Swissbob, can you provide any more guidance here ? Is there particular wording that must be present in a contract to have any chance of being classified as an expat ?

I am soon to be relocating from the Sydney office of the company I work for to our Zurich office. I have enquired about expatriate status with some of the administrative staff there, but they are insisting that it is extremely difficult to get and not worth my while.

Since I am in the position of being able to write my own job description for the employment contract with the Zurich office, it would be handy to know if there is anything specific that must be in it before I do so.

Cheers,
CS