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Palau visa for citizens of Switzerland

Citizens of Switzerland get a Palau visa on arrival at passport control. You don’t apply in advance, but border officers check your passport, return ticket and accommodation. Visago checks your documents before you travel. It costs $19.

For citizens of Switzerland: the passport opens 120 countries visa-free; Bern — Ngerulmud: ≈ 12,040 km, about 15.5 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

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Can I travel to Palau without a visa on a Switzerland passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Switzerland get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

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Palau visa rules at a glance

With a Switzerland passport you can visit 120 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 35 with an e-visa; 14 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Switzerland passport ranks 17th of 199.
Switzerland passport: visa-free access to 120 countries; Palau passport: 68.
Citizens of Switzerland and Palau can travel together visa-free to 64 countries, for example: Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, France, Belgium, San Marino, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Croatia, Andorra, Austria, Vatican City, Italy, and Slovakia.
Citizens of Palau, in turn, don’t need a visa for Switzerland. Switzerland visa for citizens of Palau

Travelling to Palau: good to know

Bern — Ngerulmud: about 12,040 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 15.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +7 hours.
Local time: Bern 12:00 — Ngerulmud 19:00.
Local currency: US Dollar.
Languages: English and Palauan.
Palau is the 183rd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Switzerland.