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1 pathwaysFamily
11 pathwaysUK acquired-rights family reunification
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Recorded route source ↗Family reunification for a recognised refugee
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Recorded route source ↗Family reunification with an EU/EFTA citizen
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Recorded route source ↗Foreign foster or pre-adoption child residence
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Recorded route source ↗Family reunification with a third-country L-permit holder
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Recorded route source ↗Family reunification with a provisionally admitted F-permit holder
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Recorded route source ↗Family reunification with a third-country C-permit holder
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Recorded route source ↗Family reunification with a third-country B-permit holder
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Recorded route source ↗Family reunification with a Swiss citizen
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Recorded route source ↗Entry and residence for marriage preparation in Switzerland
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Recorded route source ↗Ci permit for qualifying family of diplomatic or international-organisation staff
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Recorded route source ↗Free movement
8 pathwaysEU/EFTA B permit — employment of at least twelve months
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Recorded route source ↗EU/EFTA job-seeker stay
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Recorded route source ↗EU/EFTA G permit — self-employed cross-border commuter
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Recorded route source ↗EU/EFTA L permit — employment from three to under twelve months
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Recorded route source ↗EU/EFTA self-employed service up to 90 working days — notification
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Recorded route source ↗EU/EFTA posted-worker service up to 90 working days — notification
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Recorded route source ↗EU/EFTA G permit — employed cross-border commuter
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Recorded route source ↗EU/EFTA employment up to three months — notification
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Recorded route source ↗Humanitarian protection
10 pathwaysTemporarily admitted refugee — F permit
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Recorded route source ↗Recognition as a stateless person
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Recorded route source ↗Provisional admission — F permit
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Recorded route source ↗Asylum application and N-permit procedure
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Recorded route source ↗Temporary stay for trafficking victim, witness or protected cooperating person
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Recorded route source ↗Recognised refugee with asylum — B permit
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Recorded route source ↗Protection status S for qualifying Ukraine-displaced persons
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Recorded route source ↗Serious personal hardship B permit — unregulated stay
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Recorded route source ↗Humanitarian entry visa
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Recorded route source ↗UNHCR resettlement admission
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Recorded route source ↗Living from your own income
2 pathwaysLong-term residence
9 pathwaysC settlement permit after ten years — ordinary route
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Recorded route source ↗Asylum-sector hardship B permit after five years
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Recorded route source ↗Status S hardship B permit after five years
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Recorded route source ↗Readmission after a former Swiss B or C permit
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Recorded route source ↗F-permit to B-permit hardship conversion
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Recorded route source ↗UK pre-2021 acquired residence or work rights
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Recorded route source ↗Independent residence after separation, divorce or sponsor death
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Recorded route source ↗Early C settlement permit after five years of successful integration
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Recorded route source ↗C settlement permit after five years — treaty or reciprocal nationalities
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Recorded route source ↗Medical treatment
1 pathwaysShort stays and visits
2 pathwaysSpecial cases
2 pathwaysStarting a business
3 pathwaysStudy
3 pathwaysTalent and merit
3 pathwaysTransit
1 pathwaysWork
7 pathwaysCross-border service exceeding 90 working days
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Recorded route source ↗UK national work permit under post-2020 third-country rules
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Recorded route source ↗Third-country G permit — cross-border commuter
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Recorded route source ↗Third-country B permit — employee
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Recorded route source ↗Intra-company manager or essential-specialist transfer
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Recorded route source ↗Third-country L permit — short-term employee
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Recorded route source ↗UK cross-border service up to 90 days — notification
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Recorded route source ↗Youth mobility
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