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Swiss passport
Passport of the Swiss Confederation issued to Swiss citizens / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A Swiss passport[lower-alpha 1] 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.
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![]() 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) 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)[1] |
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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]