Consulate General of Switzerland in Chengdu
The Consulate General serves the Southwestern China region, covering the provinces of Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and Chongqing Municipality. It focuses on facilitating and enhancing the economic and trade relations between Switzerland and China’s southwestern region, as well as promoting Switzerland’s innovative capacities and tourism.
Consular services (issuing of passports, civil status changes, registrations, legalisations, etc.) and visa issues are provided at the embassy in Beijing. For these matters, please always refer to the embassy according to the given contact.
COVID-19
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: beijing.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
Communication of 30.03.2020 (PDF, 124.9 kB, multilingual: French, German)
Media release of 19.03.2020 (PDF, 280.7 kB, English)
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 05.02.2020 (PDF, 383.0 kB, multilingual: French, German)
Communication of 26.01.2020 (PDF, 449.9 kB, multilingual: French, German)
Communication of 24.01.2020 (PDF, 540.6 kB, multilingual: French, German)
