Switzerland Welcomes Cross Border Couples

Switzerland Welcomes Cross Border Couples

Switzerland Opens To Unmarried Couples Allows Entry For Unmarried Partners From Third Countries
Switzerland Allows Entry for Unmarried Partners from Third Countries

Swiss authorities have exceptionally lifted restrictions on entry to people from non-EU/Schengen countries whose "significant other half" lives in Switzerland.

From 3rd August, Switzerland is to join the list of Schengen and EU Member States that allows unmarried partners from third-countries that have their partner in Switzerland, to reunite.


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Switzerland Welcomes Cross Border Couples

Switzerland is now the sixth EU/Schengen country to permit such travels to reunite. The decision was taken by the Swiss Federal Council.

Anyone with a partner who lives in Switzerland will be eligible to enter Switzerland if you can provide proof of your relationship.

The new permissions, however, will be subject to strict rules and will need to prove the existence of your relationship to authorities.

If you wish to benefit from the relaxation of the rules, you must show proof that your relationship has been ongoing for 'a long time' before the coronavirus pandemic outbreak.

The Federal Council lists the following documents as required:

- written invitation to enter from the partner who is living in Switzerland
- A copy of the partner’s Swiss passport or foreign national identity card
- Proof of the existence of the relationship and legitimacy, that the couple has been in regular contact and they have met in person at least once before the entry ban was imposed.

This could be the following:

a confirmation of partnership signed by both partners correspondence by letter or email plane tickets photos/videos copies of passport entry/exit stamps

If you are an unmarried third-country partner and need a visa for travel to Switzerland, you may apply for it at your local Swiss visa office proving that you meet all entry visa requirements.

On the other hand, unmarried partners from third countries under the visa-free regime can obtain a certificate to enter Switzerland despite the entry ban on the majority of third-country citizens.


- The Current Border Restrictions in Switzerland

Currently, countries outside the EU and Schengen zone are not permitted to enter Switzerland.

Only third-country nationals permitted to come to Switzerland are from the EU safe list of:

Algeria, Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Rwanda, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia and Uruguay.

Other EU states outside the Schengen area allowed into Switzerland are Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Ireland and Romania.


- Love Is Essential and Love is Not Tourism

The issue facing bi-national couples being separated has been circulating in the media under the hashtags of #loveisnottourism and #loveisessential.

Now Switzerland is set to be the sixth country to follow this example, followed by Iceland.

However, strict criteria will be set regarding the eligibility of foreigners to reunite with their partners in Switzerland.

What is certain is that people who met on online dating sites but who have not yet met in person will not qualify to enter.

- Countries Allowing Bi-National Couples to Travel

Only 5 other European countries have their borders open to bi-national couples.

Switzerland joins the Netherlands, Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark and Norway in reopening their borders for non-EU lovers.

The other European countries currently only allow for exceptional or emergency purposes.

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