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| I think the best option is to go to your secretary and ask her to talk to human resource deptt at the EPFL, and explain the situation. They could possibly put your permit application on fast track | |
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Be careful: the fast track is also the expensive track! Somebody helpful called for me the Immigration office, instead of 30-something CHF I ended up paying almost 100 CHF for my Ausländerausweis. This didn't even require me agreeing to such procedure.
As Germany is a Schengen country and Switzerland now, as well, you should not have any problems whatsoever to travel back and forth, an identity card is now enough - you dont even require to bring your passport with you. I would take it with me anyway, just to play safe, and also give the immigration office a call in advance, but don't worry too much.