diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 82cfc4e957..98c496b655 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 .idea
 composer.lock
 vendor
+.vs/*
+
diff --git a/src/Validator.php b/src/Validator.php
index 2b943b1d12..33f15de4e5 100644
--- a/src/Validator.php
+++ b/src/Validator.php
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
 class Validator {
 
     /**
-     * Regular expression patterns per country code
+     * Regular expression patterns per EU country code
      *
      * @var array
      * @link http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/faq.html?locale=lt#item_11
      */
-    protected static $patterns = array(
+    protected static $eu_patterns = array(
         'AT' => 'U[A-Z\d]{8}',
         'BE' => '(0\d{9}|\d{10})',
         'BG' => '\d{9,10}',
@@ -45,12 +45,26 @@ class Validator {
         'SK' => '\d{10}'
     );
 
+    /**
+     * Regular expression patterns per NON EU country code
+     *
+     * @var array
+     * @link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAT_identification_number
+     */
+    protected static $non_eu_patterns = array(
+        'CH' => 'E\d{9}'
+    );
+
+    protected $patterns;
+
     /**
      * VatValidator constructor.
      *
      * @param Vies\Client $client        (optional)
      */
     public function __construct( Vies\Client $client = null ) {
+        $this->patterns = array_merge(self::$eu_patterns,self::$non_eu_patterns);
+        
         $this->client = $client;
 
         if( ! $this->client ) {
@@ -70,11 +84,11 @@ public function validateFormat( $vatNumber ) {
         $country = substr( $vatNumber, 0, 2 );
         $number = substr( $vatNumber, 2 );
 
-        if( ! isset( self::$patterns[$country]) ) {
+        if( ! isset( $this->patterns[$country]) ) {
             return false;
         }
 
-        $matches = preg_match( '/^' . self::$patterns[$country] . '$/', $number ) > 0;
+        $matches = preg_match( '/^' . $this->patterns[$country] . '$/', $number ) > 0;
         return $matches;
     }
 
@@ -104,5 +118,7 @@ public function validate( $vatNumber ) {
        return $this->validateFormat( $vatNumber ) && $this->validateExistence( $vatNumber );
     }
 
-
+    public function getPatterns() {
+        return $this->patterns;
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Vies/Client.php b/src/Vies/Client.php
index c16869fb8a..e06327f9f1 100644
--- a/src/Vies/Client.php
+++ b/src/Vies/Client.php
@@ -43,7 +43,25 @@ public function checkVat( $countryCode, $vatNumber ) {
         } catch( SoapFault $e ) {
             throw new ViesException( $e->getMessage(), $e->getCode() );
         }
-
+        
         return (bool) $response->valid;
     }
+
+    public function getVatHolderInfo($countryCode, $vatNumber, $throwExc = false){
+        try {
+            $response = $this->client->checkVat(
+                array(
+                    'countryCode' => $countryCode,
+                    'vatNumber' => $vatNumber
+                )
+            );        
+        } catch( SoapFault $e ) {
+            if (! $throwExc)
+                return null;
+                
+            throw new ViesException( $e->getMessage(), $e->getCode() );
+        }
+
+        return $response;
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/ValidatorTest.php b/tests/ValidatorTest.php
index bdb37ee3fd..906d3a2913 100644
--- a/tests/ValidatorTest.php
+++ b/tests/ValidatorTest.php
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public function test_validateFormat() {
             'SE123456789012',
             'SI12345678',
             'SK1234567890',
+            'CHE112233445',
         ];
 
         $validator = new Validator();
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ public function test_validateFormat() {
             'SI1234567',
             'SK123456789',
             'fooGB999999973', // valid VAT number but with string prefix
+            'CHE11223344',
         ];
 
         foreach( $invalid as $format ) {