Hello,

I am a non-EU citizen woking here in CH. In my B Permit, what does this mean -

Austellungsort Und Datum Des Beginns Der Goltigkeit ( )

How flexible is this type of a B Permit in terms in terms of working in a different canton and different company.

THANKS

You are missing a Ü in there. "Austellungsort Und Datum Des Beginns Der Goltigkeit"

Then you can use a dictionary or Google translate. Permit is not very flexible.

http://translate.google.ch/?hl=en&tab=wT

Austellungsort Und Datum Des Beginns Der Gültigkeit / Place of issue and date of beginning of validity ( 5.3 ) on this Fact Sheet

B permits are usually tied to the company you work for as they have to get permission to have them issued. I'm not sure it's exactly the same now, but companies used to have to prove that they couldn't find any Swiss people who had the skills they needed before the permit would be issued, allowing them to hire non-Swiss.

If you want to move to another company, then they'd probably have to get another permit issued for you or transferred to them, whether it's in the same canton or a different one.

If you stay in Switzerland long enough, you'll eventually be eligible for a C permit and then you can change companies/cantons without problems.

Unless you are married to a Swiss.

Tom

Thanks forum members