The Czech Embassy in Bern has published an updated directory—time-stamped 09:17, 17 September 2026—detailing office hours and contact data for five honorary consulates across Switzerland and one in Liechtenstein. The revision comes as ski-season charter flights to Prague and Brno begin selling out, and Czech exporters brace for an uptick in Alpine-region business visits following the koruna’s recent slide. Each honorary post (Basel, Zurich, Lausanne, Lugano and Vaduz) now requires travellers to pre-book time slots, replacing the previous walk-in model that often led to queueing outside small premises. Although the offices cannot issue visas, they can legalise documents, perform emergency passport renewals and assist with lost-ID cases—services particularly valuable for Czech nationals employed in Switzerland’s pharma and financial hubs under local contracts. For mobility managers the key takeaway is advance planning: emergency travel certificates may take 24–48 hours because physical passports are printed in Prague. The Bern embassy recommends using the correct regional e-mail addresses listed in the update to avoid delays. The directory also lists time-zone information (UTC+0) to aid Czech companies scheduling video calls with local HR partners.
