Swiss Visa for parents, how much should their bank balance reflect?
Hello everyone!
I wanted to get an opinion on how should I move ahead with my parents’ application for a Switzerland visa. The plan is to go for a 12 day trip to Amsterdam (4N), Belgium (2N), overnight train (1N) and Switzerland (4N) in September 2026. My parents are leaning towards an agent when it comes to applying for a visa but that’s whatever, I will be overlooking their paperwork anyways.
Now the thing is my parents are both business partners, in multiple companies. I will be submitting the GST certs as well as the bank statements for those companies. But, since my parents don’t hold a lot of liquid cash, they live alone and don’t have major expenses so we never bothered strengthening their accounts until now. I saw that people who have a salaried income, as long as they have paycheques coming in, their visa gets approved. In this case, we often have transactions which can be small or big, should I justify any incoming payments as “liquidating” some funds for the purpose of the trip? Is there a minimum amount I should show them? Currently planning to show around 5-7 lakhs each, with my mother investing about 3-4 lakhs in MF. I will be accompanying them from Canada, is it better to mention anything about me or my statements in the letter?
And the reason why we are applying for a Switzerland visa is because according to the said agent, Netherlands has been rejecting a few visas recently. I have the whole itinerary planned and waiting to start with my bookings once I have a better idea about the bank statements.
Any other thoughts and comments will be appreciated, thank you!
