Life events
Start from what is happening in your life. Each page lists the procedures that can follow, with deadlines and official sources.
Arriving, moving or leaving
- Arriving in SwitzerlandVerified rulesRegistration within 14 days, the permit that fits your nationality, and health insurance within 3 months.
- Moving within SwitzerlandVerified rulesDeregistration, registration within 14 days, permits, vehicles and everything that follows from changing commune or canton.
- Leaving SwitzerlandVerified rulesDeregistration, health insurance, AHV, pension assets, taxes and vehicles before you move abroad.
Work and business
- Registering as unemployed in Switzerland: steps and deadlinesVerified rulesStart looking for work before unemployment. Register with your regional employment centre by the first day you claim benefits, then choose an unemployment fund.
- Becoming self-employedVerified rulesAHV recognition, VAT threshold, pension capital and the commercial register threshold.
- Starting a businessVerified rulesLegal form, commercial register, AHV, VAT — routed to EasyGov, the official one-stop shop.
Permits and official letters
Family and personal changes
- Having a childVerified rulesBirth registration, health insurance within 3 months, family allowance and parental leave.
- Getting marriedVerified rulesThe preparatory procedure at the civil register office, proof of legal residence, the ceremony window and what to report afterwards.
- Separation or divorceIn preparationPlanned: verified rules in preparation.
- A death in the familyIn preparationPlanned: verified rules in preparation.
- RetiringIn preparationPlanned: verified rules in preparation.