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Switzerland Criminal Record Check: Requirements, Coverage, and Process
## Who is the source of criminal check data in Switzerland?
Federal Office of Justice.
## What details are required to submit the check?
- First Name
- Last Name
- Birth Date
- **Current Address**
- The current address can be in Switzerland or abroad, however, it has to be the candidate’s current address
- Mother's First Name
- Mother's Maiden Name
- Father's First Name
- Father's Last Name
- **Letter of Authority **(printed with a pen-signed/wet signed signature) - this will be available for the candidate to download, print, fill in and upload on Zinc
- The customer blank should be completed with your employer's name
- **Passport/ID Copy**
- Swiss ID Card (both sides)
- Swiss Passport
- Foreign ID Card (both sides)
- Foreign passport
- Swiss resident permit
- Swiss legitimation card
Expired documents are acceptable if they are not more than 5 years ago.
## What is covered in the criminal check?
The copy of the Excerpt from the Swiss Criminal Records (Extrait du casier judiciaire suisse destiné aux particuliers), issued by the Federal Office of Justice has nationwide coverage, including citizens and foreigners over 18 years of age.
The issuance of the certificate is subject to the candidate’s explicit consent and is intended to serve one particular purpose indicated during the application process.
The Federal Office of Justice reserves the right to issue or reject the issuance of the certificate after careful assessment and scrutiny of the nature of the request.
The Certificate contains information for all the following criminal convictions or offences, except those deleted by rehabilitation laws or considered spent:
- Offences against the constitution (e.g., electoral offences, corruption, trespass, etc.)
- Misuse of public force
- Offences committed by public servants
- Offences against the public interest
- Offences against the private interest
- Offences against the public authority, influence, and fraud, perversion of justice, refusal to assist justice ✓ Disobedience to judicial orders
- Obstruction of public service
- Offences against state guarantees
- Usurpation
- Guarantee of the national economy
- Felonies and misdemeanours against the general interest (e.g., public safety, offences against the public peace, public economy, public health, public decency; public worship)
- Felonies and misdemeanours against the private interest (e.g., killing, harm, intentional force, private liberty, sexual offences, personal tranquility, confidence, property, insolvency, children, and family)
- Simple offences
The legal prescription of a sentence varies, depending on the type of offense committed and the sentence pronounced.
## What is the expected turnaround time?
[Here.](https://zincwork.com/turnaround-times)
## Period covered by the check
The records are kept based on the legal prescription and rehabilitation periods applicable for each type of conviction provided by the local regulations in Switzerland. All the records are maintained by The Federal Office of Justice.
## Privacy statement
The details contained in this report should not be used as the sole reason for making a decision. Zinc Work Ltd is not liable for any inaccuracies or incompleteness in the information appearing in this report since it is provided to Zinc Work Ltd by third parties. This report has been produced for the purchaser of the report and Zinc Work Ltd will have no liability to loss.
*Last updated: 2025-10-16*
