My question is: if I get married and my wife still lives/works in the UK, am I allowed to keep on having my residence permit type B (or C) and have a family in a different country?
BTW: I think so... but I wanted to hear from you!
If possible, please specify real experiences if you have any.
Thank you very much!
I lived with our son in Belgium for almost two years whilst my husband lived and worked here ( with frequent visits obviously) and he had his B permit.
This wouldn't be a matter of choice for me anyway, as my jobs forces me to work here from Monday to Friday, and from the end of August to the end of July.
I think your question is specifically about if you can live in another country and still maintain your swiss residence permit. the answer is NO.
the permit becomes invalid once you are away from the country for a longer time (more than 2 months for B and 6 months for C).
cheers
happycreature
You can be outside iof Switzerland for up to six consecutive months without giving up your B permit as long as you are planning to return but my understanding of your situation is that this is not your intention. ( although Happycreature seems to have interpreted it differently)
My goal isn't living abroad and holding a permit here, of course.
My questions was about what happens to a permit when one has to move across the border frequently, for family reasons, and yet work here 100%.
Thanks again. Cheers!
In any case, if you marry abroad for example, the Swiss authorities will only know about it if/when you tell them!
Where the rest of your family resides, for your permit/situation/status here, is completely irrelevant.
Again the Swiss authorities will only know about any semi-permanent / mid- to long-term departure if you inform them officially.
You can cross as many borders as many times as you wish (most movements are not recorded in any way), this will not affect your permit/residence here in any way. If you are working in Switzerland, whether 10% or 100%, your residence permit should stay valid since you are employed, earning and paying taxes at source on a B-permit.
OP, you can work here, have your permit, pay your taxes here etc and still go regularly to the UK and be married.
You need to tell your employers of the change of your status as the tax deductions will be different for a married person.
And whether you wonder if this official? Yes, I do the same and checked with the authorities who gave me green light.
I was in fact pointing out that unless you inform your local authority in Switzerland that you have married abroad, they can't know that you have! If you want your details updated you have to go your municipality to inform them of your new civil status, fortunately this doesn't mean a reissue of your permit since civil status is not an entry on EU/EFTA L-, B- or C- permits as it is not relevant.
As far as holders of B- or C-permits with 5 year validity are concerned the Swiss authorities will only know about any semi-permanent / mid- to long-term departure if you inform them officially, whether you go over these apparent 2-month or 6-month stay-away limits that are supposedly in place, is really irrelevant as it would be very difficult for the authorities to enforce such a limit and no way of them checking that a foreigner is really present for the entire validity period on their permit.
Do married people then, on the whole, pay more tax or less tax than singles?
And if the spouse, of a person resident in Switzerland, is not resident, does this have an effect on how much tax is due?
*... could lead to issues when extending an L- or a B-permit, but not a C-permit!
Curiously when my brother renewed his B permit , did the language test so eligible for a C Bern asked why his wife did not have a permit.
In my case I live in Switzerland, hubby in Germany, and I am taxed as married.
I've had this discussion with FMF before.