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Moving to Switzerland - Registration Procedures

Information directly from the European Union on the practical aspects of moving to Switzerland: residency, moving cars, money, pets, finding a home, finding a school and more.
Contents:
Introduction

Moving to Switzerland
Registration Procedures
Moving Goods
Moving Financial Assets
Cars, Driving & Licences
Finding Accommodation
Finding a School
Moving Checklist

Living in Switzerland
The System
Incomes & Taxes
Cost of Living
Accommodation
Cultural & Social Life
Educational System
Private Life
Transport
The Health System

Social Security
Social Security in Europe
E forms: General Overview
General Organisation
Sickness Insurance
Family Insurance
Old Age Pensions
EU Health Card
Unemployment Benefits

Working in Switzerland
Finding a Job
Applications
Recognition of Qualifications
Kinds of Employment
Employment Contracts
Remuneration
Working Time
Vocational Training
Leave
End of Employment
Special Categories
Self-employment
Representation of Workers
Work Disputes
Registration Procedures
You and your family can enter and leave Switzerland on production of a valid identity card or passport. If the members of your family are neither EU nor Swiss citizens and if a visa requirement applies to their country of origin, a corresponding entry document, as well as, where appropriate, an extract from your judicial record, may be required. You must in any case register with your municipality of residence within eight days of your arrival; the municipality will forward your documents to the competent cantonal authorities.

You are entitled to stay in Switzerland for six months to seek work. After signing an employment contract, you can stay in this country and engage in gainful activity here. In accordance with the general principle of free movement, you have a right of entry and residence simply on production of an employment contract, a valid identity document and written confirmation of engagement by an employer or evidence of self-employed activity.

To engage in gainful activity, you need only produce at the cantonal employment office the document used to enter Swiss territory (passport or identity card) and written confirmation of engagement by an employer or a certificate of employment. If your employment contract is for less than one year you will be issued with an L EC/EFTA residence permit valid for the duration of the contract; in all other cases you will receive a B EC/EFTA permit valid for five years. Residence permits are valid for the entire territory of the host state (i.e. they allow geographical mobility).

Text last edited on: 04/2008

Source: European Union
© European Communities, 1995-2008
Reproduction is authorised.

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