1. You may apply for a passport or a combination of identity card and biometric passport at the same time by internet or phone. You will need an email address to apply via the internet, this is where they will be sending you an email notifications regarding your application.
2. Once your application has been examined, you will be invited to come to the passport office in person to record your data (photo, signature and finger prints (for passports only). Some cantons allows applicants to bring their own digital photo.
3. After the personal interview and your application has been accepted, the passport office will issue your passport and/or identity card within 10 working days by registered post (or within 30 days if sent to an address outside of Switzerland).

• For procedures in individual cantons:

http://www.schweizerpass.admin.ch/content/pass/de/home/ausweise/allgemeines/passbueros.html

• Order Online:

https://www.ch-edoc-passantrag.admin.ch/antrag/antrag_start.action?request_locale=de

• Completed application form
• Valid proof of identity. A family or birth certificate and residence certificate must also be presented along with the childs application.

Federal Office of Police

Free hotline: 0800 820 008

Contact Form:

http://www.schweizerpass.admin.ch/content/pass/de/misc/conform.html?contactid=0276&backpagepath=/content/pass/de/tools/kontakte

Monday - Friday:

09.00 - 11.00 clock

14.00 - 16.00 clock

Swiss embassies and consulates

http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/de/home/reps.html

• Swiss Nationals

The IDK is available alone or along with the new passport in 10 affordable Combined offer.

Children and adolescents up to the age of 18 Years

• Identity card(IDK): 30.00 + 5.00 postage CHF
• Passport 10 : 60.00 + 5.00 postage CHF
• Combination(pass 10 and IDK): 68.00 + 10.00 postage CHF
• Temporary pass : 100.00 CHF

Adults

• Identity card(IDK): 65.00 + 5.00 postage CHF
• Passport 10 : 140.00 + 5.00 postage CHF
• Combination(pass 10 and IDK): 148.00 + 10.00 postage CHF
• Temporary pass : 100.00 CHF

Note:

• CHF 5 per card fall - as postage costs. IDK pass and be sent separately (different production).
• Abroad, the ID card fees calculated according to the equivalent in the local currency and paid in that, plus applicable shipping charges for the country concerned.

Adult (18 years old and up)

• 10 Pass and Identity card: 10 years
• Provisional passport: Valid for the duration of stay abroad, possibly for the duration required by the destination country, but for a maximum of 12 months

Children and young people (Not yet attained 18 years of age)

• 10 Pass and Identity card: 5 years
• Provisional passport: Valid for the duration of stay abroad, possibly for the duration required by the destination country, but for a maximum of 12 months

Note: The expiry date of your passport or ID card is marked in or on the document.

Entry requirements by country

Bear in mind that to enter certain countries you may need a passport that is valid for far longer than the proposed duration of your stay (e.g. at least six months after the date of your return journey). You may also need a visa and other documents. Read the entry requirements for your destination carefully.

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Sample Identity Card

http://www.schweizerpass.admin.ch/content/pass/de/home/ausweise/identitaetskarte/_jcr_content/par/0002.img.jpg/1331026286343.jpg

You will be receiving your passport and/or identity card within 10 working days by registered post (or within 30 days if sent to an address outside of Switzerland)after your interview and the acceptance of your application.

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Depending on which canton you live in, you may apply for an identity card either in person at the residents registration office in your commune or at your cantons passport office (in person, by phone or by internet depending on where you live).

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The issuance of Swiss identity card begun July 1994. It is in the form of a plastic photocard. It may be used as travel document when travelling to all Schengen Treaty countries and the UK. (Note: The European Union countries do not fully correspond with the Schengen treaty countries).

In 2003, the identity card was slightly revised. The so-called Kinegramm has since been integrated into the card body for better protection. The new IDK provides a machine-readable zone (MRZ) that can be find positioned at the bottom of the back and is etched with a laser. The IDK is available alone or along with the new passport in 10 affordable Combined offer.

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• Passport and Identity Card

https://www.ch.ch/en/passport-id-card/

• Applying for a passport or identity card

https://www.ch.ch/en/applying-passport-identity-card

• Swiss Identity Card

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_identity_card

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