Hi Lasuer/Rocky,

I was in the same situation as Rocky. I am US Citizen, my husband Canadian with a Swiss B Permit. I applied at the Swiss Embassy in US for my permit and my husband's company here in Switzerland applied for my "familiannachzug" (aka B Permit based on marrige) here in Switzerland and I was told I had to be out of Switzerland until it was issued, however during this time (like you didn't want to be away from my husband for 3 months) and since I had a US Passport and able to visit Switzerland up to 90 days I came back to Switzerland for 90 days and left again prior to the 90 days being up and returned to the US to wait for my permit which took another 6 weeks. Once the visa was issued, I picked it up at the Embassy in US and entered Switzerland again. Was a very painful waiting game. I don't know what is right or allowed but this is what I did.

Hestia