I have a South African driver's licence. Since I am not planning to leave Swisserland and I would like to convert my licence to a Swiss licence. I understand that I have to make this conversion within a year. I have just found a nugget of information, in very small print (and it's not the 1920 x 1200 resolution on my monitor) that states I have to have registered at my cantonal road traffic office within 14 days of moving to Switzerland. Can anyone confirm this?

I have a permanent contract of employment but an 'L' permit, which I have to renew in November when I hope to get a 'B' permit (I could get an 18 month contract on my apartment, a permanent contract of employment, but an 'L' permit ???).

I have sent an email for information to the Strassenverkehrsamt, but would like to know if anyone has any other info that could be handy.

Regards.