Registration with the competent Swiss diplomatic or consular representation is mandatory for Swiss citizens who intend to stay abroad more than 12 months at a time. To prove your identity please bring along your original Swiss passport and/or your original Swiss identity card (only the new credit-card sized one will be accepted). The registration form and the passport / ID-card can also be mailed to this Embassy. 

The Embassy should be kept up-to-date on the following matters :

• change of address, telephone number and/or e-mail address
• departure from the consular district
• change in civil status, i.e. birth, marriage, divorce, death and so forth
• acquisition or loss of any additional citizenship

To keep the family registers accurate and up-to-date, Swiss authorities need to be informed of any changes in the civil status of Swiss citizens and dual nationals (birth, marriage, death and divorce). When such changes occur, the persons concerned or their nearest relatives should send to the Embassy an original of the document in question (birth, death, marriage, divorce certificates) which may be obtained from civil registries.

For more information, please consult our section "Registration of Birth, Marriage, Divorce or Death".

Swiss citizens under the age of 42 (50 for officers) having left Switzerland after 01.02.1999 should be in possession of a military leave of absence (Auslandurlaub/Congé pour l'étranger/Congedo per l'estero).

You will find herebelow information regarding correspondence voting in German, French and Italian.

The form to subscribe can be downloaded from above mentionned website or is available at the Embassy.