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I came to Switzerland using the 3 month tourist visa, I couldn't apply for my permit until my husband got his. They took their time getting his permit to him, which meant i went over my 3 month tourist visa, as soon as he received his permit i went and registered for mine and told them that I had entered the country 8 days earlier no questions asked, i don't necessarily want to condone this but it wasn't a big issue. Also not wanting to sound negative but we moved to Switzerland in January this year we put our house on the market in December 05 and to be honest we just stupidly assumed it would sell pretty quickly, its still on the market now 9 months later - hopefully you'll have more luck than us!
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Sending you positive house-selling vibes. The UK market is - well, very different from what I'm used to in the US. Fortunately we are in a great area, and the market seems strong. The estate agent said he could have sold our house three times over - in fact people who were too late to get ours were knocking on our neighbour's door asking if they wanted to sell! So fingers crossed all the way round . . .
My husband is Swiss, so I don't have to wait on any kind of permit with him. I just found a link and emailed the embassy in London and will see what they advise.
Nicky - what kind of documentation did you have to provide with your application?
I am currently scrambling to get an "Issued within the last 6 months" copy of my birth ceritificate (from Alaska!) so we can register our marriage and our daughter's birth. We've been a little slack administratively
and they didn't like the fact that we sent originals that hadn't been issued in the past 6 months (ie. marriage certificate 8 years old by now). Wacky, wacky stuff - but that's another thread. I'm just hoping if I need all this for a visa that I can finally convince the state of Alaska that I am who I say I am so I can get my daughter her Swiss passport. We've been lazy and she's just been travelling on her US one.