No visa needed

Do citizens of Colombia need a visa for Switzerland?

Citizens of Colombia don’t need a visa for Switzerland and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Colombia: the passport opens 84 countries visa-free; Bogotá — Bern: ≈ 8,990 km, about 11.5 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

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

Yes, citizens of Colombia don’t need a visa for Switzerland for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Switzerland visa rules at a glance

With a Colombia passport you can visit 84 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 47 with an e-visa; 38 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Colombia passport ranks 72nd of 199.
Colombia passport: visa-free access to 84 countries; Switzerland passport: 120.
Citizens of Colombia and Switzerland can travel together visa-free to 81 countries, for example: Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Dominican Republic, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Guyana, Honduras, Dominica, Barbados, Peru, Antigua and Barbuda, El Salvador, and Guatemala.
Citizens of Switzerland, in turn, don’t need a visa for Colombia. Colombia visa for citizens of Switzerland

Travelling to Switzerland: good to know

Bogotá — Bern: about 8,990 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 11.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +7 hours.
Local time: Bogotá 12:00 — Bern 19:00.
Local currency: Swiss Franc.
Languages: French, Swiss German, Italian, and Romansh.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ CHF 0.83.
Switzerland is the 64th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Colombia.