What is the Language passport?

The Language Passport proves your ability to communicate in one or more of the national languages: French, German and Italian. It is also recognised by the authorities when enrolling for further training courses or when applying for a new job.

You will receive your passport after having passed the language test fide.

The fide language test is divided into two sections. “Speaking (Oral) and Listening” (2*20 minutes) and “Reading and Writing” (introduction approx. 15 minutes, test 60 minutes). Oral and writing skills are assessed separately and there is also an option to enroll for only one section.

The complete test meets the requirements for the Naturalisation process. Both sections need to be passed with a minimum score of A2 for the writing and B1 for the oral examination. Individual test preparation courses can be arranged. For more information, please contact our secretariat.

You will receive your language certificate by mail with your results about four weeks after having done the language test at the inlingua Biel centre.

Further information available on the fide website: fide for language learners: News (fide-service.ch)

If you want to see how the fide language test is structured, you can download the model test here: