Procedures & Permits
Understand Swiss bureaucracy: from registering in your commune to the differences between L, B, and C permits. Step-by-step information based on real experience.
- Residence permits in Switzerland: L, B, C and differences
- Complete checklist: procedures when arriving in Switzerland the first month
- Moving to Switzerland from Spain: step-by-step guide
- How to register when arriving in Switzerland (Inhabitants Control)
- Family reunification in Switzerland: how to bring your family
- Swiss citizenship and the naturalization process by residence
- Spanish consulates in Switzerland: where they are and what procedures they do
- Arriving in Switzerland without a job: what you can do and what you can't
- Can I work in Switzerland before having a physical permit?
- Recognition of foreign diplomas in Switzerland
- The A permit in Switzerland: work yes, live no
- "Work permit" in Switzerland: the term that does not exist
- The Facilitated Naturalization Process in Switzerland
- Maintain Spanish nationality? Be careful, it is not automatic…
- EES... what is it?!
- In Switzerland, even walking you can lose your license
- No, your Swiss permit does not open the border for you
- “First and second class citizens”: the scandal in Swiss naturalizations
- Driving a bus through Switzerland… without permission or papers
- Can my Swiss residence permit be paused if I leave for a few months?
- Every once in a while it happens again: someone trusts, sends money in advance so that they can “process their residence permit” or “find them a job.”
- Naturalization: Switzerland says “simplify”, but with the handbrake on
- Moving from one canton to another: be careful with your residence permit
- C PERMIT IN SWITZERLAND: WHO NEEDS FIDE AND WHO DOESN'T
- When your B permit stops being “at source” because your partner is Swiss or has C
- List of countries with dual nationality published by Legalteam I have seen a Legalteam article circulating where a list of countries with which E
- Driving at 129 km/h in a 40 zone with a stolen car: and now expulsion?
- This is how the Swiss Government really works (and why no one here rules as much as you think)
- Spanish residence permit is not an open door!
- Does Zurich skip naturalization interviews? Yes… but with nuances.
- Many migrants in Switzerland do not ask for social assistance for fear of losing their permit
- The AVS in Switzerland: how it really works and why tables matter more than you think
- Permits in Switzerland: what you pay, who pays it
- Switzerland and dual nationality: no longer the exception, it is the norm
- Dual nationality: what really changes and what doesn't
- The topic of naturalization comes up again and the same question always appears:
- Can you lose your C permit for being unemployed?
- Registration and "registration" in Switzerland: not the same
- Can you work in Switzerland without still having your residence permit in hand?
- On June 14, Switzerland votes on whether to limit its population to 10 million
- Permit C: five years later, there is something to ask for
- The 90-day rule in Switzerland: what confuses many Spaniards
- Permits in Switzerland (L, B, C): checklist, typical errors and real cases
- La nacionalidad suiza: lo que hay que saber antes de pedirla, y la trampa que nadie te avisa
- "Suiza cambia las normas": cuando el titular de la prensa española da más miedo que la realidad
- La cuenta bancaria en Suiza: lo que nadie te explica bien cuando llegas
- El EES ya funciona en toda Europa: lo que implica si tienes familia que viene de fuera de Schengen
- The 14 June initiative does not deport anyone with a permit. But in the groups, the opposite is being claimed.
- Buying a second-hand car in Switzerland: the number plate belongs to the owner, not the car
- The Swiss criminal record extract: how to request it and what you’ll need it for
- https://www.espanolesensuiza.ch/
- On June 14, Switzerland votes on whether 9 million is already too many
- You've been in Switzerland for years and have never signed up for the Spanish consulate. You're not alone.
- You have dual Swiss nationality and completed your military service in another country. Parliament has just voted that this may no longer count
- You want to bring your partner or children to live with you in Switzerland. There are conditions, time limits and differences depending on the type of permit you hold.
- Switzerland is set to experience a level 3 heatwave this week. It is the second one this year.
- In Switzerland, you can move to another canton without losing your residence permit. But there are administrative procedures, deadlines and tax implications that nobody tells you about
- Tuesday's storm left 10,000 people without a flight in Zurich. And the company doesn't owe you compensation
- You want to bring your partner or children to live with you in Switzerland. There are conditions, time limits and differences depending on the type of permit you hold.
- You’ve been living in Switzerland for years and you’re on holiday in Spain. At some point during the trip, something starts to feel a bit off