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Invitation letter for a visitor's visa, in French (Switzerland)
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For hosts in Switzerland inviting family, friends or business contacts from a country that needs a visa, in French: confirms to the Swiss embassy or consulate the invitation, both sides' details, the stay, its purpose, accommodation and who pays — as the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) recommends; the SEM also offers a free leaflet with a model. The guarantee declaration (déclaration de prise en charge) is an official form the embassy hands out; this letter does not replace it. Swiss authorities work in their official language, so the letter is in French. Sign it and send it to your guest.
- Made for use in Switzerland
- Last updated November 4, 2026
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When to use this document
- Your partner from outside Europe wants to visit you in French-speaking Switzerland.
- The Swiss embassy has told your guest that an invitation letter is missing.
- Your grandchildren from abroad are to stay with you in Switzerland in the summer holidays.
- You need an invitation in French for a guest's visa application.
What you fill in
The details the document asks for.
- Host (your full name)
- Your address in Switzerland (street, number, postcode, place)
- Phone
- Swiss embassy or consulate and its city
- Its address (blank if the visitor hands the letter in)
- City
- Date
- Person invited
- Travelling from
- Travelling until
- Invited person's date of birth
- Invited person's nationality
- Invited person's home address
- Invited person's phone and e-mail
- Invited person's passport number
- Relationship to the invited person (e.g. relative, friend)
- Host's date of birth
- Your nationality or Swiss residence permit (e.g. Swiss, permit C)
- Purpose of the visit (e.g. a family visit, a holiday)
- Where the visitor will stay (e.g. at my home, at the address above)
- Who pays the costs of the visit (in French)
Common questions
- Which details belong in a Swiss visa invitation letter?
- The State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) recommends: your statement that you expect the person, full details of both sides (name, date of birth, address, phone, e-mail, nationality), the length of the stay, the date and your signature; who pays the costs may be added. The letter must be in an official language (German, French or Italian), needs no set form and no certification. The SEM offers a free leaflet with a model on sem.admin.ch. The letter creates no legally binding duty to pay.
- When is a Swiss guarantee declaration needed, and where is it filed?
- Only if the Swiss embassy or consulate asks for one, for instance because your guest's means are not enough. Your guest receives the official form from the embassy; it cannot be downloaded. You fill it in as guarantor and file it, for a fee: with your commune in ZH, BE, VD, AG and other cantons, otherwise with the cantonal migration office (in Geneva the OCPM, in Ticino the Ufficio della migrazione). You are then liable for uncovered costs up to CHF 30'000, irrevocably, for twelve months from entry (SEM leaflet).
- Must the original invitation letter go to the Swiss embassy?
- As a rule no: your guest hands in a scan or copy with the visa application at the Swiss embassy or consulate for their place of residence; the embassy may, however, ask you to send the letter to it directly (SEM leaflet). What each embassy wants is on swiss-visa.ch. Further information may be requested at any time during the procedure and at entry, and there is no right to a visa. Keep a signed copy.
How you can sign this document
- Print it and sign by hand. The signature lines in the document are left blank on purpose — sign on them in ink.
- Sign it yourself with a qualified electronic signature. If you already hold a QES — Evrotrust, B-Trust, StampIT, ZealiD or any qualified provider on the EU Trusted List, on a card, a USB token, in a mobile app or in the cloud — our signing guide explains step by step how to sign this exact file without invalidating it. Step-by-step help, and a way to check it worked
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