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Your passport must be valid for at least 3 months after you arrive.

A return or onward ticket may be checked at the border as part of demonstrating a genuine short visit.

You should have No fixed official amount is published for a short visit; sufficient funds for the length of stay may be requested at the border..

No routine arrival registration is required for an ordinary short stay tourist.

Check with the embassy for overstay penalties.Enforcement is cantonal, not one national figure; a documented real example is a CHF 350 fine issued by Zurich police for illegal residence. A more serious or repeat case is referred to the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM), which commonly imposes a first-time entry ban of around 12 months, escalating for a repeat or more serious case, applying Schengen-wide once issued since Switzerland is a Schengen member by treaty.

Declare cash above CHF 10,000; unlike the EU's own unprompted written declaration requirement, Switzerland works on an ask-on-suspicion basis, a traveler carrying CHF 10,000 or more may simply be asked to disclose the amount, its source, and its intended use, refusing or giving false information is itself the offence..

Extensions are not available for this stay.

Always confirm with the official embassy or consulate before you fly.