Swiss Consulate General in São Paulo

Brazilian citizens do not need a visa for Switzerland: stays of up to 90 days are visa-free.

2025 figures: 94 short-stay Schengen visa applications were lodged at Switzerland’s consulate general in São Paulo, and 82 visas were issued. 12 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 12.8%. The refusal rate rose by 7.9 points from 4.9% in 2024, a sharp increase. Applications fell by 8% compared with 2024 (102).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 4.7% (2023) to 12.8% (2025).

Switzerland issues Schengen visas at 2 locations in Brazil; this office handled 80% of their 118 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Rio de Janeiro 29.2%, which makes São Paulo the lowest of the group. Each office serves the applicants who live in its own consular district, so the rates also reflect who applies where, not only how strictly files are assessed.

Across all Schengen consulates in Brazil, 23.6% of applications were refused in 2025; Switzerland’s rate worldwide was 12.5%. Switzerland received the 7th largest number of applications of the 16 Schengen states represented here.

76.8% of the visas issued here were multiple-entry visas, valid for several trips. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of Brazil.

For matters it cannot handle, the Swiss embassy in Brasília (869 km) is responsible. Besides the Swiss consulate general in São Paulo, Switzerland has 7 other missions in Brazil. Consulates: Rio de Janeiro. Honorary consulates: Recife, Salvador, Porto Alegre, Curitiba and Manaus. Brazil in turn has 3 missions in Switzerland, its embassy being in Bern.

About the Swiss consulate general in São Paulo

It appears in official lists as Consulate General of Switzerland in São Paulo. The head of mission on record is Peter Hafner. Its work is consular: passports and documents for its own citizens and, often, visas for visitors.

Address and contact

Address: Avenida Paulista, 01310-200 São Paulo. The record for the Swiss consulate general in São Paulo includes a phone number, an e-mail address and an official website.

Swiss citizens travelling to Brazil

Swiss citizens do not need a visa for Brazil: stays of up to 90 days are visa-free.

When the Swiss consulate general in São Paulo is closed

The next closures of the Swiss consulate general in São Paulo for public holidays in Brazil are Republic Proclamation Day (Proclamação da República) on Sunday 15 November 2026 and Black Awareness Day (Dia da Consciência Negra) on Friday 20 November 2026; it may also close for Christmas Day (Weihnachten) on Friday 25 December 2026.

Before visiting the Swiss consulate general in São Paulo

Current procedures for the Swiss consulate general in São Paulo, including any appointment system, are on its official website, linked on this page.

Near the Swiss consulate general in São Paulo

The Swiss consulate general in São Paulo has 9 other foreign missions within 1 km, in a diplomatic quarter.