- [FAQ – Working](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/arbeit/faq.html "FAQ – Working")
### [Free Movement of Persons Switzerland – EU/EFTA](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/fza_schweiz-eu-efta.html "Free Movement of Persons Switzerland – EU/EFTA")
- [Living and Working in Switzerland](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/fza_schweiz-eu-efta/eu-efta_buerger_schweiz.html "Living and Working in Switzerland ")
- [Notification procedure for short-term work in Switzerland](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/fza_schweiz-eu-efta/meldeverfahren.html "Notification procedure for short-term work in Switzerland")
- [Job registration requirement](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/fza_schweiz-eu-efta/stellenmeldepflicht.html "Job registration requirement")
- [United Kingdom](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/fza_schweiz-eu-efta/brexit.html "United Kingdom")
### [Stay abroad](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/auslandaufenthalt.html "Stay abroad")
- [Trainee programmes](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/auslandaufenthalt/stagiaires.html "Trainee programmes")
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- [Further information](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/adressen.html)
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### [Integration](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/integration-einbuergerung/integrationsfoerderung.html "Integration")
- [Program S](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/integration-einbuergerung/integrationsfoerderung/programm-s.html "Program S")
### [My contribution to integration](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/integration-einbuergerung/mein-beitrag.html "My contribution to integration")
- [What immigrants can do](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/integration-einbuergerung/mein-beitrag/zugewandert.html "What immigrants can do")
- [Employers](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/integration-einbuergerung/mein-beitrag/arbeitgeber.html "Employers")
- [Private individuals](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/integration-einbuergerung/mein-beitrag/privatperson.html "Private individuals")
### [How do I become a Swiss citizen?](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/integration-einbuergerung/schweizer-werden.html "How do I become a Swiss citizen?")
- [Ordinary naturalisation](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/integration-einbuergerung/schweizer-werden/ordentlich.html "Ordinary naturalisation")
- [Simplified citizenship by marriage](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/integration-einbuergerung/schweizer-werden/verheiratet.html "Simplified citizenship by marriage")
- [Children of Swiss citizens](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/integration-einbuergerung/schweizer-werden/nachkommen.html "Children of Swiss citizens")
- [Third generation foreign nationals](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/integration-einbuergerung/schweizer-werden/3-generation.html "Third generation foreign nationals")
- [Stateless persons](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/integration-einbuergerung/schweizer-werden/staatenlos.html "Stateless persons")
- [Reinstatement of citizenship](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/integration-einbuergerung/schweizer-werden/wiedereinbuergerung.html "Reinstatement of citizenship")
- [Dual nationality](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/integration-einbuergerung/schweizer-werden/doppelbuerger.html "Dual nationality")
- [People erroneously treated as Swiss citizens](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/integration-einbuergerung/schweizer-werden/irrtuemlich.html "People erroneously treated as Swiss citizens")
- [Loss of Swiss citizenship](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/integration-einbuergerung/schweizer-werden/verlust.html "Loss of Swiss citizenship")
- [FAQ – Swiss citizenship](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/integration-einbuergerung/schweizer-werden/faq.html "FAQ – Swiss citizenship")
- [Asylum / Protection from persecution](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/asyl.html)
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### [Asylum / Protection from persecution](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/asyl/asyl.html "Asylum / Protection from persecution")
- [Humanitarian tradition](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/asyl/asyl/humanitaere-tradition.html "Humanitarian tradition")
### [Asylum procedure](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/asyl/asylverfahren.html "Asylum procedure")
- [Asylum application](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/asyl/asylverfahren/asylgesuch.html "Asylum application")
- [Asylum regions and federal asylum centres](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/asyl/asylverfahren/asylregionen-baz.html "Asylum regions and federal asylum centres")
- [Reception and preparatory phase](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/asyl/asylverfahren/empfang.html "Reception and preparatory phase")
- [Strategy for processing asylum requests](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/asyl/asylverfahren/behandlungsstrategie.html "Strategy for processing asylum requests")
- [The Dublin Procedure](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/asyl/asylverfahren/dublin-verfahren.html "The Dublin Procedure")
- [National asylum procedures](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/asyl/asylverfahren/nationale-verfahren.html "National asylum procedures")
- [Special procedure](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/asyl/asylverfahren/sonderverfahren.html "Special procedure")
- [Other topics](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/asyl/asylverfahren/weitere_themen.html "Other topics")
### [Human trafficking](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/asyl/menschenhandel.html "Human trafficking")
- [Protect yourself\!](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/asyl/menschenhandel/kampagne.html "Protect yourself!")
### [Information for refugees from Ukraine](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/asyl/ukraine.html "Information for refugees from Ukraine")
- [Questions and answers (FAQ)](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/asyl/ukraine/faq-redir.html "Questions and answers (FAQ)")
- [RegisterMe](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/asyl/ukraine/registerme.html "RegisterMe")
- [Statistics](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/asyl/ukraine/statistiken.html "Statistics")
### [Information on Afghanistan](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/asyl/afghanistan.html "Information on Afghanistan")
### [Dublin Regulation](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/asyl/dublin.html "Dublin Regulation")
- [Eurodac](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/asyl/dublin/eurodac.html "Eurodac")
- [Criteria for determining responsibility in the Dublin System](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/asyl/dublin/zustaendigkeitskriterien.html "Criteria for determining responsibility in the Dublin System")
- [FAQs Dublin Procedure and Eurodac](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/asyl/dublin/faq.html "FAQs Dublin Procedure and Eurodac")
### [Social welfare and emergency aid subsidies](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/asyl/sozialhilfesubventionen.html "Social welfare and emergency aid subsidies")
- [Sozialhilfestatistik](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/asyl/sozialhilfesubventionen/sozialhilfestatistik.html "Sozialhilfestatistik")
- [Monitoring Sozialhilfestopp](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/asyl/sozialhilfesubventionen/monitoring.html "Monitoring Sozialhilfestopp")
- [Special charge on assets](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/asyl/sozialhilfesubventionen/sonderabgabe.html "Special charge on assets")
### [Resettlement](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/asyl/resettlement.html "Resettlement")
- [Resettlement programmes since 2013](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/asyl/resettlement/programme.html "Resettlement programmes since 2013")
- [Selection procedure and entry into Switzerland](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/asyl/resettlement/auswahlverfahren.html "Selection procedure and entry into Switzerland")
- [Integration](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/asyl/resettlement/integration.html "Integration")
- [Annual Tripartite Consultations on Resettlement](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/asyl/resettlement/atcr.html "Annual Tripartite Consultations on Resettlement")
### [Addresses](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/asyl/adressen.html "Addresses")
- [International affairs & return](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/international-rueckkehr.html)
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### [Swiss foreign policy on migration](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/international-rueckkehr/ch-migrationsaussenpolitik.html "Swiss foreign policy on migration")
- [Interdepartmental Cooperation](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/international-rueckkehr/ch-migrationsaussenpolitik/imz.html "Interdepartmental Cooperation")
- [Financement](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/international-rueckkehr/ch-migrationsaussenpolitik/finanzierung.html "Financement")
- [Immigration Liaison Officers](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/international-rueckkehr/ch-migrationsaussenpolitik/ilo.html "Immigration Liaison Officers")
- [International Agreements](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/international-rueckkehr/ch-migrationsaussenpolitik/abkommen.html "International Agreements")
- [Partners and organisations](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/international-rueckkehr/ch-migrationsaussenpolitik/partner.html "Partners and organisations")
### [Cooperation with the EU/EFTA](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/international-rueckkehr/kollab-eu-efta.html "Cooperation with the EU/EFTA")
- [Schengen](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/international-rueckkehr/kollab-eu-efta/schengen.html "Schengen")
- [Dublin](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/international-rueckkehr/kollab-eu-efta/dublin.html "Dublin")
- [European Union Agency for Asylum](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/international-rueckkehr/kollab-eu-efta/easo.html "European Union Agency for Asylum")
- [EU Pact on Migration and Asylum](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/international-rueckkehr/kollab-eu-efta/eu-migrations-asylpakt.html "EU Pact on Migration and Asylum")
- [Bilateral Cooperation](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/international-rueckkehr/kollab-eu-efta/bilateral.html "Bilateral Cooperation")
- [Second Swiss contribution](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/international-rueckkehr/kollab-eu-efta/ch-beitrag-2.html "Second Swiss contribution")
- [Further information](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/international-rueckkehr/kollab-eu-efta/adressen.html "Further information")
### [International collaboration](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/international-rueckkehr/kollab-international.html "International collaboration")
- [Bilateral dialogues on migration](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/international-rueckkehr/kollab-international/bilat-migrationsdialoge.html "Bilateral dialogues on migration")
- [In-country support](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/international-rueckkehr/kollab-international/hilfe-vor-ort.html "In-country support")
### [Multilateral cooperation](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/international-rueckkehr/kollab-multilateral.html "Multilateral cooperation")
- [International dialogues on asylum and migration](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/international-rueckkehr/kollab-multilateral/internat-migrationsdialoge.html "International dialogues on asylum and migration")
- [Regionale Migrationsdialoge](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/international-rueckkehr/kollab-multilateral/regio-migrationsdialoge.html "Regionale Migrationsdialoge")
### [Country of Origin Information (COI)](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/international-rueckkehr/herkunftslaender.html "Country of Origin Information (COI)")
### [Return Assistance](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/international-rueckkehr/rueckkehrhilfe.html "Return Assistance")
- [Return counselling](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/international-rueckkehr/rueckkehrhilfe/rueckkehrberatung.html "Return counselling")
- [Individual return assistance](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/international-rueckkehr/rueckkehrhilfe/individuelle-rkh.html "Individual return assistance")
- [Rückkehrhilfe im Ausländerbereich](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/international-rueckkehr/rueckkehrhilfe/rkh-aig.html "Rückkehrhilfe im Ausländerbereich")
- [Programme im Ausland](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/international-rueckkehr/rueckkehrhilfe/programme-im-ausland.html "Programme im Ausland")
- [Rückkehrhilfe Kommunikation](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/international-rueckkehr/rueckkehrhilfe/rueko.html "Rückkehrhilfe Kommunikation")
### [Return](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/international-rueckkehr/rueckkehr.html "Return")
- [Identification](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/international-rueckkehr/rueckkehr/identifikation.html "Identification")
- [Obtaining travel documents](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/international-rueckkehr/rueckkehr/beschaffung-reisedokumente.html "Obtaining travel documents")
- [Organising return journeys](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/international-rueckkehr/rueckkehr/organisation-rueckreise.html "Organising return journeys")
- [Forcible returns](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/international-rueckkehr/rueckkehr/zwangsweise-rueckkehr.html "Forcible returns")
- [Publications & services](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/publiservice.html)
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### [Publications](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/publiservice/publikationen.html "Publications")
### [Videos](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/publiservice/video.html "Videos")
### [Reports](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/publiservice/berichte.html "Reports")
- [Integration](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/publiservice/berichte/integration.html "Integration")
- [Reports on the effects of the withdrawal of social assistance](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/publiservice/berichte/monitoring_sozialhilfestopp.html "Reports on the effects of the withdrawal of social assistance")
### [Facts and figures](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/publiservice/statistik.html "Facts and figures")
- [Foreign Population Statistics](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/publiservice/statistik/auslaenderstatistik.html "Foreign Population Statistics")
- [Asylum statistics](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/publiservice/statistik/asylstatistik.html "Asylum statistics")
- [Visa Monitoring](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/publiservice/statistik/visamonitoring.html "Visa Monitoring")
### [Provisions](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/publiservice/weisungen-kreisschreiben.html "Provisions")
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# Visa Application Form
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### [Schengen visa application form](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/einreise/visumantragsformular.html#id_2371cbd3d6b28d8aff4fc6ae6e52409e-box-content)
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- [Arabic – French (PDF, 512 kB, 02.09.2024)](https://www.sem.admin.ch/dam/sem/fr/data/einreise/visumantragsformulare/visumantrag-schen-ar-fr.pdf.download.pdf/visumantrag-schen-ar-fr.pdf "Arabic – French")
- [Chinese – French (PDF, 783 kB, 02.09.2024)](https://www.sem.admin.ch/dam/sem/fr/data/einreise/visumantragsformulare/visumantrag-schen-cn-fr.pdf.download.pdf/visumantrag-schen-cn-fr.pdf "Chinese – French")
- [English – French (PDF, 246 kB, 02.09.2024)](https://www.sem.admin.ch/dam/sem/fr/data/einreise/visumantragsformulare/visumantrag-schen-en-fr.pdf.download.pdf/visumantrag-schen-en-fr.pdf "English – French")
- [English – German (PDF, 260 kB, 02.09.2024)](https://www.sem.admin.ch/dam/sem/de/data/einreise/visumantragsformulare/visumantrag-schen-en-de.pdf.download.pdf/visumantrag-schen-en-de.pdf "English – German")
- [Portuguese – French (PDF, 614 kB, 02.09.2024)](https://www.sem.admin.ch/dam/sem/fr/data/einreise/visumantragsformulare/visumantrag-schen-pt-fr.pdf.download.pdf/visumantrag-schen-pt-fr.pdf "Portuguese – French")
- [Russian – German (PDF, 299 kB, 02.09.2024)](https://www.sem.admin.ch/dam/sem/de/data/einreise/visumantragsformulare/visumantrag-schen-ru-de.pdf.download.pdf/visumantrag-schen-ru-de.pdf "Russian – German")
- [Spanish – French (PDF, 559 kB, 02.09.2024)](https://www.sem.admin.ch/dam/sem/fr/data/einreise/visumantragsformulare/visumantrag-schen-es-fr.pdf.download.pdf/visumantrag-schen-es-fr.pdf "Spanish – French")
- [Turkish – German (PDF, 513 kB, 02.09.2024)](https://www.sem.admin.ch/dam/sem/de/data/einreise/visumantragsformulare/visumantrag-schen-tr-de.pdf.download.pdf/visumantrag-schen-tr-de.pdf "Turkish – German")
- [Italian – German (PDF, 538 kB, 02.09.2024)](https://www.sem.admin.ch/dam/sem/de/data/einreise/visumantragsformulare/visumantrag-schen-it-de.pdf.download.pdf/visumantrag-schen-it-de.pdf "Italian – German")
### [National (type D) visa application form](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/einreise/visumantragsformular.html#id_8c98788c8cb328d917c59805e72bbe01-box-content)
For long-term stays (more than three months) in Switzerland subject to authorization (e.g. gainful employment, familiy reunification).
- [German – Italian (PDF, 307 kB, 02.09.2024)](https://www.sem.admin.ch/dam/sem/it/data/einreise/visumantragsformulare/visumantrag-visumd-de-it.pdf.download.pdf/visumantrag-visumd-de-it.pdf "German – Italian")
- [English – German (PDF, 445 kB, 02.09.2024)](https://www.sem.admin.ch/dam/sem/de/data/einreise/visumantragsformulare/visumantrag-visumd-en-de.pdf.download.pdf/visumantrag-visumd-en-de.pdf "English – German")
- [French – English (PDF, 437 kB, 02.09.2024)](https://www.sem.admin.ch/dam/sem/en/data/einreise/visumantragsformulare/visumantrag-visumd-fr-en.pdf.download.pdf/visumantrag-visumd-fr-en.pdf "French – English")
- [Arabic – French (PDF, 456 kB, 02.09.2024)](https://www.sem.admin.ch/dam/sem/fr/data/einreise/visumantragsformulare/visumantrag-visumd-ar-fr.pdf.download.pdf/visumantrag-visumd-ar-fr.pdf "Arabic – French")
- [Chinese (simplified) – French (PDF, 397 kB, 02.09.2024)](https://www.sem.admin.ch/dam/sem/fr/data/einreise/visumantragsformulare/visumantrag-visumd-zhkurz-fr.pdf.download.pdf/visumantrag-visumd-zhkurz-fr.pdf "Chinese (simplified) – French ")
- [Chinese (traditional) – French (PDF, 420 kB, 02.09.2024)](https://www.sem.admin.ch/dam/sem/fr/data/einreise/visumantragsformulare/visumantrag-visumd-zhlang-fr.pdf.download.pdf/visumantrag-visumd-zhlang-fr.pdf "Chinese (traditional) – French")
- [Russian – German (PDF, 340 kB, 02.09.2024)](https://www.sem.admin.ch/dam/sem/de/data/einreise/visumantragsformulare/visumantrag-visumd-ru-de.pdf.download.pdf/visumantrag-visumd-ru-de.pdf "Russian – German ")
- [Spanish – French (PDF, 300 kB, 02.09.2024)](https://www.sem.admin.ch/dam/sem/fr/data/einreise/visumantragsformulare/visumantrag-visumd-es-fr.pdf.download.pdf/visumantrag-visumd-es-fr.pdf "Spanish – French ")
- [Portuguese – French (PDF, 300 kB, 02.09.2024)](https://www.sem.admin.ch/dam/sem/fr/data/einreise/visumantragsformulare/visumantrag-visumd-pt-fr.pdf.download.pdf/visumantrag-visumd-pt-fr.pdf "Portuguese – French ")
- [Turkish – German (PDF, 381 kB, 02.09.2024)](https://www.sem.admin.ch/dam/sem/de/data/einreise/visumantragsformulare/visumantrag-visumd-tr-de.pdf.download.pdf/visumantrag-visumd-tr-de.pdf "Turkish – German")
- [Serbian – German (PDF, 314 kB, 02.09.2024)](https://www.sem.admin.ch/dam/sem/de/data/einreise/visumantragsformulare/visumantrag-visumd-sr-de.pdf.download.pdf/visumantrag-visumd-sr-de.pdf "Serbian – German")
- [Albanian – German (PDF, 270 kB, 02.09.2024)](https://www.sem.admin.ch/dam/sem/de/data/einreise/visumantragsformulare/visumantrag-visumd-sq-de.pdf.download.pdf/visumantrag-visumd-sq-de.pdf "Albanian – German")
- [Arabic – English (PDF, 440 kB, 02.09.2024)](https://www.sem.admin.ch/dam/sem/en/data/einreise/visumantragsformulare/visumantrag-visumd-ar-en.pdf.download.pdf/visumantrag-visumd-ar-en.pdf "Arabic – English")
Additional visa application forms in local languages are available on the websites of Swiss representations abroad.
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| Readable Markdown | Visa Application Form
Forms to download and fill out online:
### [Schengen visa application form](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/einreise/visumantragsformular.html#id_2371cbd3d6b28d8aff4fc6ae6e52409e-box-content)
For short-term stays in the Schengen area of \*up to three months\* in a six months period for tourist purposes, visits, etc.
### [National (type D) visa application form](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/einreise/visumantragsformular.html#id_8c98788c8cb328d917c59805e72bbe01-box-content)
For long-term stays (more than three months) in Switzerland subject to authorization (e.g. gainful employment, familiy reunification).
Additional visa application forms in local languages are available on the websites of Swiss representations abroad.
- [Country information](https://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/laender-reise-information.html)
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