Passports

We no longer issue standard (5 and 10 year) British passports in Switzerland . You now need to apply for your passport at our Regional Passport Processing Centre in the

Consulate-General in Paris.

The Regional Passport Processing Centre website will tell you everything you need to know about applying for a new or replacement British passport from Switzerland.

Further detailed information on the application process is available here.

Why have we done this?   Please see this leaflet [PDF, 77.0 Kb] for all the changes related to the way we issue passports overseas.  If you need to travel urgently and your standard passport is not available we may be able to help you with emergency travel documentation which is produced at the British Embassy in Berne :

• Emergency Travel Document Application Form (North American and Canada) [PDF, 171.1 Kb]
• Emergency Travel Document Application Form (Rest of the World) [PDF, 168.3 Kb].
• More information on urgent travel.

Please call the Consular Section of the Embassy in Berne and explain that you need to travel urgently.