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Diplomatic Mission Specimen Card Updates Under Schengen Borders Code

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Published April 1st, 2026

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The European Commission published an Official Journal notice (C/2026/2063) updating specimen cards issued by EU Member State foreign ministries to accredited diplomatic mission members, consular representatives, and their families under Article 20(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 (Schengen Borders Code). The notice serves as an administrative update to existing specimen card formats used for border crossing documentation of diplomatic personnel.

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The European Commission published a notice in the Official Journal C series updating specimen card formats for diplomatic identification documents under the Schengen Borders Code (Regulation EU 2016/399). The update affects specimen cards issued by Member State foreign ministries to accredited members of diplomatic missions, consular representations, and their family members. Document reference C/2026/2063, published April 1, 2026.

Member State foreign ministries and relevant government agencies should be aware of the updated specimen card formats for diplomatic identification purposes. No specific compliance deadline or implementation timeline is stated in this notice. This is an informational update that does not create new substantive obligations but standardizes documentation procedures across EU Member States.

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Update of specimen cards issued by foreign ministries of the Member States to accredited members of diplomatic missions and consular representations and members of their families, as referred to in Article 20(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code)

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Update of specimen cards issued by foreign ministries of the Member States to accredited members of diplomatic missions and consular representations and members of their families, as referred to in Article 20(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) (1)

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Specimen cards issued by foreign ministries of the Member States to accredited members of diplomatic missions and consular representations and members of their families, as referred to in Article 20(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) (2) are published on the basis of the information communicated by the Member States to the Commission in conformity with Article 39 of the Schengen Borders Code.

In addition to publication in the Official Journal, a regular update is available on the website of the Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs.

SPECIMEN CARDS ISSUED BY FOREIGN MINISTRIES OF THE MEMBER STATES

SWITZERLAND

Replacement of the list published in OJ C 209, 2.6.2021, p.11.

Identity cards (residence permits) issued by the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs / Cartes de légitimation (titres de séjour) du Département fédéral des Affaires étrangères / Legitimationskarten (Aufenthaltsbewilligung) vom Eidgenössischen Departement für auswärtige Angelegenheiten / Carte di legittimazione (titoli di soggiorno) del Dipartimento federale degli affari esteri:

| — | Type B identity card: heads of diplomatic, permanent or special missions, senior management staff of international organisations and members of their families having the same status / Carte de légitimation ‘B’: chefs de mission diplomatique, permanente ou spéciale, membres de la haute direction des organisations internationales et membres de famille qui jouissent du même statut / Legitimationskarte ‘B’: Missionschefs der diplomatischen, ständigen oder Spezialmissionen, leitende Beamte internationaler Organisationen und Familienmitglieder, die den gleichen Status besitzen / Carta di legittimazione ‘B’: capimissione di missioni diplomatiche permanenti o speciali, funzionari superiori di organizzazioni internazionali e loro familiari che beneficiano dello stesso statuto; |

| — | Type C identity card: members of the diplomatic staff of diplomatic, permanent or special missions, senior officials of international organisations and members of their families having the same status / Carte de légitimation ‘C’: membres du personnel diplomatique des missions diplomatiques, permanentes ou spéciales, hauts fonctionnaires des organisations internationales et membres de famille qui jouissent du même statut / Legitimationskarte ‘C’: Mitglieder des diplomatischen Personals der diplomatischen, ständigen oder Spezialmissionen, Beamte internationaler Organisationen und Familienmitglieder, die den gleichen Status besitzen / Carta di legittimazione ‘C’: membri del personale diplomatico di missioni diplomatiche permanenti o speciali, funzionari di organizzazioni internazionali e familiari che beneficiano dello stesso statuto; |

| — | Type D identity card: members of the administrative and technical staff of diplomatic, permanent or special missions and members of their families having the same status / Carte de légitimation ‘D’: membres du personnel administratif et technique des missions diplomatiques, permanentes ou spéciales et membres de famille qui jouissent du même statut / Legitimationskarte ‘D’: Mitglieder des Verwaltungs- und technischen Personals der diplomatischen, ständigen oder Spezialmissionen und Familienmitglieder, die den gleichen Status besitzen / Carta di legittimazione ‘D’: membri del personale amministrativo e tecnico di missioni diplomatiche permanenti o speciali e familiari che beneficiano dello stesso statuto; |

| — | Type D identity card: ‘professional category’ officials of international organisations and members of their families having the same status / Carte de légitimation ‘D’: fonctionnaires de la catégorie professionnelle des organisations internationales et membres de famille qui jouissent du même statut / Legitimationskarte ‘D’: Beamte der Kategorie Berufspersonal internationaler Organisationen und Familienmitglieder, die den gleichen Status besitzen / Carta di legittimazione ‘D’: funzionari appartenenti alla categoria del personale di carriera di organizzazioni internazionali e familiari che beneficiano dello stesso statuto; |

| — | Type E identity card: members of the service staff of diplomatic, permanent or special missions, general service officials of international organisations and members of their families having the same status / Carte de légitimation ‘E’: membres du personnel de service des missions diplomatiques, permanentes ou spéciales, fonctionnaires des services généraux des organisations internationales et membres de famille qui jouissent du même statut / Legitimationskarte ‘E’: Mitglieder des Dienstpersonals der diplomatischen, ständigen oder Spezialmissionen, Beamte der allgemeinen Dienste internationaler Organisationen und Familienmitglieder, die den gleichen Status besitzen / Carta di legittimazione ‘E’: membri del personale di servizio di missioni diplomatiche permanenti e speciali, funzionari dei servizi generali di organizzazioni internazionali e familiari che beneficiano dello stesso statuto; |

| — | Type F identity card: private domestic staff of members of diplomatic, permanent or special missions and of career members of consular posts, and private domestic staff of officials of international organisations / Carte de légitimation ‘F’: domestiques privés des membres des missions diplomatiques, permanentes ou spéciales et des postes consulaires de carrière et domestiques privés des fonctionnaires des organisations internationales / Legitimationskarte ‘F’: private Hausangestellte der Mitglieder der diplomatischen, ständigen oder Spezialmissionen und der von Berufs-Konsularbeamten geleiteten konsularischen Vertretungen sowie private Hausangestellte der Beamten internationaler Organisationen / Carta di legittimazione „F: personale domestico privato di membri di missioni diplomatiche permanenti o speciali e di rappresentanze consolari dirette da funzionari consolari di carriera nonché personale domestico privato di funzionari di organizzazioni internazionali; |

| — | Type G identity card: officials of international organisations with a short-term employment contract and members of their families having the same status / Carte de légitimation ‘G’: fonctionnaires des organisations internationales (contrat de travail ‘court terme’) et membres de famille qui jouissent du même statut / Legitimationskarte ‘G’: Beamte internationaler Organisationen mit Arbeitsvertrag von begrenzter Dauer und Familienmitglieder, die den gleichen Status besitzen / Carta di legittimazione ‘G’: funzionari di organizzazioni internazionali con contratto di lavoro a durata determinata e familiari che beneficiano dello stesso statuto; |

| — | Type H identity card: personnel of diplomatic, permanent or special missions, consulates and international organisations who are not officials, and persons without privileges and immunities authorised to accompany members of diplomatic, permanent or special missions, consulates and international organisations / Carte de légitimation ‘H’: collaborateurs non-fonctionnaires des missions diplomatiques permanentes ou spéciales, des consulats et des organisations internationales, ainsi que les personnes sans privilèges et immunités autorisées à accompagner les membres des missions diplomatiques, permanentes ou spéciales, des consulats et des organisations internationales / Legitimationskarte “H: Mitarbeiter ohne Beamtenstatus der diplomatischen, ständigen oder Spezialmissionen, der konsularischen Vertretungen und der internationalen Organisationen, sowie Personen ohne Privilegien und Immunitäten, die ermächtigt sind, Mitglieder der diplomatischen, ständigen oder Spezialmissionen, der konsularischen Vertretungen und der internationalen Organisationen zu begleiten / Carta di legittimazione ‘H’: collaboratori senza statuto di funzionari di missioni diplomatiche permanenti o speciali, di consolati e di organizzazioni internazionali così come persone senza privilegi e immunità autorizzate a accompagnare membri di missioni diplomatiche permanenti o speciali, di consolati e di organizzazioni internazionali; |

| — | Type I identity card: non-Swiss staff members of the International Committee of the Red Cross and members of their families having the same status / Carte de légitimation ‘I’: membres du personnel non suisse du Comité international de la Croix-Rouge et membres de famille qui jouissent du même statut / Legitimationskarte ‘I’: Personal nicht schweizerischer Staatsangehörigkeit des Internationalen Komitees vom Roten Kreuz und Familienmitglieder, die den gleichen Status besitzen / Carta di legittimazione „I: membri del personale non svizzero del Comitato internazionale della Croce Rossa e familiari che beneficiano dello stesso statuto; |

| — | Type KB identity card: career heads of consular posts and members of their families having the same status / Carte de légitimation ‘KB’: chefs de poste consulaire de carrière et membres de famille qui jouissent du même statut / Legitimationskarte ‘KB’: Berufs-Postenchefs und Familienmitglieder, die den gleichen Status besitzen / Carta di legittimazione ‘KB’: capiposto consolari di carriera e familiari che beneficiano dello stesso statuto; |

| — | Type KC identity card: career consular officers and members of their families having the same status / Carte de légitimation ‘KC’: fonctionnaires consulaires de carrière et membres de famille qui jouissent du même statut / Legitimationskarte ‘KC’: Berufs-Konsularbeamte der konsularischen Posten und Familienmitglieder, die den gleichen Status besitzen / Carta di legittimazione ‘KC’: funzionari consolari di carriera di rappresentanze consolari e familiari che beneficiano dello stesso statuto; |

| — | Type KD identity card: career consular employees and members of their families having the same status / Carte de légitimation ‘KD’: employés consulaires de carrière et membres de famille qui jouissent du même statut / Legitimationskarte ‘KD’: Berufs-Konsularangestellte und Familienmitglieder, die den gleichen Status besitzen / Carta di legittimazione ‘KD’: impiegati consolari di carriera e familiari che beneficiano dello stesso statuto; |

| — | Type KE identity card: members of the service staff and locally-recruited staff members of career consular posts and members of their families having the same status / Carte de légitimation ‘KE’: membres du personnel de service et membres du personnel recruté localement d’un poste consulaire de carrière et membres de famille qui jouissent du même statut / Legitimationskarte ‘KE’: Mitglieder des dienstlichen Hauspersonals von berufs-konsularischen Vertretungen und Familienmitglieder, die den gleichen Status besitzen / Carta di legittimazione ‘KE’: membri del personale di servizio di rappresentanze consolari di carriera e familiari che beneficiano dello stesso statuto; |

| — | Type L identity card: non-Swiss staff members of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and members of their families having the same status / Carte de légitimation ‘L’: membres du personnel non suisse de la Fédération internationale des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge et membres de famille qui jouissent du même statut / Legitimationskarte ‘L’: Personal nicht schweizerischer Staatsangehörigkeit der Internationalen Gemeinschaft der Roten Kreuz- und Roten Halbmond-Gesellschaften und Familienmitglieder, die den gleichen Status besitzen / Carta di legittimazione ‘L’: membri del personale non svizzero della Federazione internazionale delle Società della Croce Rossa e della Mezzaluna Rossa e familiari che beneficiano dello stesso statuto; |

| — | Type P identity card: non-Swiss scientific staff of CERN and members of their families having the same status / Carte de légitimation ‘P’: personnel scientifique non suisse du CERN et membres de famille qui jouissent du même statut / Legitimationskarte ‘P’: wissenschaftliches Personal des CERN nicht schweizerischer Staatsangehörigkeit und Familienmitglieder, die den gleichen Status besitzen / Carta di Legittimazione ‘P’: personale scientifico non svizzero del CERN e familiari che beneficiano dello stesso statuto; |

| — | Type R identity card: non-Swiss staff members of quasi-governmental international organisations or other international organisations and members of their families having the same status / Carte de légitimation ‘R’: membres du personnel non suisse des organisations internationales quasi gouvernementales ou des autres organismes internationaux et membres de famille qui jouissent du même statut / Legitimationskarte ‘R’: Personal nicht schweizerischer Staatsangehörigkeit von quasizwischenstaatlichen Organisation oder anderen internationalen Organen und Familienmitglieder, die den gleichen Status besitzen / Carta di Legittimazione ‘R’: membri del personale non svizzero di organizzazioni internazionali quasi intergovernative o di altri organismi internazionali e familiari che beneficiano dello stesso statuto. |
Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAE) type B identity card

| — | Embassies and permanent missions: heads of mission |

| — | International organisations: members of the senior management staff

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DFAE type C identity card

| — | Embassies and permanent missions: members of the diplomatic staff |

| — | International organisations: senior officials

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DFAE type D identity card

| — | Embassies and permanent missions: members of the administrative or technical staff (AT)

| — | International organisations: ‘professional category’ officials

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DFAE type E identity card

| — | Embassies and permanent missions: members of the service staff and locally recruited staff members |

| — | International organisations: general service officials

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DFAE type F identity card

| — | Embassies, permanent missions and international organisations: private domestic staff of a member of staff

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DFAE type G identity card

| — | International organisations: temporary officials (short-term officials) and seconded staff

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DFAE type H identity card

| — | Embassies, consulates, permanent missions and international organisations: persons without privileges and immunities

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DFAE type I identity card

| — | International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC): ICRC personnel

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DFAE type KB, KC, KD and KE identity cards – valid since 11 December 2017

| — | KB Career heads of consular posts

| — | KC Career consular officers

| — | KD Career consular employees

| — | KE Members of the service staff and locally-recruited staff members of career consular posts

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DFAE type L identity card

| — | International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC): IFRC personnel

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DFAE type P identity card

| — | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN): members of the scientific staff of CERN

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DFAE type R identity card

| — | non-Swiss staff members of quasi-governmental international organisations or other international organisations and members of their families having the same status

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CI permit giving access to the Swiss labour market

| — | Embassies, consular posts, permanent missions, intergovernmental organisations and international institutions: family members of a person having diplomatic status

| — | Embassies, consular posts, permanent missions, intergovernmental organisations, international institutions, quasi-governmental international organisations, other international organisations: family members of a person not having diplomatic status

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List of previous publications

OJ C 247, 13.10.2006, p. 85.

OJ C 77, 5.4.2007, p. 11.

OJ C 153, 6.7.2007, p. 1.

OJ C 153, 6.7.2007, p. 15.

OJ C 331, 31.12.2008, p. 16.

OJ C 64, 19.03.2009, p. 18.

OJ C 239, 6.10.2009, p. 7.

OJ C 304, 10.11.2010, p. 6.

OJ C 273, 16.9.2011, p. 11.

OJ C 357, 7.12.2011, p. 3.

OJ C 88, 24.3.2012, p. 12.