Swiss passport

Swiss passport
*Schweizer Pass*
*Passeport suisse*
*Passaporto svizzero*
*Passaport svizzer*
Swiss passport; Schweizer Pass; Passeport suisse; Passaporto svizzero; Passaport svizzer;
	The front cover of a contemporary Swiss biometric passport from 2022
Type	Passport
Issued by	Switzerland
First issued	1490 (first version); 10 December 1915 (booklet); 1 January 2003 (machine-readable passport); 4 September 2006 (biometric passport); 1 March 2010 (latest version until now); 31 October 2022 (current version)
Purpose	Identification
Eligibility	Swiss citizenship
Expiration	10 years for adults, 5 years for minors up to age 17
Cost	CHF 140 (adult) / CHF 60 (minor)

A Swiss passport (German: schweizer Pass; French: passeport suisse; Italian: passaporto svizzero; Romansh: passaport svizzer) is the passport issued to citizens of Switzerland to facilitate international travel. Beside serving as proof of Swiss citizenship, they facilitate the process of securing assistance from Swiss consular officials abroad.

The passport, along with the Swiss identity card allows for freedom of movement in any of the states of EFTA^[2] and the EU. This is because Switzerland is a member state of EFTA, and through bilateral agreements with the EU.^[3]

^ Gebühr/Preis und Gültigkeit Archived 27 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Short Overview of the EFTA Convention". Retrieved 29 November 2017.
^ Migration, State Secretariat for. "Free Movement of Persons Switzerland – EU/EFTA". www.sem.admin.ch. Retrieved 24 October 2020.

[1] Gebühr/Preis und Gültigkeit Archived 27 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine

[efta.int-2] "Short Overview of the EFTA Convention". Retrieved 29 November 2017.

[:0-3] Migration, State Secretariat for. "Free Movement of Persons Switzerland – EU/EFTA". www.sem.admin.ch. Retrieved 24 October 2020.

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