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Swiss customs

Entry, customs formalities when moving to or from Switzerland, clearance of private goods.

Foreign nationals in Switzerland

Entry, work and live in Switzerland as well as naturalisation and family reunification.

Withholding tax

What taxes are foreign employees required to pay?

Tax return

Filling out your tax return, salary statement, deducting donations etc.

Holidays in Switzerland

Road traffic, entry regulations, customs, emergency numbers, etc.

Holidays abroad

Travel documents, customs regulations, vaccinations, security situation, illness abroad, etc.

Relations Switzerland - EU

Consequences of the Swiss vote on the free movement of persons.

AHV

Number, Card, number, contributions, etc.

Speed limits and fines

What kind of fines and penalties do I risk to face when I drive over the speed limit?

Rent

Tenancy law: renting an apartment, how to go about giving notice, how to deal with rent increases and reductions, etc.

Passport and ID card

Ordering, validity, loss.

Moving home

Checklist, day off, notification of departure and registration

Debt enforcement: register

How do I order an extract certificate from the Debt Collection Register?

Buying a house or an apartment

Financing the purchase, forms of ownership, purchase contract etc.

Naturalisation

Regular and simplified naturalisation: requirements, costs, length

Minimum wages in Switzerland

Are there any provisions for minimum and average wages?

Self-employment

Getting started, insurances, occupational pension

Ticks

How and where to watch out for them?

Register unemployment

When and how do you need to register with the employment office or RAV?

Driving licence

Driving licence, learner’s licence, driving test.

Federal Council

Members, responsibilities, decisions.

Marriage

Wedding at the the register office, choice of last name, legal and economic consequences.

Maternity leave

How long is it and how much money do I get during this period?

Motorway sticker 2014

When do I need the motorway sticker? How much does it cost?

Family allowances

What does this amount to and where can you apply for it?

Employment contract

Model employment contract, terminating an employment contract, CEA.

Waste and recycling

Where to dispose of different kinds of waste.

Addresses of administrative authorities

SBB day passes

Do communes offer day passes? What is the price?

School holidays

When are the school holidays? Holiday calendar for the different cantons.

Death

Checklist in the event of a death, funeral, pensions for the surviving spouse and children of the deceased.

Job reference

Am I entitled to a job reference? What information must and can be included?

Filing a report

How to file a criminal complaint.

Register of Convictions

How to order an extract from the register of convictions.

Health insurance: entitlement to a reduction

Where can you apply for a premium reduction?

Work in the administration

Are you looking for work in the federal government, cantons, communes?

Old age pension

AHV, occupational and private pensions.

Studying at a university

University, ETH or university of applied sciences.

Value Added Tax

VAT rate, claiming back, forms

Inheritance

Succession law, will, certificate of inheritance, inheritance tax.

Lost and found

Lost property offices, found objects, missing animals.

Medically assisted reproduction

What procedures are approved in Switzerland?

Initiative

How is an initiative launched?

Alimony

In the event of a divorce, who is entitled to alimony?

Patient decrees

What you need to know and selection of patient decrees.

Divorce

Proceedings, alimony, child custody.

Pregnancy and birth

Benefits covered by health insurance, registration, names, parental custody.

Work

Working hours and absences, minimum wage, references, self-employment

Apprenticeship

How do you find an apprenticeship?

Ordering civil status certificates

Where should I order a certificate of origin, a marriage certificate, birth certificate or death certificate, etc.?