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24.03.2011, 09:31
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Hi all,
My better half and I have decided we are going to move to Switzerland. I am a non EU national and she is a Swiss citizen, we are both currently living in Africa. So yesterday we went to the consulate to get the forms I would need to be allowed enter and work, after reading a lot of posts I figured I would be getting a B permit but the lady at the consulate insisted I apply for a D permit (long-stay) and once in Switzerland I can apply for a work permit.
I guess my question is, is this the norm, did I understand her correctly? Does anybody have experience in the time lines for each visa? More than 3 months with no pay on my currency exchange won't be easy ):
Thank you for any possible assistance
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24.03.2011, 11:05
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I'm currently sitting in the pretty much the exact same situation. I am trying to find out more information right now from the company that my Wife is going to be working at.
I'll let you know as soon as I find something out if somebody cant explain it first
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24.03.2011, 12:21
| | Re: Quick spouse visa question | Quote: | |  | | | Hi all,
My better half and I have decided we are going to move to Switzerland. I am a non EU national and she is a Swiss citizen, we are both currently living in Africa. So yesterday we went to the consulate to get the forms I would need to be allowed enter and work, after reading a lot of posts I figured I would be getting a B permit but the lady at the consulate insisted I apply for a D permit (long-stay) and once in Switzerland I can apply for a work permit.
I guess my question is, is this the norm, did I understand her correctly? Does anybody have experience in the time lines for each visa? More than 3 months with no pay on my currency exchange won't be easy ):
Thank you for any possible assistance | | | | |
D = visa, not a work nor residence permit. It is a visa. You need it to enter Switzerland.
B Permit - the residence and work permit you will receive once you register at the local town hall.
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24.03.2011, 12:29
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Swissbob is absolutely right. You need a visa in order to enter Switzerland (even if you don't need it as a tourist; this is to come here to live). With that visa in your passport, you'll then go to the appropriate authorities and be issued with a residence/work permit.
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20.04.2011, 11:59
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Hi all, another question (:
Does anybody know or has anybody every applied for a B permit (reside and work) while only having a Type C Visa? Background info is I'm non-EU moving to Switzerland, my spouse is Swiss. They said I should apply for type D but that would take forever to get (home affairs is not too great at home) while Type C takes 10 days.
So can I get a type C visa, arrive in Switzerland and then apply for the B permit? The permit and visa entry seem to be handled completely separately, but they might send me home after taking one look at my type C visa and tell me to wait for the the Type D.
Thank you.
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20.04.2011, 12:29
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But there is only Type D visa is for long-term stay in Switzerland...
The type D visa doesn't take that long, I have a friend who is Italian working in Zurich and his Chinese wife got the type D visa in 18 days! You never know  Normally they said it takes 2 - 3 months.
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20.04.2011, 13:28
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| | Re: Type C Visa to B permit | Quote: | |  | | | But there is only Type D visa is for long-term stay in Switzerland...
The type D visa doesn't take that long, I have a friend who is Italian working in Zurich and his Chinese wife got the type D visa in 18 days! You never know Normally they said it takes 2 - 3 months. | | | | | Thanks, but does a B permit not allow you to stay as well, I mean once you have the B permit surely you don't need the Type D visa anymore?
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20.04.2011, 15:54
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| | Re: Type C Visa to B permit
You cant enter as a tourist (type C) and then stay on. You will have to leave the Switzerland and re-enter on a type D to get a B permit.
You could ask about getting the D visa stamped in a Swiss embassy other than the one in your home country.
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20.04.2011, 16:05
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| | Re: Type C Visa to B permit | Quote: | |  | | | You cant enter as a tourist (type C) and then stay on. You will have to leave the Switzerland and re-enter on a type D to get a B permit.
You could ask about getting the D visa stamped in a Swiss embassy other than the one in your home country. | | | | | Would you have to leave back to your own original country, or could you say, leave to a neighbouring EU country and just come back across the border?
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20.04.2011, 22:51
| | Re: Type C Visa to B permit | Quote: | |  | | | Would you have to leave back to your own original country, or could you say, leave to a neighbouring EU country and just come back across the border? | | | | | There are many examples of that practice on the forum. You can collect the visa at just about any Swiss embassy. However, if you needed a tourist visa, i.e. not in the visa waiver scheme, then this option may not be available.
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21.04.2011, 09:18
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Well Currently my Son and I both have C Visa's for Entry into Switzerland. We have applied already for our D Visa's. Though if it takes 12 weeks, we will have a problem as we are meant to leave in 8 weeks time.
What we were told we could do from the Embassy here, was have our passports sent back to SA (as the D Visa's would be here when ready) and anyone could take them for us, and the embassy would then put the D Visa in our Passports for us, and then we could have them sent back. This would save us a plane ticket back.
Though if we have to "leave" to get the stamps put in first, I might need to look into that.
Of course, we are hoping the Visa's will be ready in time and we wont have to go through all of that.
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