I am living in Switzerland for 4 years and have paid unemployment insurance the whole time. Now I do not have job and looking for one. When I approached RAV they only paid me 70% of the 40% of total salary. Normally the payment is 70% of the total salary. When I asked why, they told me that since I lost job my B permit (non EU) became L permit and with this I am allowed to work only 40% so the unemployment is based on it.

What I do not understand is if its like this, why should I pay unemployment insurance same as EUs and Swiss? When I asked RAV and ALK about it, they replied "we understand you but rules are rules!!"

Do they know you are married to a Swiss? It's strange that they've "downgraded" your permit despite your marriage.

Did you become unemployed before you got married?

No doubt someone will be along with more sound advice but I definitely find it a bit odd.

A (married and non-EU) friend of mine is unemployed but maintained her B-Permit status after losing her job.

Did you register before you lost you job as you should or sometime after. I suspect that is the issue.

I was not yet married when I applied for RAV.

Could be I though to take 3 months of not working and thus did apply for RAV.

Inform them of your new circumstances and they may re-issue you with a B-permit.

This is one of their rules - you have to register with the RAV as soon as you know you are going to leave your job and you also have to start applying for jobs immediately. If you don't do any of this, they withhold payments. Beware, you have to work pretty hard on finding a new job to avoid future "fines".