If an Indian has a Schengen visa, can he enter into Switzerland?

Question

If an Indian has a Schengen visa, can he enter into Switzerland?

Answer 1

No

Answer 2

Status of membership and implementation

As of 21 December 2007, 24 states and Monaco (treated as part of France) had abolished border controls on persons among themselves, an increase from 15 on 20 December 2007. The nine new countries which entered the Schengen travel area in 2007 were: the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia.[53] Any non-Schengen traveller having a valid Schengen visa has been allowed to travel throughout these 25 countries from their accession. These states all entered the EU three years previously,, they had to upgrade their border checks with non-Schengen states before border controls would be dropped with them. Cyprus, which entered the EU along side these other states, did not meet the criteria and thus has requested a delay for a year, while Romania and Bulgaria, who only joined the EU in 2007, are still bringing their border controls up to the required standard.

Prior to the 2007 expansion, the existing fifteen Schengen states were Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. All but Iceland and Norway are EU members while the United Kingdom and Ireland have opted out from the core Schengen provisions, preferring to keep control over cross-border flows as a matter of national responsibility.

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Answer 3

No , Swiss are not  part of this EU Visa !

Answer 4

no, you cannot, for Switzerland has not of today entered the schengen zone, is should be soon,

it is in the European Union only,

therefore you will need a visa for Switzerland,

Answer 5

Yes you can.

I live in Finland and I have done it.

When I checked in the airport the staff were not sure. Then they called some one and let me through after 10 mins of talking.

But take a print out of the detail from Swiss embassy website when you are travelling. Good luck