Invite girlfriend to Switzerland with permit L

Visas, Permits, Passports and Naturalization
1
Hi everyone,

I'm currently work in Geneva with permit L (valid until May 13th, 2012) and I would like to invite my girlfriend to join me to travel around Europe for 3 weeks. We both are Vietnamese.

So the question is:

- can I invite her with permit L?

- which documents I need to prepare?

- how long will it take for my girlfriend to have the VISA?

Thank you in advance!

2
Why dont your girlfriend apply for a Schengen visa at your home country?

Normally if you are sponsoring her expenses, then they require invitation letter, your bank statements, tanancy contract and maybe work contract. Shengen visa process should not last lore than 10 days...

3
I thought the same as warlock79

If the main purpose of her coming to Europe is travelling for 3 wks, it is easier n convenient to get a Schengen visa as it allows her to travel upto 90 days in Schengen area.

Austria

Belgium

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Italy

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland.

These 26 countries are currently in this agreement which include Switzerland.

Of course there are few countries aren't with in Europe. i.e U.K. But even she or you are on Switzerland L permit, you N her still need a visa to travel to U.K

So, It won't make a big difference even she gets the L dependant permit for travelling but bit of paper works to get it based on your L Permit, as a girlfriend n under the circustance that your visa also expires in May. They(Swiss official) may doubt that her coming to Switzerland isn't for travelling as there is an alternative way, which I think better, to travel for 3 wks in Europe. But this is my opinion.

4
Thank you guys very much,

And yes, I just want her to get a Shengen visa only, but as it's almost impossible to have it from Vietnam without an invitation letter (they took me 8 months to have a visa, even my company base in Geneva and supplied all the required documents), and the posts I found about invite people to Switzerland only talk about permit B or C, then I confused if permit L, as I had, can invite people or not?

Now I need to go fast with all the paper

Thank you very much!