01Which citizenship, status or regional agreement creates the person's right to move/reside?
EU/EFTA citizenship under the free movement of persons: the Agreement on the Free Movement of Persons applies to any national of an EU or EFTA state, and thanks to freedom of movement EU/EFTA citizens can enter, live and work in Switzerland; EU/EFTA nationals taking up a job in Switzerland may stay without a residence permit for three months in a calendar year.
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Under which circumstances can the person reside: worker, self-employed, student, jobseeker, self-funded person or another recognised basis?
EU/EFTA nationals employed in Switzerland by a Switzerland-based company for up to three months fall under the notification procedure.
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Limits of the record- Any additional conditions remain unestablished; the three-month period must not be equated with a separate 90-working-day service rule.
- SEM - Notification procedure for short-term work in Switzerland
working days per calendar year. All that is required is prior submission of a notification form. The 90 working days per calendar year rule are calculated both for the company posting workers and for the posted worker.
For services to be rendered beyond this 90-day threshold, a work permit is required. There is no legal entitlement to this permit, however.
The online notification procedure also applies to companies based in Switzerland that would like to employ foreign workers for periods of up to three months. All that is required is submission of a notification form. If the intention is to employ a worker for longer than three months, then this person must request a Swiss residence permit or must satisfy the requirements for issuance of a cross-border commuter permit.
Companies or self-employed service providers must first create a user profile in the system. Each assignment carried out in Switzerland must be entered in
- SEM - Notification procedure, categories authorised under the notification procedure
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(Practical instructions on how to submit notification forms)
Contact details of cantonal authorities for the notification procedure
(German)
How to submit notification forms
The following categories of individuals are authorized to work in Switzerland for up to three months or 90 days per calendar year by virtue of the notification procedure:
EU/EFTA nationals who have been employed to work in Switzerland by a company based in Switzerland for a period of up to three months
Posted workers from a company based in an EU/EFTA member state, regardless of this worker’s citizenship. Third-state nationals, however, must have been admitted permanently in a labour market of an EU/EFTA member state before being sent to Switzerland. Generally speaking, this criterion is deemed to have been met if the individual has held a standard or per
What entry, registration or residence-document formalities remain?
No work permit is needed for employment not exceeding three months; instead commencement of the employment is subject to online notification by the Swiss employer, who submits the notification form no later than one day before the first day of work (work contracts of up to three months with a company based in Switzerland).
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Which non-member-country family members can accompany or join, and what broad rights do they receive?
The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm which non-member family members can join and their rights.
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Limits of the record- No exact active official source record and country-scoped substantive capture were available for this route at execution time.
When do permanent/long-term rights arise and what continuity, absence or retention conditions matter?
The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm when permanent rights arise and the continuity or absence rules.
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Limits of the record- No exact active official source record and country-scoped substantive capture were available for this route at execution time.
These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.
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