Planning to move to switzerland in May, and and searching for guidance

Thank you for the time you took to answer to all of it.

  1. Thats a good way of though, I will definetly have that in mind and tell them so we can plan it better.
  2. I have found some websites called, addeco, manpower, would these be some of the emplyement agencies you were talking about? (I will most definetly to the best to meet people as soon as I get there)
  3. Alright, thank you for mentioning the “deposit account”, I will have that in mind when the time comes.
  4. I see, may I ask what type of problems you had?
  5. ahaha exactly, but I think this emmigration hate is growing in any country, my only concern would be like emmigrant = no job ahaha aside from that its fine
  6. I see, but when the time comes to show the proof of job, we being 3 income sources into the house would help right? because definetly earning 3/4/5k I couldnt alone pay the house.

Thank you! and wish you the best!

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ahaha I’m happy it did. No I don’t really care to be honest, I will be on my way and work and try to establish my life only. I will focus on getting a job, do you have any job type recommendation that I could try to get? (I learn superfast as long as someone teaches me), I also am learning French daily to increase the job opportunity.
Someone here said construction is a seasonal job, would you agree?

Hi, may I ask how those insurances work?

It can be, does not have to be. But I would imagine that young newbies without experience are first to get laid off, if a company does this.

Beggars can’t be choosers. No idea why you came up with Lausanne in the first place.

I see, may I ask you if you have any bad things you see about living there?
I’m not sure if you have been on the french side, but I basically am trying to get a bit of information if its worth it to learn Swiss German and go to the German side, or if I can keep learning French and move to the French side, someone said the job opportunities there are better

Basically, you tell the insurance company that you need cover for the deposit of x amount of francs, and they then tell you what the cost of the insurance cover per year is. If, at the end of the tenancy, remedial work needs to be carried out or replacements need to be made, the insurance will cover it.

But read the SwissCaution link i posted. It’ll tell you in more detail.

And always read the small print before you sign anything

That does make sense.

Thats true, ok so let me tell you why I choose Lausanne (its something I’m still deciding), but basically I know 2 persons that lived there and they said its the best place ahah (unfortunatly they cant help me move), from what I searched there’s a university in Lausanne as well, is French speaking and its easier to learn French that its easier to learn SwissGerman, location wise its prettier than some other places I saw (havent been much, but I’m most definetly open to recommendations), and to be honest thats it but its completetly changable as its me whos making all the plan

I see, it makes sense, thank you!!
I will have a look into it.

Btw may I ask you another thing, so on the health insurance they mention a deductible, this deductible should be payed as soon as I sign a health insurance contract? How should this deducitble work?

You pay health insurance as soon as you register here. A very rough figure of costs per year are from about 2’500 chf upwards. That you have to pay every year, either as a lump sum or in instalments.

You have a choice of signing up for your excess of between chf 300 (your yearly premium as mentioned above, will be higher) or a high excess of CHF 2’500.00, in which case your yearly premium will be lower.

So if you need to see a doctor, stay in a hospital, need medication or surgery, you pay the first chf 300 (or 2500, as the case may be) in that year.

Best thing for you to do at the moment is to play around with the figures on a comparison website, such as
https://en.comparis.ch/krankenkassen/default

I see, now it makes sense, thank you for the answer!!
I will have a look into comparis.

There are local employment agencies. I don’t know any names for Lausanne, but somewhere you mentioned you know someone in Bern. maybe that’s the right person to ask.

Mmmm, life? Not really a problem. It’s just that I’m married, sometimes working 100+% of weekly hours, sometimes I’m responsible for other people at work, sometimes I work for customers in other time zones or travel abroad :face_with_spiral_eyes:, sometimes I support my parents remotely…so, the challenge is 90% me with a busy life, 10% other people. I’ve been to a local small brewery and pizza place, or hiking or riding the bike around my place and most of people is friendly. If you stay in the bar long enough, someone will show up talking about their hobbies, families, dogs, whatever.

I don’t want to kill your dream of a house with a garden, but these are highly coveted rental properties in Switzerland. It’s not only being able to afford about monthly rent but also quite expensive transaction costs (finding a new tenant). Nothing against the young, but next year you or one of your friends may find a super cool partner or a better job o a new partner in Denmark or Austria and just follow love or money there. Life happens and landlords know this. So, renting the house to the young implies higher costs for finding new tenants when compared to a more stable family with children and unlimited time job contracts.

Could you build on your skills and qualifications while you’re still in Portugal? Get qualifications in cyber security, for example?

There are good and bad things about living anywhere. Something that pisses me off might not piss off the next person, and vice versa. If you are largely happy-go-lucky and stuff doesn’t get you down then you’ll probably get along a lot easier than someone who is hyper-sensitive about neighbours, prices, rules, noise, smells, people wearing red shoes, prime number of cows in a field, 27th day of rain, 18th day of temperatures over 30C / under 5C, whatever.

None of that pisses me off - just had to think of examples… :laughing:

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Your examples cover basically all countries?

OP, did you look at the https://portuguesesnasuica.com/ link BelgianMum gave you at all? One click at TRABALHO and your flooded with links for job-agencies.

Have a look at other websites like Coop or Denner to get an idea of what groceries cost here, to get an overall idea of the cost of living, same for some insurance etc. Make a budget to see what would work out for you?

Axa is significantly less expensive with 4% and no registration fee, unused premium is returned when the contract ends. And they give an additional rebate on the private liability insurance.

Otherwise use Mobiliar. They work with Swisscaution and charge 5% as well but the registration is free (vs 231 CHF by SC directly).

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Well, you would because a) you need to get a residence permit for France and b) also to qualify for a G (cross border commuter) permit you need to have permanent residency in France which could take 5 years to get.

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Freedom of movement. Residence is a right for EU citizens, isn’t it?

Actually I thought so too, EU people don’t need a job or permit to settle anywhere in EU, no?

that one though could kill the idea … well, prolong it
By the time they can get a G-permit for Switzerland they have fallen inlove with France. (Is that what the Swiss aim at with this rule? :laughing:)

Doubt you could turn up penniless and get a residence permit in France or anywhere else though. Sure you can stay for up to 3 months as a tourist and look for work and if you find a job get your permit, but if you have no cash to support yourself while looking you’re not going to get a residence permit methinks.

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