IHRS Info COVID; Approved rules for opening Swiss borders

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On May 27th the Swiss government agreed about rules to ease entry restrictions into Switzerland.

Rules starting June 8th for Business

  • Applications for residence (L, B) or cross-border commuter (G) permit from workers from EU/EFTA member states will be normally processed again.
  • Notifications for short-term deployments with an employer in Switzerland and for cross-border services (Expatriation) for a maximum duration of 90 days per year will be normally processed again.
  • Applications to employ workers from third countries will also be processed again, if the company can prove an important need. Important business reasons should be sufficient but should be strongly outlined in the justification.

Important: The applications and notifications will be processed again. The possibility of border crossing is later, see underneath.

Rules starting June 8th for Family

Family reunification will be possible again for all persons (all nationalities) with a permanent residence permit C, a residence permit B, or a short stay permit L.

Border crossing:

The opening of the borders with Germany, Austria and France was confirmed to be on June 15th, see Newsletter from May 14th. The opening date for the border with Italy is not confirmed yet.

The borders in the Schengen area should open latest on July 6th, this still has to be confirmed by the EU/EFTA states. The goal is that the free movement agreement can be fully re-established then.

SUMMARY: Permits and notifications will be normally processed again from June 8th. The entry into Switzerland of the concerned people should be latest possible:

  • June 15th; crossing the border from Germany, Austria and France
  • July 6th; from all other EU/EFTA states

Please don’t hesitate to contact International HR Services Ltd for further questions.