hi. im a student taking a semester off this coming fall, us citizen, and i have an internship lined up at a firm in switzerland. i plan to live/work there for a period of 6 months. my only problem is that my start date is july 02, and the working visa application, to my knowledge, takes up to 6-8 weeks... and also that it is difficult and complicated to obtain one in the first place. does anyone know if there are any programs like BUNAC for switzerland? or an easier (and maybe faster, less complicated) way for a student to get a working visa? thanks!

Hi dpb,

You should look into CDS International to process a stagiare ("trainee" / internship visa.) (http://www.cdsintl.org/fromusa/iwapswitz.htm)
They are an organisation that processes the visa (given that you have the contract with the employer for your internship.)

More information is at http://www.swissemigration.ch/themen...x.html?lang=en

Hope this helps!