🇨🇭 Switzerland Phrasebook

Quellensteuer-Anmeldung / déclaration pour l'impôt à la source / dichiarazione per imposta alla fonte

Source-tax registration declaration

Aufenthaltsbewilligung B / L / Ci or Grenzgängerbewilligung G

Residence permit

Lohnausweis / certificat de salaire / certificato di salario

Annual wage certificate

Steuererklärung / déclaration d'impôt / dichiarazione d'imposta

Cantonal tax return package

Antrag auf nachträgliche ordentliche Veranlagung / demande de taxation ordinaire ultérieure

Optional opt-in request form

Bescheinigung 3a / attestation 3a / attestazione 3a

Pillar 3a deposit certificate

Einkaufsbestätigung Pensionskasse / attestation de rachat de prévoyance

Pillar 2 voluntary buy-in confirmation

KVG-Prämienbestätigung / attestation de primes LAMal

Health-insurance premium certificate

Ausweis B / Ausweis C / permis B / permis C

Swiss residence-permit card (where applicable)

Kaufvertragsentwurf / projet d'acte de vente

Draft purchase contract

Grundbuchauszug / extrait du registre foncier

Land-register extract

Vollmacht / procuration

Power of attorney to the notary

Anmeldebestätigung / attestation de domicile / certificato di domicilio

Residence-registration confirmation

L / B / C / G permit

Residence-permit decision or interim communal confirmation

AHV / AVS / OASI number (13-digit, 756.XXXX.XXXX.XX)

Swiss social-security number

IBAN (LSV / DD payment)

Bank account details for direct debit

Wahlrecht / droit d'option / diritto di opzione

Choice of health insurance system form (cross-border workers only)

Anmeldung / inscription / iscrizione

Register with Your Commune within 14 Days of Arrival

Ich möchte mich anmelden, ich bin gerade in die Schweiz gezogen.

I would like to register — I have just moved to Switzerland.

Use when: Greeting at the residents' registration office in a German-speaking canton

Je voudrais m'inscrire, je viens d'arriver en Suisse.

I would like to register — I have just arrived in Switzerland.

Use when: Greeting at the residents' registration office in a French-speaking canton

Vorrei iscrivermi, sono appena arrivato in Svizzera.

I would like to register — I have just arrived in Switzerland.

Use when: Greeting at the residents' registration office in an Italian-speaking canton

Versicherungsvertrag / contrat d'assurance / contratto di assicurazione

Sign a Contract with Your Chosen Insurer

Ich möchte einen Vertrag für die obligatorische Krankenpflegeversicherung abschliessen.

I would like to sign a contract for compulsory basic health insurance.

Use when: Phone or counter request to enroll in basic insurance in a German-speaking canton

Je voudrais souscrire un contrat d'assurance-maladie de base.

I would like to sign a basic health-insurance contract.

Use when: Phone or counter request to enroll in basic insurance in a French-speaking canton

Vorrei stipulare un contratto di assicurazione di base.

I would like to sign a basic-insurance contract.

Use when: Phone or counter request to enroll in basic insurance in an Italian-speaking canton

Reisepass / Passeport / Passaporto — identity document

Valid passport or national identity card

Arbeitsvertrag / Contrat de travail / Contratto di lavoro

Employment contract

Mietvertrag / Contrat de bail / Contratto di locazione

Rental contract or proof of accommodation

Krankenversicherung / Assurance maladie / Assicurazione malattia (KVG / LAMal)

Health insurance proof

Heiratsurkunde / Acte de mariage / Atto di matrimonio; Geburtsurkunde / Acte de naissance / Atto di nascita

Family civil-status documents (if accompanied)

Biometric ICAO-format photograph

Passport-format photograph

Nationales Visum D / Visa national D / Visto nazionale D

Entry visa (visa D) — third-country only

Lebenslauf, Diplomkopien / CV, copies des diplômes / CV, copie dei diplomi

Curriculum vitae and diploma copies — third-country only

fide-Zertifikat / Attestation fide / Attestato fide

Recognised language certificate — C permit upgrade

Strafregisterauszug / Extrait du casier judiciaire / Estratto del casellario giudiziale

Extract from criminal record — C permit upgrade

Betreibungsregisterauszug / Extrait du registre des poursuites / Estratto del registro delle esecuzioni

Extract from debt-collection register — C permit upgrade

Lohnausweise, Steuerausweise / Certificats de salaire, attestations fiscales / Certificati di salario, attestati fiscali

Evidence of employment and economic participation — C permit upgrade

Sozialversicherungsnummer / numéro AVS

AHV/AVS number

Vorsorgevertrag mit anerkannter Vorsorgestiftung / contrat de prévoyance avec une fondation reconnue

Pillar 3a account contract with a recognised foundation

Steuerbescheinigung / attestation fiscale

Foundation annual contribution certificate

Auszug aus dem individuellen Konto / extrait du compte individuel (Form 318.330)

AHV/AVS individual statement of account

Übertragungsauftrag / mandat de transfert

Foundation transfer mandate

Abmeldebescheinigung der Wohngemeinde / attestation de départ de la commune / attestato di partenza dal comune

Deregistration certificate from commune of residence

Steuerausweis Quellensteuer / attestation de retenue à la source

Foundation withholding certificate

Antrag auf Rückerstattung der Quellensteuer auf Leistungen von Vorsorgeeinrichtungen mit Sitz in der Schweiz / Demande de remboursement de l'impôt à la source sur les prestations de prévoyance

Form Q-IS (DBA reclaim)