The employer, for an employee
An employee who arrived five years ago speaks the local language and has settled with their family: the
early route can spare them five years of renewals.
Permits and family
The C permit after five years, for demonstrated integration
The law makes it possible to obtain settlement before the usual ten years. It requires demonstrated integration, and the authority only examines it on express application.
For whom
Who can apply for early granting
The private individual, for themselves
You have held a B permit for five years without interruption and your language level meets the requirement: we check
whether your file stands up and we draft the application.
The requirements of the law
Five years, integration, language at level B1
Our work
What we do for you
- Check of the five uninterrupted years under a B permit and of the periods excluded from the calculation
- Verification of the B1 oral and A1 written certificate, or of what stands in for it
- Presentation of the integration criteria of Art. 58a FNIA: public order, values of the Constitution, language, economic life or education
- Review of the integration of family members over twelve
- Drafting of the express application and filing with the cantonal authority
- Follow-up until the decision
The documents
What generally needs to be gathered
- Valid passport and current residence permit
- Language certificate at level B1 oral and A1 written, or equivalent evidence
- Evidence of gainful activity or education
- For children over twelve: school reports
- Depending on the canton: certificates on social assistance, extract from the debt enforcement register, criminal record extract
Fees
A flat fee per person
Early C permit
CHF 1,800
flat fee per person
The express application for a settlement permit after five years of uninterrupted residence under a B permit, for a well-integrated person.
- Check of the period of residence and of the periods excluded from the calculation
- Review of the language level required and of the documents that prove it
- Presentation of the applicant's integration, including that of family members over twelve
- Drafting of the express application, filing and follow-up
Indicative amounts, excluding VAT (Swiss standard rate of 8.1% since 1 January 2024). They are confirmed in writing before any engagement, on the basis of the actual file. For an employer established abroad, the service is deemed to be supplied abroad within the meaning of art. 8 para. 1 LTVA and the invoice is issued without VAT. For a private individual domiciled abroad, the VAT treatment is specified in the proposal.
Limits of the engagement
The decision rests with the authorities
The first step
Applying for the early C permit
Send us your residence history and your language certificate.
