🔒 Please note that the Australian Embassy in Bern and the Australian Permanent Mission and Consulate-General in Geneva will be closed from 25 December 2024. The Australian Permanent Mission and Consulate-General in Geneva will reopen on 2 January 2025 and the Australian Embassy in Bern will reopen on 3 January 2025.
❗️ If you are an Australian citizen in Switzerland requiring consular assistance over our closure, please call the Consular Emergency Centre in Australia on ☎️ +61 2 6261 3305, alternatively you can call +41 22 799 9100 and follow the prompts to be transferred to the 24/7 help line.
📌 Upcoming passport services:
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BERN on Wednesday 5 February 2025 between 9:00am and 2:30pm
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ZURICH on Wednesday 5 March 2025 between 9:00am and 2:30pm
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BERN on Wednesday 2 April 2025 between 9:00am and 2:30pm
Note: Emergency Passport services are currently only available in Geneva.
Consular Services
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WTO Mission
We represent Australia at the World Trade Organization and other key trade institutions in Geneva.
UN Mission
We prosecute Australia's interests at the UN, the Conference on Disarmament and other international organisations.
Australian Embassy, Bern
The Australian Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein is Ms Elizabeth Day.
Contact Details
Weltpoststrasse 5, 2nd Floor – Flex Office 3015 Bern, Switzerland
Ph. +41 (0)31 3101780
Email. [email protected]
The Embassy is supported by the Consulate-General in Geneva to provide consular, passport and notarial services - all appointments for these services are held in Geneva only.
For information about Australian-Swiss bilateral relations please visit: Switzerland country brief | Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (dfat.gov.au)
Australian Consulate-General, Geneva
The Consul-General for Switzerland and Liechtenstein is Mr Kevin Filippi.
Contact Details
Address: Chemin des Fins 2, CP 115, 1218 Le Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland
Phone: +41 (0) 22 799 9100
Email: [email protected]
Australian Permanent Mission to the World Trade Organisation, Geneva
The Australian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization is Mr James Baxter.
Contact Details
Ph. +41 (0) 22 799 9100
Fax. +41 (0) 22 799 9189
Email. [email protected]
Information about the work of the Australian Permanent Mission to the World Trade Organization can be found here.
Australian Permanent Mission to the Office of the United Nations and Conference on Disarmament, Geneva
The Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations and to the Conference on Disarmament is Ms Amanda Gorley.
Contact Details
Ph. +41 (0) 22 799 9100
Fax. +41 (0) 22 799 9175
Email. [email protected]
Information about the work of the Australian Permanent Mission to the Office of the United Nations can be found here.
Information about the work of the Disarmament Delegation can be found here.
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