Ireland passport Switzerland
Do Irish citizens need a visa for Switzerland?
No visa needed.
Switzerland
Bern · Swiss franc (CHF) · French, Swiss German
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You can board a flight to Switzerland on a passport from Ireland with no visa. The officer on arrival sets how long you may stay. Immigration will still want to see a return ticket, somewhere to stay, and enough money for the trip.
- Status
- Visa free
- Stay permitted
- Up to 90 days in any 180-day period, across the whole Schengen area
- Government fee
- Nothing to pay
- Typical decision
- No application
There is nothing to apply for and nothing to pay.
Book your flight. Any site offering to sell you a Switzerland visa, permit or "travel authorisation" for this trip is selling you something you do not need.
If you are travelling on a different passport, Switzerland's official entry rules are at home-affairs.ec.europa.eu.
Before you fly
- Passport validity: At least 3 months beyond the day you leave, and issued within the last 10 years. eur-lex.europa.eu · read
What Switzerland asks for
- Passport valid for at least three months beyond your intended departure, issued within the last 10 years, with two blank pages
- Completed and signed Schengen visa application form
- One recent photograph to the published specification
- Medical insurance covering emergency medical care, hospitalisation and repatriation
- Evidence of where you will stay for the whole trip
- Return or onward ticket, or evidence of your travel plans
- Proof of funds for the length of the stay
- Evidence of your employment, studies or business
Worth knowing
- One Schengen visa covers all 29 member states. You do not need, and cannot buy, a separate visa for each country.
- Medical insurance is a legal condition of the visa, not an optional extra. It must cover emergency care, hospitalisation and repatriation.
- Consulates charge the same €90 wherever you apply. Where a consulate uses an external centre such as VFS or TLS, that centre's service charge is separate and is not the visa fee.
- Ireland is not in the Schengen area, and neither is the United Kingdom. A Schengen visa does not cover either.
How long it takes
Apply no earlier than 6 months before you travel, and at least 15 days before you go.