Willkommen! Bienvenue! Benvenute! Bainvegni! Welcome! Croeso! to this resource for the Swiss community living and working in Wales.For INFORMATION about the Clubs & News of Club EVENTS of The SOUTH WALES SWISS SOCIETY click HERE and for THE NORTH WALES SWISS SOCIETY click HERE |
 Read your favorite SWISS NEWSPAPER or SWISS MAGAZINE online here For the latest News in Switzerland: click here for a quick Overviewclick here  For your latest edition of Switzerland in the UK click here |
Latest CH Football News Wales and Switzerland have been drawn into the same Football Qualification Group for Euro 2012. The schedule hasn't been released yet. The game might be in autumn of this year or sometimes next year - The Swiss in Wales intend to watch them play as a group. If you are interested to join the Swiss in Wales supporters please register your interest with Rainer Arnold in Cardiff Also watch this space for further updates!
 A social Platform for the Swiss in Wales, their families and friendsThe Swiss in Wales now have their own social platform where they can exchange news, photos etc. with each other, their friends & family wherever they might be. Unlike Facebook it is a totally private site, (cannot be googled) open only to signed up and approved members. To join the site you need to receive an invitation link. If you are interested in joining mail Ruth at the Consulate who will then forward you the sign up link. Already a signed up member? Sign in here Are you a Twitter fan? Swissinfo is using Twitter see here |
Swiss Review by Post or E Mail?
Swiss Review now available in electronic form. click here Up to now, Swiss citizens living abroad had the publication delivered directly to their homes by post. However, Swiss Review would appreciate if Internet users could waive their right to a postal copy by registering for the online version of the Swiss Review. (click here)
Before you fill in your on line registration form please note: Your personal information will be compared with the registration data that you provided when you last registered at the Swiss Embassy in London. To make sure that the information provided is complete and correctly recorded, please refer to official documents such as your Swiss passport, ID card or birth certificate.
Anybody who still wishes to receive the printed version should let Swiss Review know. You need to fill in the same registration form as for the online version but then tick the box Receive printed version(click here)
Swiss Review is also making a renewed appeal to families who receive several copies to cancel superfluous issues''' by notifying their consular representation. Click here to mail the Consulate in Cardiff
News from OSA/ASO
OSA/ASO-Info is sent in German or French to Swiss clubs, societies and official representations over the world. 6 times a year, it informs by e-mail on OSA activities and on news that are relevant for the public of the Fifth Switzerland. click here for ASO-Info
If you wish to receive the newsletters into your personal e mail inbox mail ASO Alternatively click on the relative links, ASO Info & Info5, on this website (links above & below)
Info5 is sent in German or French to the Swiss media and Swiss institutions. 6 times a year, it informs them by e-mail about News from the Fifth Switzerland. click here for Info5
With these two newsletters, the OSA leads a communication especially shaped for its varied publics. Its aim is therefore to inform the Fifth Switzerland through OSA-Info, but also to assure, through Info5, that the Fifth Switzerland be represented in all the fields that make the public opinion in Switzerland.
 Important notice: The new biometric passport The introduction of passports containing electronically stored biometric information is part of an international commitment Switzerland has undertaken. Fulfilment of this commitment will ensure freedom of travel for Swiss citizens in the future. The Swiss federal parliament took the necessary decisions during its 2008 session, and a request to oppose these decisions by referendum was accepted on 17 October 2008 For the result of the vote click here Important Notice As from 1 March 2010 Switzerland will only issue biometric passports (Model 10) containing one picture of the face and two digital fingerprints, electronically registered. Please note that current passports 03 or 06 remain valid until their expiry date. However, be aware that entry regulations may vary from country to country. Further details on the application process will be available in the coming weeks on the webpage of the Swiss Embassy in London: click here as well as in the January edition of the Swiss Review. For more information regarding the new biometric passport please visit www.schweizerpass.ch also read news from the parliament here and Please note that the Swiss Consulates in Cardiff is not authorized to issue Swiss passports or deal with renewal of Swiss passports.All enquiries should go to the Swiss Embassy in London ( see the Embassy's website for contact details) |
This website is updated regularly by Ruth Thomas Expert help & advice is given by Simon Field who set up this wiki website for the Swiss in Wales and is the site's official webmaster. An Awards for All Wales grant, (part of the National Lottery) awarded to the South Wales Swiss Society, provided the initial funding for this project. For more information about the grant scheme click here
