The Honorary Consulate of Paraguay in Lugano is a volunteer-run office led by honorary consul Andrea Lenzin. It assists Paraguayan citizens in Ticino; passport and visa applications go to the Paraguayan Embassy in Paris.
Contact Details
| Address | Via Domenico Fontana 14, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland |
| Telephone | +41 91 922 02 20 |
| Fax | +41 91 921 24 49 |
| andrea@lenzin.legal info@lenzin.legal |
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| Head of Mission | Andrea Lenzin, Honorary Consul |
| Consular district | 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 Lugano
Paraguay is represented in Ticino by honorary consul Andrea Lenzin, in office since 2019. Visits work by prior arrangement only. Contact details: call +41 91 922 02 20 and e-mail andrea@lenzin.legal – replies may take a few days.
Which Paraguayan office issues passports and visas?
Formal consular services – passports, certificates and visas – are provided by the Paraguayan Embassy in Paris.
Note: Paraguay has no embassy in Switzerland; the embassy responsible for Switzerland is in Paris.
Contact details of the Paraguayan Embassy in Paris, as listed on its page in this directory:
- Address: 1 Rue Saint-Dominique, 75007 Paris, France
- Telephone: +33 1 42 22 85 05
- Email: embaparfrancia@mre.gov.py
- Opening hours: Monday to Friday 09:00–17:00
- Website: www.mre.gov.py/embapar-francia/index.php/fr
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 Paraguay and approved by the host country. Depending on the powers granted, the honorary consul can help Paraguayan 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 Lugano
23 other countries are represented in Lugano, among them: Albania (honorary), Austria (honorary), Belgium (honorary), Bulgaria (honorary), Czech Republic (honorary), El Salvador (honorary), Finland (honorary), France (consular agency), Germany (honorary), Greece (honorary), Hungary (honorary), Italy (consulate general), Mauritius (honorary), Philippines (honorary), Poland (honorary), Portugal (consular agency), Romania (honorary), South Africa (honorary), Spain (honorary), Sweden (honorary). The full list of all 24 missions is on the overview page for Switzerland.
Paraguayan missions in Switzerland
Measured in a straight line from Lugano, the nearest other Paraguayan office is the Honorary Consulate in Basel (Pratteln) (about 200 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Lugano.
- Paris – Embassy of Paraguay (responsible for Switzerland)
- Basel (Pratteln) (200 km) – Honorary Consulate
- Lugano – Honorary Consulate (Ticino) (this page)
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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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