🇨🇭Switzerland Visa for Hong Kong Citizens2026 Requirements, Fees & Documents

Any stay beyond 90 days (work, study or family reunion etc.) requires a residence permit issued by the Migration Office of the relevant Canton in Switzerland. For the list with the requirement documents please refer to the leaflets on this page. The authorization of a long-term stay falls under the competence of the various Swiss cantons. Applications have to be submitted to this Consulate General, which which will forward the application to the respective authority for decision. Application form German/English (PDF checklist ↗) Chinese/French (PDF checklist ↗) French/English (PDF checklist ↗) Other languages (sem.admin.ch ↗) Document checklist Work visa Study visa Family reunion visa

Visa application form: German/English (PDF checklist ↗) Chinese/French (PDF checklist ↗)

Visa application form: German/English Chinese/French Documentation to submit with a Schengen visa application Business Visa Tourist Visa Visitor Visa Domestic Helper Visa Kindly note that the application has to be submitted at the Schengen representation of the country of your main destination. Tourists who spend equal time in several Schengen states are required to apply for the visa at the representation of the country where they enter the Schengen area. Since 12.10.2015 all diplomatic representations of the Schengen member states in Hong Kong have to capture the biometric data (finger scans and facial image) of persons applying for a Schengen visa. The data will be kept in the Visa Information System (VIS) for 5 years.  If no scan of your fingerprints has been captured yet, personal appearance when applying for a Schengen visa is mandatory. You will still have to appear in person to give your fingerprints in case the previously collected fingerprints prove to be of insufficient quality. Personal appearance and fingerprint scan is not necessary for children under the age of 12. The Swiss representation reserves the right to ask the applicant to appear in person if a personal interview is required or to ask additional documents. Kindly bring all required documents along with you (for information please refer to the different leaflets on this page). Incomplete applications cannot be accepted. Please be advised that supporting documents from Mainland China (e.g. bank statements, proof of employment, travel insurances or itineraries) will not be accepted and that applicants with such documents will have to be referred to a Swiss representation in Mainland China even if the applicant holds a valid residence permit or visa for Hong Kong or Macau.