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EU/EFTA G permit — employed cross-border commuter

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Which 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 work in Switzerland; EU/EFTA cross-border commuters are EU/EFTA nationals who reside in an EU/EFTA member state and work in Switzerland (employed or self-employed).

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Under which circumstances can the person reside: worker, self-employed, student, jobseeker, self-funded person or another recognised basis?

The basis is employed cross-border commuter status: the person resides in an EU/EFTA member state and works as an employee in Switzerland, and must as a rule return to their main place of residence abroad every day or at least once a week. Cross-border commuters are granted full professional and geographical mobility (no border zones): they may live anywhere in the EU/EFTA region and work anywhere in Switzerland.

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What entry, registration or residence-document formalities remain?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the entry, registration and residence-document formalities.

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  • No exact active official source record and country-scoped substantive capture were available for this route at execution time.

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 official source does not state when permanent or long-term rights arise for a cross-border commuter. The G permit is valid for five years where the employment contract is permanent or fixed-term for more than one year; where a fixed-term contract is valid for less than a year but more than three months, the permit is valid for the duration of that contract; where the period of employment is less than three months, no work permit is needed. Cross-border commuters must as a rule return to their main place of residence abroad every day, or at least once a week.

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  • SEM - G EU/EFTA permit (Cross-border commuters)
    The EU/EFTA cross-border commuter permit is valid for five years in the case of a fixed-term employment contract valid for more than one year or in the case of a permanent employment contract.
  • SEM - G EU/EFTA permit (Cross-border commuters)
    If a fixed-term employment contract is valid for less than a year but for more than three months, the period of validity of the cross-border commuter permit is identical to the duration of this employment contract. If the period of employment is less than three months, then no work permit is needed but the

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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