So far, the woman we are subletting from, seems to think our US credit reports will suffice... we'll know in a couple of days when it's presented to the landlord or tenant management. We are lucky to have my wife's family, who's ancestors were present and living there before the Napoleonic era living in Graubünden area.
Thanks dqpdang
OMG. I have heard of so many oddities that will come my way when I endeavor to join the CH society....being stared at on public transportation, crashing into my shins in the market, being reminded of all the things one does wrong almost hourly, seeing naked bits of all and sundry on beaches, parks, glaciers, and saunas.... But this one is rather chilling.
Is the assumption in the courts that no one would file a report unless it was true--based on the inherent honesty of the regular Swiss citizen?
Wow. Scaree.
Is this a real thing to fear? Do they target newcomers especially? Can a newcomer file one as well?
I have a question:
I need the Betreibungsauszug for the purpose of familiy reunification (it is one of the required docs): it says for the past 3 years from the place of residence. However I have just changed my flat and community respectively. The question is:
Does somebody know if it is sufficient to ask for the Betreibungsauszug from my current community (where I have been living sinc only 3 months), or I should also order the Betreibungsauszug fromy my previous community? Is the latter is at all possible (as I am not registered there anymore)?
thanks in advance for sharing of your experience
I would be careful not to awaken any sleeping dogs.
When I was freshly arrived in Switzerland I needed a Betriebungsauskunft for some reason. I can't now remember what it was. And when they reaized I hadn't been in Switzerland very long they told me to get one for my previous country as well. I had been living in Germany previously, and as this was in the pre Internet days I had to do a lot of phoning around to work out who to ask and finally discovered there was actually somebody in the German consulate in Zürich who could help, but I had to make the payment in a German post office beforehand and had to travel to Waldshut to do that.
I had to get one document from my former community and one from my prior community.
Yes, I actually did exactly the same what you suggest: just askeed both communities. I will provide the outcomes here in (hopefully) few days. I, initially was sure I should ask the 2 communities, however when I was filling the "form" on-line: It appeared completely the same (irrespective of community), so I assumed it could be just one "State Register", in which the community would check any possible debts.
In fact I have the Betraibungsauszug from my former community, issued in September (when I was looking for the new appartment), but I asked for the new one. Hope they would be able to provide it.
Ok, thank you for posting and letting know.
It means you should get a Betreibungsregisterauszug from all the respective Swiss Betreibungsämter/Office de Poursuite where you lived in the past 3 years. Be aware that you can not get if from the commune but only from the Betreibungsamter/Office de Poursuite which is a separate entity. Knock at the correct door
Certain Betreibungsämter/Office de Poursuite will only serve part of a particular commune while others might serve more than one commune. One and only one office serves a particular address.
Once again the helpful link where you can find Betreibungsamter/Office de Poursuite which serves your current and past addresses and request an extract.
As I mentioned earlier, I ordered the "Betraibungsauszug" from both communities and I got the 2 different documets from 2 communities.
the one, from community where I lived before, says: that "Mr. Name does not have debts in the past 5 years, but he moved from our community on the DD/MM/YYYY.
the one from community I live now, says: "Mr. Name does not have debts , but he moved to our community on the DD/MM/YYYY.
So, both, combined, the documents should suffice in my opinion, to prove that I did not have any debts over past 3 years.
That sounds excellent. Thanks for posting with this clarity, for others who may need to do the same.