C permit after Divorce

Visas, Permits, Passports and Naturalization
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Hello everyone,

I have a question regarding my situation. I am a non-EU citizen who is married to a Swiss citizen, and I obtained a C permit through marriage and good integration after living in Switzerland for 5 years.

Unfortunately, my spouse and I are planning to divorce or separate in the coming weeks, just 6 months after I received my C permit. I noticed that on my C permit, it is written "Familiengehöriger".

I would like to know if the divorce or separation will have any impact on my C permit. Will I be able to keep the same C permit, or will the immigration office issue a new one after the separation?

Additionally, once I register in my new municipality, do I need to inform the immigration office about the separation, or will this be done automatically?

Thank you all for your information and help!

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You may lose it.

Tom

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Hey Tom ,

Thanks for sharing your idea. can you provide more details?

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I checked different websites and in all they say the divorce doesnt affect the Permit C.

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"Familiengehöriger" is worrysome.

Tom

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Here’s an extract from the official Swiss site www.ch.ch . giving the general outline of how many aspects of life work here.
https://www.ch.ch/en/family-and-part…eign-nationals If you have a C permit, you can stay in Switzerland even if you are divorced.

If you were granted a B permit for the purpose of family reunification, you may only stay in Switzerland under certain conditions. For more information, see our text on residence permits in Switzerland. I don’t know for sure, but doubt that you’ll need a new, different C permit to be issued. At least not until much later: although they mean permanent residence, they’re re-issued every five years.

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You have to declare your marital status: married, separated or divorced , to each municipality in which you register, i.e. where you live now before you move and then again to the new one to which you move.

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Thanks a lot for you input🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

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If they move to a new commune/gemeinde then yes, they will have to get a new permit because their address has changed. Unless that has changed with the new credit card type permits.

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BTW , i applied through VINTA ( Vorzeitige Erteilung der Niederlassungsbewilligung) but still the Familiengehöriger is written on the C permit

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I think you should be ok, especially as you applied on your own merits.

My spouse and I had applied through VINTA as well, at the same time. I had been the main B holder, he the dependent; we both got the C, but on his C there is a remark "...analog Ehegattin" (analogous to the spouse) or something like that.

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Thanks for sharing🙏🏻

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You will be fine check my post regarding to same situation ,you must have job, speak german level B have no criminal record and never took social benefits than you are all fine check my post they will send you form to answer which i did.

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i moved to another geminde after divorce they never ask me to change permit or anything they just took copy of it and thats all this you change when you move to another canton.

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he don't need to change it will automatically change after 5 years when he will apply for renew

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it doesn't and will not don’t worry until you do crime or have no work or live on social

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Did they ask you to submit all these documents again?

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no they only asked to answer those question which i mention in my post like 20/21 Questions i had to answer thats it. and with them i only had to attach my work contract , police certificate that i have no criminal record , and certificate of no social benefits , last 3 months payslip thats all

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Did you get this form after you changed your address or when you initiated the divorce?

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after we officially separated. this has nothing to do with the change of address some married couple still live in different address, all this has to do when you make officially separation than they send this. one they will send to your wife also