Work/residence permits in Switzerland
Work/residence permits in Switzerland
We do not only obtain work permits for your foreign employees, but also assist with obtaining the necessary permits for accompanying family members.
It is increasingly the case that residence permits need to be obtained for accompanying dependents such as parents who are no longer able to live alone or domestic partners. Oftentimes, sojourning children are already over 18 years of age and require a separate residence permit.
Thanks to our long-standing experience in advising on and obtaining work and residency permits in Switzerland, we can present you with an optimal solution, and accompany you at every stage of the process, regardless of the employee’s place of residence and/or work.
A typical visa/permit application process for a non-EU/EFTA national moving to Switzerland for the first time includes, among other things, the following:
- Evaluation of permit type
- Evaluation of remuneration
- Obtaining the work and residency permit in Switzerland
- Obtaining an entry visa for Switzerland
- Accompanying the applicant to register at the local authorities
- Accompanying the applicant for the collection of biometric data
- Obtaining a return visa (where necessary)
- Accompanying the applicant to an integration interview
Our key consulting services:
- Determining remuneration and permit type
- Obtaining work and residence permits
- Obtaining entry visas from Swiss embassy abroad and obtaining a return visa in Switzerland
- Accompanying the applicant during all official procedures
Obtaining work permits due to the relocation of a division
An Irish company has relocated its parent company from Dublin to Switzerland. Within 6 months, we obtained the corresponding permits for the entire workforce, which moved to Switzerland from Ireland, and also took care of the formalities.
The workforce comprised not just local employees and EU citizens but also 3rd-country nationals as most of the employees were on international assignments already.
BEST PRACTICES - A small selection of cases from our day-to-day work:
- Determining the necessary remuneration, obtaining work permits, and applying for the corresponding visas for specialist installers from Croatia for a project lasting for 4 months at 2 locations in Switzerland
- Obtaining cross-border permits in the canton of Ticino
- Obtaining work permits in all Swiss cantons
- Applying for 120-day permits in all of Switzerland
- Obtaining approval for students to take up part-time employment
