{"id":344,"date":"2022-03-10T15:46:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T15:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/?page_id=344"},"modified":"2026-02-02T10:10:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T10:10:01","slug":"entry-and-asylum-in-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/ukraine\/entry-and-asylum-in-switzerland\/","title":{"rendered":"Entry and asylum in Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Be alert of possible abuses during your journey. For more information consult: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/ukraine\/stay-safe-on-the-journey\/\"><strong>Stay safe on your<\/strong> <strong>journey<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sem.admin.ch\/sem\/en\/home\/sem\/aktuell\/ukraine-krieg.html#1641582656\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Questions and answers for refugees from Ukraine<\/a> on multiple topics, including protection status S, and entering and leaving the country, are provided by the Swiss State Secretariat for Migration.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also invite you to take a look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sem.admin.ch\/dam\/sem\/de\/data\/asyl\/faktenblatt-schutzstatus-s.pdf.download.pdf\/faktenblatt-schutzstatus-s-d.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">factsheet for people seeking protection<\/a> (in German).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fdf799\">\u203c\ufe0fPlease note: <strong>As of 1 November 2025&nbsp;there are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.admin.ch\/en\/newnsb\/3q4IMpZVrA6n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">important changes<\/a> to eligibility rules for Status S.<\/strong>&nbsp;These changes apply to all applications that are reviewed after 1 November 2025, even if you submitted your application earlier. For more information, see <strong>Can I obtain protection status S in Switzerland?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This page provides information on the following topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Be alert of possible abuses during your journey. For more information consult: Stay safe on your journey. Questions and answers for refugees from Ukraine on multiple topics, including protection status S, and entering and leaving the country, are provided by the Swiss State Secretariat for Migration.&nbsp;&nbsp; We also invite you to take a look at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":124,"featured_media":0,"parent":352,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/sectioned.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-344","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/124"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344"}],"version-history":[{"count":73,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2499,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344\/revisions\/2499"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}