No need for righteous people here, just curious whether I can get away with not paying.
Received a 100-. fine on the bus recently for not having a valid monthly ticket. It was purely an accident, it expired while I was overseas and I completely forgot to renew it when I got back. Does anyone know what happens if you don't pay the fine? I'm leaving Switzerland in two months, do they tell the Kreisburo or Customs?
Just pay.
You do realize that leaving the country without paying your debts leaves a bad mark on all foreigners?
No that is not a rigtheous comment, just telling you what happens
If you ever, ever, ever come back to Switzerland... they will get you.
The border guards here have guns.
Regards
Ian
I had a friend got a fine and ignored it and went back to his home country and when he came back they looked at his passport and the system flagged it up and they recognized him and they consifcated his passport and put him in a cell and forgot to bring him water and he didnt have his medications with him and after a week they let him go and his hair had turned white and he was stark staring mad and he couldnt afford a ticket home but he didnt have his passport so he couldnt go into swiss and he was stuck in the airport and had to live on garbage and the kindness of the cleaners and that was in 2001 and he is still there today just wandering around and around and sleeping on benches and eating what he can find and all he had to do was be honest and pay his dues and he would never be in this perdicament if only hed of done that.
Typical Aussie! Trying to screw the Swiss govt. And we Swiss have to pay for this! Yes it will go onto your passport records. Its all shared internationally.
What a cute little critter you are.
Pay up mate!
Amazing how „students“ (presumably intelligent) can a) forget to renew their ticket b) then ask what happens if you don‘t pay it.
Stop being an A1 arse and pay it...
They also tell Santa Claus! So no presents for you this christmas!
Swiss spies hunt you down and boil you alive in a barrel of fondue.
Pay up scrounger.
And you even publicise it here-your games up mate! ( or sheila )
You've already not got away with it. A bunch of strangers are lambasting you.
I think he's crawled into a corner! A wierd way to start his life with EF
That’s fine, no problem so long as you have no intention of returning to Europe in the next twenty years or so and have no intention of traveling to any country requiring a visa, you’ll be grand.
If that does not suit you, then you will respect our laws, pay the fine and avoid being added to the Schengen system as a criminal and won’t have to answer yes on visa applications to the question about being refused entry to any other country.
This information is shared internationally so it is up to you.
And shit!!! That these moderators let this new thread get through!!!
Wake up!!!!!!!!
Fr. 100.00 sounds like they charged you for "Missbrauch" (misusage).
< And seriously: Yes you will be registered. If you read German - here you go: Tages-Anzeiger . The other thing is - the longer you don't pay, the higher the fine. So if you stay away for 5-10 years ....
If you do not pay, the ZVV will open a debt collection case against you. If you do not contest this, it will be entered into the municipal debt collection register. If they cannot collect the debt (because you are not in the country or do not have an income), the debt claim will expire after 10 years unless it is renewed by the ZVV. If I am not wrong, debt claims resulting from this type of incident may expire after as little as 1 year.
The consequences for you:
If the ZVV renews the claim, you will have a bad mark in a debt collection register. If you every come back to Switzerland, you will have a dreadful time of trying to rent an apartment or get a credit card.
If the ZVV passes on information about the failed payment to private credit bureaus like Intrum Justitia or CRIF, that information could eventually end up in the records of private credit bureaus in your next country of residence. I don't know that the ZVV works with private credit bureaus, but there is a chance.
If you never come back to Switzerland, you may never face any consequences, but why take the risk for 100 francs?
go to a ticket counter and renew the monthly ticket and get the fine reimbursed (less a handling fee).
Doesn't work that way - I'm actually sure you know that?
This could easily lead to a report to the police - attempted fraud - wonder what that one would cost? LOL
Maybe if you do it same day or very shortly after being caught?
Must be nicer ticket control people around these FR parts ..
Three times now I've been caught out and never been issued a fine.
Once my abo had actually expired and yeah I just forgot by a few days.. The inspectors smiled and told me to buy it when i get off the train.. Which I did.
Others I actually forgot my wallet on the way to work.. One helpful inspector actually gave me a travel voucher thingy in case I got controlled again on the way home.