Swiss citizenship can be acquired in a number of ways: by marriage, by maternal or paternal descent, if you are a child with a parent with Swiss citizenship, have been recognised as a stateless child, if you believe you have been a Swiss citizen for […]
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June is Pride month in most countries around the world, including Switzerland, and although it is now behind us the misinformation and challenges continue. Pride month in Switzerland is generally known for the large and colourful parade held by the LGBTQIA+ community in Zürich every
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Before you can apply for a C Permit: If you are moving to Switzerland for longer than three months you are required to apply for an L Permit or a B Permit. An L Permit is granted for foreign nationals who have an employment contract
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Article by Cristina Quesado Spring is a great time to clean your Papers and Finances Now that we are seeing more sun and the flowers are blooming, Spring Cleaning comes to mind. It is important to remember to give some attention to our papers and
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Today Switzerland voted on several motions and 59% of the voting population turned up at the urns. You can read up on the content of the motions in these two posts: The Begrenzungsinitiative explained, The Other Referendums explained. The results are: The Limited Immigration –
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This Sunday September 27 is going to be a busy day at the urns. Not only have we 5 issues to vote on nationally (which you can read about here and here) but another 3 topics to vote on specific to Lucerne. We explain these
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On Saturday September 27 the nation will be voting on 5 different topics. We covered the most controversial last week, the “limited immigration initiative”, which you can read about here. Four national referendum topics remain to be covered. Änderung des Jagdgesetzes – Amendment the hunting
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On the 27th of September the Swiss population will be called back to the urns to vote on a series of initiatives. The one that is creating the most headlines is the “Begrenzungsinitiative”: the “moderate immigration”,initiative launched by the SVP. The “Schweizerische Volks Partei” is
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Just as time waits for no one, it seems that politics doesn’t care about lockdown as this Sunday we will be having both our local parliamentary elections as well as voting in our new local councillors and mayor. To be honest, even with all the
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You need to know that in Switzerland we have an organisation called the Child and Adult Protection Agency (KESB) looking after the interests of anyone who is temporarily incapacitated, so should you or your loved one be unable to make decisions for themselves then the
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