B permit for EU national with temporary address

Visas, Permits, Passports and Naturalization
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I will move to Switzerland soon (Zürich area), however in the beginning I will have temporary address for 1-2 months, e.g. Airbnb. My question is when I apply for B permit, will they require rent contract, and if so, will they accept this kind of temporary contract? Thanks.

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Following as I may be in the same situation soon (but non-EU).

Isn't it the case that you require a permit to apply for a rental contract in the first place?

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I guess you first get a permit, then you get a bank account, then you get a rental contract. (This is only my assumption I hope somebody walked through this path and can help.)

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It depends; check with your cantonal migration office because some cantons accept AirBnB and others don’t.

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Thank you, can you list which cantons are accepting?

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You don't need a rental contract, just an accommodation address where they can contact you. Several of our recent joiners (pre-COVID) stayed in hotels or short term accommodation which don't have a contract.

At least this is the case if you have an employment contract, which is far more important to them.

When I moved they (SG) were also happy to take a rental contract which started in the future, since my planned residence canton was different to the one where I was employed.

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No, because I don’t know which ones do and which don’t.

A confirmed booking form for the period you’re going to be staying there should be sufficient providing the canton accepts AirBnB to start with.

The problem you can get is that permits get mailed to you so you need to be able to put your name on the post box; not easy with a AirBnB. Can you give your employer’s business address for the permit application so it can be sent there instead?

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Ok, thanks, anyone who knows how authorities handling this in Zurich and Zug, would be good to hear.

I will have unemployed application with financial proof, therefore no employer address, BUT I can get Swiss mail forwarding address, however it is also a question if they accept that....

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You’re not going to get a B permit in that case. Best you can hope for, if they give you a permit at all, is a 3 month L job seeker permit. That’s providing they consider your finances enough to survive on for that period. You may not even be able to apply for a permit since EU nationals can be here for up to 3 months as tourists to look for work. Usually only after that period would they consider issuing you with an L job seeker permit for another 3 months providing you still have sufficient funds to support yourself.

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Do you maybe know what they consider sufficient funds? I guess you prove that by showing bank account information or there's something more formal?

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Usual figure to work to is CHF100 per person per day. So around CHF9k for 3 months and CHF18k for 6.

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https://www.lexology.com/library/det...b-7bbce6f6c895

I will apply without gainful activity, and can provide sufficient amount proof.

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If you don’t plan to work, then the above calculations are irrelevant. It’s entirely up to the canton to decide what they consider to be sufficient funds and that may differ widely from what you consider that figure to be.

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That seems pretty low, at least to me. I wonder if 3K per month is considered sufficient funding in order to get a permit. Especially as a furnished apartment or air b&b is probably pretty expensive.

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Are you planning to come in to Switzerland as a job seeker, with your own private income source, or with a plan to start your own businesss ?

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B permit needs to allow several buy to let flats buying.

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Are you sure you need B permit for that?

https://www.sequoiaconsulting.ch/en/...the%20purchase .

(point 4)