{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"CH","name":"Switzerland","slug":"switzerland"},"destination":{"code":"TO","name":"Tonga"},"status":"visa_on_arrival","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-22","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"tonga-current-switzerland-visitor-visa-on-arrival","title":"Swiss ordinary passport: visitor visa issued on arrival","summary":"Tonga Revenue's current named country cohort expressly includes Switzerland among travellers who may be issued a 30-day visitor visa on arrival.","status":"visa_on_arrival","conditions":["The current Revenue source says the visitor visa may be issued on arrival for 30 days, subject to a valid return ticket to a country the traveller may enter and sufficient funds.","This is an arrival-issued visitor visa, not visa-free access or a pre-travel eVisa. Work, business, study, residence, diplomatic, official, service, and special-document routes remain outside this ordinary-passport visitor baseline.","The legacy Embassy page claims a longer Schengen-linked benefit, but its stated 2018 publication context is not controlling against the central current source."],"sourceIds":["tonga-revenue-immigration-services-current-cohort"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"tonga-revenue-immigration-services-current-cohort","title":"Immigration and General Services","url":"https://www.revenue.gov.to/immigration-and-general-services","publisher":"Ministry of Revenue and Customs, Government of Tonga","jurisdiction":"Tonga","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22"}]}