The Honorary Consulate of Malta in Basel is run by honorary consul Stephan Stuart Erbe and is a local point of contact for Maltese citizens and for business and cultural links in Lucerne, Uri, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Solothurn, Basel-Stadt, Basel-Landschaft, Graubünden, Aargau and Ticino. Passports and visas are handled by the Maltese Embassy in Valletta.
Contact Details
| Address | c/o ThomannFischer Advokatur, Elisabethenstrasse 30, 4010 Basel, Switzerland |
| Telephone | +41 61 226 24 51 |
| Fax | +41 61 226 24 25 |
| maltaconsul.basel@gov.mt erbe@thomannfischer.ch |
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| Head of Mission | Stephan Stuart Erbe, Honorary Consul |
| Consular district | Lucerne, Uri, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Solothurn, Basel-Stadt, Basel-Landschaft, Graubünden, Aargau and Ticino |
Opening Hours
No regular opening hours are published. Contact the consulate by phone or e-mail to arrange a visit.
Location of the Consulate
About the honorary consulate in Basel
Since 2013, Stephan Stuart Erbe has looked after Maltese interests in Lucerne, Uri, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Solothurn, Basel-Stadt, Basel-Landschaft, Graubünden, Aargau and Ticino. There are no fixed public hours, so arrange a meeting first.
Which Maltese office issues passports and visas?
Formal consular services – passports, certificates and visas – are provided by the Maltese Embassy in Valletta.
Note: Malta has no embassy in Switzerland; the embassy responsible for Switzerland is in Valletta.
What can an honorary consul do?
An honorary consul is not a career diplomat but a local resident – often a business person or lawyer – appointed by Malta and approved by the host country. Depending on the powers granted, the honorary consul can help Maltese citizens in an emergency (lost passport, accident, arrest), pass on applications and documents to the embassy, and certify signatures or life certificates. Passports and visas are not issued by an honorary consulate; they remain the responsibility of the embassy or a career consulate.
Other consulates and embassies in Basel
18 other countries are represented in Basel: Austria (honorary), Belgium (honorary), Czech Republic (honorary), France (consular agency), Germany (honorary), Italy (consulate), Luxembourg (honorary), Malaysia (honorary), Mali (honorary), Mexico (honorary), Monaco (honorary), Netherlands (honorary), Paraguay (honorary), Poland (honorary), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (honorary), Slovakia (honorary), Thailand (honorary), Tuvalu (honorary).
Maltese missions in Switzerland
Measured in a straight line from Basel, the nearest other Maltese office is the Honorary Consulate in Zurich (Zollikon) (about 86 km). The nearest embassy or career consulate is the Consulate General in Geneva (about 190 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Basel.
- Valletta – Embassy of Malta (responsible for Switzerland)
- Geneva (190 km) – Consulate General (Bern, Fribourg, Vaud, Valais, Neuchâtel, Geneva and Jura)
- Basel – Honorary Consulate (this page)
- Zurich (Zollikon) (86 km) – Honorary Consulate
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Details checked on 8 October 2026. Sources: Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) – list of the diplomatic and consular corps in Switzerland. Rules and opening hours can change. Confirm with the consulate before your visit.
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