social welfare?? MY FRIEND is a apprentice and takes like 600chf per month,and live with his mother,but anyway his mother dont count in their financial spaces.so they can ask for social welfare seeing that his wife is just arrived and she never worked here,so she cant ask for things like unia to give her money she can ask only for find a job.soso for help him,a social welfare until he finish the school and his wife find a job,can be a good idea.oh and dont worry that hes not using his mom or something like this,just he taked this responsability the wife also(semm like a romantic story)so until he finish school and her find a job they can live like this.and of course they settle all with the family,(i say this just for dont hear bad things about him,im not saying that u will sy that but just for prevent).