Hello, I got a job in Switzerland I am not from the EU my company is tramitting my working permit I ma not sure if they will get an L or a B, but I would like to move to Switzerland with my boyfriend who is from the EU, does anybody knows if he will be granted a working permit as well?
Thanks

Assuming your partner is from the Netherlands or another 'old' EU country then he has the right to work in Switzerland.

Hi Folks,
I suppose my question is answered in these forums several times, but I am not able to find them at the moment. So I ask one more time about work permits of non EU spouses(non married)..sorry for that..
I am a Turkish citizen, living and working in Australia more than a year and my bf, a Swede citizen, got a job offer from Zurich. We are together for a year but not married and considering that we are just beginning of our 20's, we don t think to get marry for the next 5 years.
Since he is from Sweden, his visa process is quite straight-fwd. But for me;
Is there any possiblity of my being granted a work visa? if yes, could u give me any advise how to do it?
Thanks heaps!

I see it's an old thread, but the question will always be here.
I got my visas (D) from the consulate in Chicago today.
They didn't know (want to tell me?) what permit I will get in Switzerland.

I called the HR of the University which hires me in CH. And they answered, that I am on L-permit. And it will not allow my wife to work.

We are Bulgarians, which is an EU member and recently allowed by a referendum in CH to work in the country.

If your contract is for less than 1 year then it´s normal to get an L permit, even if you are EU.

Richard, could you possibly provide links from the government pages about this for me to investigate? I'm non-EU but my wife is, and if I can switch my L-permit to a B based on my wife's UK citizenship it will resolve a lot of headaches.

Does it by any chance involve employment on her side? Besides her occupation (fashion design) not being the most demanded in Zurich, personal circumstances don't allow her to work for another year or so..

can't help with links but what you're looking for will come under 'family re-unification' laws. possibly the quickest and easiest thing to do would be to go to your local permit office and tell them 'hey i'm married to an EU'er and she has a B-permit, i think i'm entitled to one too. Can you fix it for me?'

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To which they'll respond "Hey, an EU'er can only receive a B residence permit to the extent that s/he is gainfully employed or otherwise has enough financial means through the exercise of an independent activity. So no, sorry, we can't fix it for you either."

so being married to someone who is gainfully employed is not "an independent activity"?

i have also a related question my wife is from the new EU countries and am a student with B permit non EU can my wife get a B permit or L please i need your advice on this issue thanks

If you want to be friends with the EF don't repeat questions in different threads .

Bonjour tout le monde,

I am here with my fiancee on a tourist visa and he has a working permit (L) to stay and work within Switzerland. I want to find out what my options are to stay with him as I am a dependant and don't mind if I don't find work. We are both non-EU from Australia.

I also have a working holiday visa for France which I hold for up to a year, which can be another option but my priority is to stay in Switzerland with him.

I noticed the thread speaks about spouses, and getting married would be easier but alas we are getting married next year.

Any feedback or help will gladly be rewarded with a refreshing beer.
Cheers
SM.

I cant help you re L permit info but you need to call or go the canton office ASAP to start the ball rolling if you are there and want to stay there. But first use this website to find advice/similar situations so you know your options and what's allowed and not allowed.

It might help that you are engaged but with you already inside the Schengen for 90 days, you won't have a lot of time left to get the approval before you have to leave. However the working holiday visa in France might entitle you to stay in Switzerland for more than 90 days at a time - I'd check on that one.

IF they can't help you there and you have to come home, go to: http://www.bfm.admin.ch/bfm/en/home/...sformular.html (hope the link worked) What it's a link of, is a Visa D long stay visa for Switzerland for family re-unification, work etc but you have to be in Australia to apply and it can take 2-4 months to be approved (and it's not for fiances but spouses but hey you can still apply if they let you - they are letting me for different reasons). Not sure how you'd go if you already have a French work visa valid.

The Swiss consulate in Sydney (embassy can't help with visas) told me you cannot apply for a permit IN Switzerland while you're simply a tourist there, however you will find random stories on EF where people have applied direct to the canton, while being a tourist and been approved.

If you type in certain words in the "search" function you'll find a heap of threads relating to this..L permit, Dependant, Student visa non EU etc. that will help you more than some official channels can....

You could try looking into student permits if you're keen to study something like German maybe? I might be too old to apply I just discovered Also if you get a permit I think you'll find you won't be able to work anyway because you're both non-EU (unless you find a Swiss job and they apply for a work Permit B for you).

Good luck - I'm in a similar position (not engaged) but mine is with a Swiss Citizen and I still have "buckleys chance" (as we like to say) of having the visa approved (I think but I'm hoping like crazy I'm wrong).

Hi, everyone.
Probably you can help me too.
I'm going to work in canton Basel-Land (B-permit). And, as I've heard, I should live at the same canton.
I am arrving with my wife. She can looking for a work only in Basel-Land, or in other canton too, for example Basel-Stadt?
And other question: she is a finansist in bank (Russia). Is it possible to find work in banking area? Deutsch is on about B2 level, English worst.