Hearing a few colleagues' companies are getting B pre-approval?

Visas, Permits, Passports and Naturalization
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Hello seasoned expats,

I heard from that a few of my colleagues (whom are non-EU from India, and US) that some companies are seeking Permit B pre-approval before offering them a contract to sign. Has this happened before? It seems these firms have some special power, or does this depend on the Canton?

Just curious, in case someone had insight.

Ciao.

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Hello.

This is the normal process. Think for a min, what kind of idiot would offer a contract without approval from cantonal office?

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That's what I thought too, but from what I read in this sub forum, a lot of companies hand out a contract before applying?

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It could rather be that they inform the prospective employee of the salary and terms of the contract prior to applying for the permit. But I can't imagine they'd present a contract to be signed before a permit is secured.

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The job must be one that an EU/CH national cannot be found for it. This can be determined without a specific candidate in mind.

In a sense this is ‘pre-approval’ but the actual candidate still must be approved. The job could be offered on the condition that approval is forthcoming.

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Thank you all. But this makes perfect sense! Must be a brain fart on my side.

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Non-EU contracts will likely contain a clause that says it’s subject to permit approval so even if signed if the permit is refused the contract will be null and void.

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Although it was almost 30 years ago, my tentative contract said actually that.

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Permits are based on quotas, there were always some smart companies that negotiated to have a sub-quota allocated to them that they could use as they wished.

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Exactly.