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Top Tips for Americans Visiting Switzerland

Top Tips for Americans Visiting Switzerland Check your passport validity: You will be denied entry into Switzerland if your passport is expired or is expiring soon. To enter Switzerland or the Schengen area, your passport must remain valid for 90 days after your planned date of departure from the Schengen area. Before leaving the U.S., ...

By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 19 July, 2018 | Topics: Consular Affairs, Messages for U.S. Citizens, News, U.S. Citizen Services | Tags: explore, passport validity, Schengen, travel tips

U.S. Global Entry Program to Start in Switzerland February 1, 2017

January 11, 2017, Bern – The U.S. Embassy in Bern and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) welcome the Swiss Federal Council’s decision to finalize the implementation of our December 2015 agreement to expand the U.S. Global Entry program to interested Swiss citizens. Frequent travelers who enroll in the trusted traveler program will benefit from faster and easier entry ...

By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 11 January, 2017 | Topics: Consular Affairs, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Switzerland | Tags: U.S. Global Entry Program