B permit after marriage Non EU for zurich Canton

Visas, Permits, Passports and Naturalization
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Hello Everyone

I am in process of marrying a swiss citizen in the canton of Zurich.I was told that I can app B permit that I should renew every year.

does anyone know how long does it take to get the B permit after marriage in the canton of Zurich as I heard it just takes to two weeks and can be able to renew in case I was working outside Switzerland?

Thanks

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It will most likely be a lot more than 2 weeks and yes, you need to be here to apply for it.

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You’re not supposed to be working outside of Switzerland. If you leave the country for more than 6 months at a time the permit will expire and you/spouse will need to apply for a new permit.

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Exactly. You can only have a B permit if you are going to be living here.

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do you have any idea,how long does it take on average

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There is no average, still a lot of delays due to Corona. But as (if) you are already here, this should not be an issue as you have applied for the permit.

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yes I am here based on visitor visa, but will not be able to look for work or start working until I have the permit in hand

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OP, you seem to have a number of threads about related topics, and sometimes the information you give seems to be contradictory or difficult to understand. I'm going to try to give you a bit of background.

For you as a non-EU, marrying a Swiss person, you and she will first have to prove several things:

You and she have to demonstrate that your and her relationship is real.

In Switzerland, many factors can be considered as proof of this. For example, evidence gathered over some months or years before you marry: photos of you both, together, on holiday, or visiting her family and yours flight or train tickets showing how you travelled backwards and forwards to visit each other letters or mails written over a long period souvenirs from events you've attended together, such as table reservations and show tickets.

She has to prove that she can support you financially.

That means that she: earns enough to pay for all of your living costs, including such matters as your medical insurance owns or rents a home that is large enough (by the Swiss definitions) for two people can show that her income is likely to be ongoing, so that she can carry this responsibility comfortably, without any contribution from you.

I have been told that it is also not permitted for the new, non-EU spouse to work for the first 6 months of the marriage. (Sorry, I do not have a link about this.) The idea behind this restriction is that the Swiss spouse must prove that she really can support the non-EU spouse without any contribution from him. Of course, this will not apply if the non-EU spouse was already living and working in Switzerland, on a permit of their own, before getting married.

Even once you are already married, the Swiss immigration authorities can continue to assess the legality of the marriage. It is considered a very serious offence for anyone to have a fake marriage. I'm not saying your marriage is fake , but the authorities can - and do - check on this and, if they identify a marriage as fake, they charge a fine, cancel the permit and require of the person to leave Switzerland.

Obtaining your permit

As others have written, there are delays at the moment, attributed to Covid. Some people have been waiting for many months.

You probably have a letter telling you how to apply, or a receipt from when you applied. That's generally accepted - at least within Switzerland - as a more-or-less substitute for the actual permit (for example if you have to prove your address or are stopped and checked by the police) so it's a good idea to carry that letter/receipt with you until you do get the permit.

However, it is not advisable to leave Switzerland just on the strength of that letter, as the immigration authorities may not let you back in if you cannot show your permit.

"Centrepoint of your life"

For all people living in Switzerland, the authorities use the concept of "centrepoint of your life" ". This is the way they decide where someone really lives. It includes such factors as: where you sleep at night where the items are that you use in everyday life, like your clothes and toothbrush where you keep your personal, sentimental treasures and any collections, e.g. books and music or equipment for your hobbies the zones for which you can show you have a public transport pass or a car parking permit the place from which you see your local doctor and dentist the place from which you participate in sports and cultural events.

If you have a firmly established centrepoint of your life, living together with your wife, then it is okay for you to travel away for a few days (within Switzerland until you have your permit, and outside of Switzerland only once you have your permit), and to return home. However, it would not be a good idea to leave your joint marital home repeatedly, or for a long time, as you could risk that your doing so will cast doubts on the truth of your "centrepoint".

Once you have been married and living together for over 6 months, and your wife has been able to support you all that time without difficulty, then you become much more free. You can earn your own money (although you and she will always be jointly responsible for paying taxes).

You and your wife can then freely make your own arrangements about how much either of you travels, and afterwards returns to your joint home and "centrepoint". Even then: do not try to live separately, and certainly not in two different cantons. It is possible, anyway, that your permit will be for one specific canton only, so that you would not get permission to live in another canton.