Permit C faster than 5 years?

Visas, Permits, Passports and Naturalization
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Hi folks

I heard recently that it is possible to obtain permit C faster than in 5 years of living in Switzerland.

Is there a way or just another urban myth?

I'm Polish and I'm all the time employed. I need the permit C to join shooting club. What at my chances?

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Not unless you are a university professor!

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You can request a C permit after 2 years on a B permit if you previously held a C permit for over 10 years, left the country and returned after less than 2 years. It is not a right and it will be examined whether the departure from Switzerland was considered as definitive (e.g. second pillar cash out, ties kept in Switzerland etc).

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It took me 10. You are lucky to get it in less time.

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About Zero

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My husband (uni prof) and kids were granted C upon arrival. I received it after 5 years

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Maybe worth looking for another shooting club? I am pretty sure for some it would be sufficient having B permit.

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I thought the C permit was only required to buy a gun. Shooting as a member of a Schützenverein should be possible with a B permit?

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Hey, this part in the law. Long-term residence permit, AKA C type permit, is usually needed to buy a gun. But, there is the alternative for B permit that HIAO mentioned: get a permit from canton to buy a gun. I wouldn’t be surprised if a club has as regulation “only people allowed to buy a gun”. This minimizes liability issues.

Back to OP’s issue: get the permit to buy a gun from canton.

https://www.fedpol.admin.ch/fedpol/e…fenerwerb.html

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The English version is unfortunately incorrect/wrong. Correct is: Need a confirmation from their country of residence (if not a Swiss resident) Art. 6b Abs 1 Weapons Act Need a confirmation from their country of citizenship (if a Swiss resident w/o permit C) Art. 6a Abs 2 Weapons Act

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hahaha so I fell for "English version of law is only informative, binding law must be the version in one of the national languages"

thanks.

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Thanks for all the answers. Yes, I got to know these law rules through exchange with shooting club in Kloten. Even if you only want to rent a pistol, they still require that you own the license.

And to get the license back in my home country, I would need to be a registered resident there. So it's an impasse.

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Come join ES5 - drop me a PM with your mobile and I'll add you to the whatsapp group.

We go shooting in SSG (zurich) once a month, bruning about 2-3 times a year, and then occasionally in other ranges.

Your permit is irrelevant - we've been shooting with tourists joining us from abroad.

Oh yeah - best of all, as we haven't actually finally signed the constitution for the verein or anything else really, it;s free You just pay entry to the range + ammo

EDIT: Forgot to say - ES5 is the English speaking shooting society; based in Zurich...

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Maybe I miss some thing but I am confused:

What license? Switzerland has to major kind of gun permits. 1) The carry permit, which is hard to get and not needed to own, transport to the range, or shoot a gun. 2) The acquisition permit which allows you to acquire up to three specific guns at a time within six months, to acquire more guns you would need a new, additional permit.

There are other kind of permits, but most importantly there is no a gun owner permit!

So, I am confused what kind of "license" this shooting club request. A hunting license maybe? Anyway, no license is needed to shoot a gun in a range.

Do get a Swiss acquisition permit you do not need a license from your home country, you only need the permission from your home country to acquire a gun in Switzerland. Its more or less just an other rubber stamp on your application.

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By any chance, would you know if there is an english-speaking club anywhere in the west of Switzerland? Would love to join, but with ZH being over a two hour drive it is somewhat less practical.

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You guys asked what exactly I’m supposed to obtain to join the Kloten pistol club.

Here it is:
“Bewilligung zur Teilnahme an Bundesübungen für ausländische Staatsangehörige”

And the link (with the form):
https://www.zh.ch/de/sicherheit-just…tml#-709759222

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Big thanks for that offer Spinal. Do you guys also do the IPSC? Because that is my ultimate aim.