• The law requires clear identification if you require documentation for doing business by mail, for example, with banks or insurance companies in Switzerland and abroad.
• SBB customer identification fulfils the requirements of the Money Laundering Act and the Signature Act.
• You will receive a valid official identification once you have shown proof of personal ID with photo.
• An SBB customer identification costs CHF 18.
• Available at any SBB Change or Western Union counter at an SBB station.

SBB Customer Identification – accepted forms of ID.

1. Passports or ID cards, Swiss or international.

• Standard passports (including diplomatic passports and service passports)
• ID cards
  
  

2. ID documents issued by the Swiss Federal Office for Migration.

• B permit (annual residence permit for foreign nationals)
• C permit (established domicile)
• L permit (short-term residence permit)
• F permit (provisionally admitted foreign national)
• N permit (asylum seeker)
• S permit (person in need of protection)
• G permit (cross-border commuter)
  
  

3. ID documents issued by the road traffic authorities.

• All categories (except provisional) of driving licences issued by the cantonal road traffic
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4. Other ID documents.

• Refugee passports
• "Passports issued to a foreign national"
• UNMIK documents
• UN identity cards

All natural persons resident or staying in Switzerland may use any of the documents in sections 1-4.

All natural persons resident abroad may use any of the documents in section 1 plus the cross-border commuter permit (G permit).

ID documents must be valid at the time they are presented and must feature a photo of the holder. The documents in section 1 issued by the Swiss authorities and those of the Principality of Liechtenstein are valid up to 5 years after their expiry date.