How to Immigrate into Switzerland

If Moving To Switzerland is Something that Interests You…Here’s a Detailed Insight on How to Get Started

Are you thinking of  How to Immigrate into Switzerland? This piece would provide a detailed insight into how you can immigrate to Switzerland.

Just like folks of stone age known as hunters and gathers, people of modern age also wander around the world in search of greener pastures but in a more advanced way with series of protocols because most countries are now controlling their population in accordance to resources at their disposal. Some countries demand a visa before you can get access to their country while some don’t. in this article, I’d walk you through on how to immigrate to Switzerland.

Why Switzerland?

Just like I said earlier on, people move around in search of greener pastures, Switzerland has been proven to contain a lot of greener pasture that people can niche on with ease, Switzerland has a great economy, has a reasonable amount of job vacancy with attractive pay than most countries in Europe, her education system, health care and standard of living is second to none.

Basic things you ought to know before immigrating to Switzerland

Capital…Bern

Timezone…. UTC +1

Currency…. Swiss franc (CHF)

Population…. 8.5 million

Official languages…French, German, Italian and Romansh

Dialing….+41

Emergency number…112

Driving… on the right side

How to immigrate to Switzerland

We all know Switzerland is not part of the European Union EU but belong to the European Free Trade Association EFTA. EU countries and EFTA are joined together by the EEA European Economic Area due to this usually free movement between the members of these countries. EU and EFTA citizens do not require a visa to enter Switzerland, but they need to apply and register for a Swiss residence permit if they want to stay there for longer than 3 months.

So if your country does belong to the EU or EFTA you will have to apply for a Swiss long-stay Visa before you will be allowed into their country. Afterward, you can enter Switzerland and apply for a Swiss Residence Permit.

If you want to immigrate to Switzerland you must follow these steps

• Apply for either a Swiss work visa if you want to work in Switzerland but you have to be a contract staff with a Swiss employer, study visa if you have the intention to study in Switzerland and you need to have a certificate of enrollment before you can apply and family visa this visa is for foreigners that want to join their family member who is or are a permanent resident or citizen of Switzerland. Each visa has it own terms and conditions.
• Apply for a necessary residence permit
• Apply for a Swiss residence permit which is the permanent residence permit

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