{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"CH","name":"Switzerland","slug":"switzerland"},"destination":{"code":"ST","name":"São Tomé and Príncipe"},"status":"visa_free","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-22","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"stp-smf-2025-switzerland-ordinary-passport-visa-free","title":"Swiss ordinary passports: visa-free short visits","summary":"The current SMF waiver notice names Switzerland among the nationalities that may enter São Tomé and Príncipe without a visa for up to 15 days.","status":"visa_free","conditions":["The live SMF notice names Swiss citizens and sets a maximum 15-day stay, a passport valid for at least three months on entry, funds, and return/onward evidence. Law No. 5/2008 supplies the ordinary-passport entry baseline; the notice does not separately describe Swiss special passports.","This is an ordinary short-visitor nationality baseline only; it does not establish work, residence, business, transit, crew, diplomatic, official or final-admission treatment."],"sourceIds":["stp-smf-current-visa-waiver-notice","stp-law-foreign-citizens-regime"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"stp-smf-current-visa-waiver-notice","title":"SMF: Visa exemption for São Tomé and Príncipe","url":"https://www.smf.st/noticiaSingle.php?idnews=20&loock=noticiasSingle","publisher":"Serviço de Migração e Fronteiras","jurisdiction":"São Tomé and Príncipe","kind":"government-guidance","language":"Portuguese","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22"},{"id":"stp-law-foreign-citizens-regime","title":"Law No. 5/2008: legal regime for foreign citizens","url":"https://www.smf.st/resource/upload/fileLegislacao/regimejuridico.pdf","publisher":"National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe","jurisdiction":"São Tomé and Príncipe","kind":"law","language":"Portuguese","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22"}]}