COVID-19

Current situation

On 18 March 2020, the Swiss Federal Council decided, that entry at the Schengen external borders is generally prohibited with few exceptions. Switzerland follows the practice of the other Schengen states. Until 15th June 2020, Switzerland will also no longer issue Schengen visas. National visas will also only be issued in exceptional cases, for example to family members of Swiss citizens with a right of presence in Switzerland who require a visa and to specialists from the health sector. 

For additional information, please consult the webpage of the State Secretariat for Migration SEM. 

If you have further questions regarding visa matters please contact us via: guangzhou.visa@eda.admin.ch

Consular Section (not for visas): In case of emergency, Consular services remain also available outside office hours:  

Helpline FDFA:  +41 800 247 365, +41 58 465 33 33 helpline@eda.admin.ch or +86 139 2225 8226

Communication_of_30.03.2020 (PDF, 124.9 kB, multilingual: French, German)
Media release of 19.03.2020 (PDF, 280.7 kB, English)
Additional communication of 18.03.2020 (PDF, 460.7 kB, multilingual: German, French, Italian, English)
Communication of 18.03.2020 (PDF, 447.1 kB, multilingual: French, Italian, German, English)
Communication_of_13.03.2020 (PDF, 437.6 kB, multilingual: English, French, Italian, German)
Communication of 21.02.2020 (PDF, 358.1 kB, multilingual: French, German, Chinese)
Communication of 21.02.2020 (PDF, 232.3 kB, German)
Communication of 06.02.2020 (PDF, 515.5 kB)
Communication of 26.01.2020 (PDF, 450.3 kB)
Communication of 24.01.2020 (PDF, 551.0 kB)

Advice for Expats in Guangzhou (PDF, 492.9 kB, English)