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Old 20.03.2010, 00:32
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Re: Tips on finding jobs in Switzerland as a non-EU citizen

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Don't you think there would be any potential advantage to coming there in person to search for a job? I would think having to fly someone across the pond and put them up in a hotel would be a significant disadvantage when local candidates might be available. It seems to me that more responsibility rests with the job seeker when he is a foreigner and across the ocean.

But no one has yet told me whether it is permitted for a non-EU citizen to come to Switzerland explicitly to find a job. I am asking because there were restrictions like this for certain EU countries. I don't know about Switzerland though. This is why I am trying to ask advice from non-EU folks who have done this successfully.

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Carl
I don't know if you can come here on a tourist visa(if you need a visa) and search for a job but from my experience finding a job as a non-EU is very difficult because of the work permit process. I have had 2nd interviews canceled because I am non-EU and being already here with a resident's permit did not help. I don't know if the case is different for Americans or Australians (I am not of either) and I am a software developer.
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