What must actually exist or be demonstrated: business plan, company, innovation, clients, contracts, economic activity, job creation or other substance?
The applicant must demonstrate that their self-employment will have a lasting positive effect on the Swiss labour market (overall economic interest). The applicant must submit a range of documents, including a business plan setting out the intended activities, market opportunities, plans to expand the number of staff employed (quantitative and qualitative), recruitment opportunities and planned investment, projected turnover and profit, plus information about existing connections with other companies, the company's certificate of incorporation and an extract from the commercial register.
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Limits of the record- The source does not explicitly require a company to already exist, innovation, clients, contracts, or job creation as separate elements; it lists documents that must be submitted, but does not state that all of these must already exist or be demonstrated beyond the submission of the documents.
- UK nationals coming to Switzerland to work from 1 January 2021, question 4
Besides giving proof of your qualifications and meeting other requirements, you need to show that your self-employment will have a lasting positive effect on the Swiss labour market (overall economic interest). You need to submit a range of documents, including a business plan setting out the activities you intend to engage in, market opportunities, plans to expand the number of staff employed (quantitative and qualitative), recruitment opportunities and planned investment, projected turnover and profit. You should also give information about existing connections with other companies and enclose your company’s certificate of incorporation and an extract from the commercial register.
