Tuvalu visa for Swiss citizens

Cost note

Tuvalu's Schedule 1 says this nationality is not liable to pay visitor-permit fees.

Passport and transit notes

Passport validity

The official Tuvalu Act/Regulations source set used for this wave requires a passport or travel document and outward travel, but does not publish a universal six-month passport-validity rule for ordinary visitor permits.

Validity source (opens in a new tab) Validity guide

Transit

airside transit: conditional; landside transit: conditional; The Act defines entry by air as leaving the precincts of the authorised aerodrome. The official source set does not publish a separate universal airside-transit waiver; entering Tuvalu or clearing immigration uses the visitor-permit route.

Transit source (opens in a new tab) Transit guide

What you need

• Swiss ordinary passport or travel document
• Visitor permit issued by Tuvalu immigration
• Valid ticket or other means of travel from Tuvalu to a country the traveller can enter
• Arrival card if arriving by air or sea
• Evidence supporting visitor purpose and ability to comply with permit conditions if requested
• Schedule 1 visitor-permit fee waiver

Why this verdict

Swiss citizens are encoded from Tuvalu's official Switzerland fee-free visitor-permit route. Tuvalu's Schedule 1 lists this nationality as not liable to pay visitor-permit fees. A visitor permit is still issued by Tuvalu immigration. This destination-wave matrix record is intentionally conservative: ordinary passport, short visitor travel only. Work, business activity, study, residence, proselytising, repeated stays, extensions, carrier handling, outward-ticket checks, health/character issues and Tuvalu immigration discretion can change the practical answer. Reconfirm on the official Tuvalu legislation source before booking.