# Switzerland visa requirements for BY passport holders

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Passport | BY |
| Destination | Switzerland (CH) |
| Requirement | Visa required |
| Fee | €90 (short-stay Schengen visa for adults, since 11 June 2024) |
| Maximum stay | 90 days |
| Processing time | 15 days (standard per Schengen Visa Code, up to 45 days) |
| Region | Europe |
| Source | https://www.e-doc.admin.ch/sem/en/home/publiservice/weisungen-kreisschreiben/visa/liste1_staatsangehoerigkeit/b.html |
| Verification | government-verified destination profile |

## Notes
Belarusian passport holders must obtain a Schengen visa before travel; the Embassy of Hungary represents Switzerland for visa applications lodged in Belarus, and ETIAS does not apply since a visa is required.

## Can this stay be extended from inside the country?
- Possible inside: **limited**
- Must leave the country: **yes**
- Cost: €30

Only up to the 90-days-in-180 ceiling. Going beyond it requires force majeure, and the resulting sticker is usually valid only in the country that issued it.

**Cost detail.** Free where the grounds are force majeure or humanitarian. The €30 applies to serious personal reasons, or to an entry delayed through no fault of your own.

**How.** Apply to the immigration authority of the Schengen state you are currently in — not the consulate that issued the visa — before your visa expires. An expired visa cannot be extended.

**If you cannot extend.** If you know in advance you need longer than 90 days, the route is a national long-stay (Type D) visa, applied for from outside the Schengen Area before you travel.

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HTML version: https://urgentvisa.org/en/visa/by/switzerland.html
Structured JSON: https://urgentvisa.org/api/visa?passport=by&destination=switzerland
MCP server: https://urgentvisa.org/mcp
Source: Urgent VISA - https://urgentvisa.org - licence https://urgentvisa.org/license.xml