Visa regulations for certain countries
| Country | Visa required for a stay of up to 3 months | Visa required for a stay of over 3 months | Exceptions/comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | No (V1) | Yes | V1 | Work visa requirement: construction and construction-related sectors, gastronomy, commercial and residential cleaning services, surveillance and security services and erotic services. |
| China | Yes (V) | Yes | V | Third country nationals with a valid long-term residence permit from a Schengen member state along with a recognized travel document do not require a visa. |
| EU 25/EFTA (Schengen) | No | No | ||
| India | Yes (V) | Yes | V | Third country nationals with a valid long-term residence permit from a Schengen member state along with a recognized travel document do not require a visa. |
| Japan | No | No | ||
| Canada | No (V1) | Yes | V1 | Work visa requirement: construction and construction-related sectors, gastronomy, commercial and residential cleaning services, surveillance and security services and erotic services. |
| Russia | Yes (V) | Yes | V | Third country nationals with a valid long-term residence permit from a Schengen member state along with a recognized travel document do not require a visa. |
| Kazakhstan | Yes (V) | Yes | V | Third country nationals with a valid long-term residence permit from a Schengen member state along with a recognized travel document do not require a visa. |
| Hong Kong SAR | independent of travel document (see exceptions /comments) | Yes | The following are accepted documents for entry into Switzerland: • Hong Kong Special Administrative Region People’s Republic of China Passport (HKSAR passport; visa waiver (V1) • Hong Kong British National Overseas Passport (BNO passport); visa waiver (V1) • Hong Kong Certificate of Identity; visa requirement (V) • Document of Identity for visa purposes with the entry "Chinese" under the heading "Nationality". In this case the document is a Chinese passport (if there is no entry under nationality, it cannot be accepted for the entry into the country), visa requirement (V) (The "Hong Kong British Dependent Territories Citizens Passport" is no longer accepted) | |
| US | No (V1) | Yes | V1 | Work visa requirement: construction and construction-related sectors, gastronomy, commercial and residential cleaning services, surveillance and security services and erotic services. |
| Taiwan | Yes (V) | Yes | V | Third country nationals with a valid long-term residence permit from a Schengen member state along with a recognized travel document do not require a visa. |
| Ukraine | Yes (V, V5) | Yes (V5) | V | Third country nationals with a valid long-term residence permit from a Schengen member state along with a recognized travel document do not require a visa. |
| V5 | Holders of official passports (diplomatic, service or special passports) are exempt from the visa requirement for the following travel-related purposes and durations: • official missions • other reasons for travel of up to 90 days, without employment | |||