Hi there,

Sorry about the long title, but basically that sums up my question.

I've been living and working in Switzerland for three months now. I'm quite settled down, got everything sorted... My girlfriend is going to join me soon, but the problem is that she doesn't have a job. We're not sure how to proceed in this respect. What I mean is, for example in terms of registration, should she register in the kreisburo ?, I thought about this and I was wondering if she could stay in here without getting registered for as long as her holidays period lasts. She is a EU citizens and she doesn't need to apply for visa to visit the country, but I'm not quite sure for how long... but that brings up another question, will she be able to seek a job without being registered in the kreisburo ?, because she'll start looking for something as soon as she sets foot in Zurich.

Then once this holidays period finishes she would have to register as a "job seeker" ? How doesn't it work exactly when you come to the country looking for a job ?. I came here already with a contract so I don't know how it is for those people who enter the country looking for a job.

Also I'm concern about opening a bank account because when I opened mine I needed to provide my contract. will she be able to open an account ?,

How about the health insurance ?, will she be able to get it without a job ?

Thanks a lot in advance

Fran

She can come here as a visitor for 3 months without any problems. As soon as she finds a job she needs to register.

http://www.ch.ch/private/00029/00030/index.html?lang=en

Tell her to bring her European medical card with her. For goodness sake don't get her pregnant!

If she goes back and registers as unemployed, she could get transferred here and come back again and register as unemployed.