Swiss Embassy in Algiers

Algerian citizens must obtain a visa before travelling to Switzerland. Check with the Swiss embassy in Algiers whether visas are handled at its counter or by an appointed visa centre.

In 2023, Switzerland’s embassy in Algiers received 3,864 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 2,342. 1,494 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 38.7%.

Across all Schengen consulates in Algeria, 35.6% of applications were refused in 2023; Switzerland’s rate worldwide was 10.7%. Switzerland received the 8th largest number of applications of the 16 Schengen states represented here.

Multiple-entry visas made up 85.1% of those issued. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of Algeria.

The Swiss embassy in Algiers is the only mission of Switzerland in Algeria on record. Algeria in turn has 3 missions in Switzerland, its embassy being in Bern.

About the Swiss embassy in Algiers

It appears in official lists as Embassy of Switzerland in Algiers.

Address and contact

Address: شارع النقيب سليمان حسين 9-11, 16070 المرادية. The record for the Swiss embassy in Algiers includes a phone number and an official website.

Swiss citizens travelling to Algeria

Swiss citizens need a visa for Algeria, obtained before travel.

When the Swiss embassy in Algiers is closed

Expect the Swiss embassy in Algiers to be shut on New Year's Day on Friday 1 January 2027 and Amazigh New Year on Tuesday 12 January 2027, and often on Christmas Day (Weihnachten) on Friday 25 December 2026, a holiday in Switzerland.

Before visiting the Swiss embassy in Algiers

Current procedures for the Swiss embassy in Algiers, including any appointment system, are on its official website, linked on this page.

Near the Swiss embassy in Algiers

The Swiss embassy in Algiers has 12 other foreign missions within 1 km, in a diplomatic quarter.