The Castells

Your plan

We found 45 things for your household.

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Applies to: Canton Bern, B permit, mixed nationalities, family with children, moving with a partner, arriving soon

Your settling-in journey

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HouseholdMoney
Check your budget before you sign
Before you accept the offer.
“Will my salary be enough?”
Because you arrive soon.
Why it matters What you’ll need Official guidance
2
HouseholdHome
Sort somewhere to stay for your first weeks
Before you fly.
“Can I even rent an apartment before I am in the country?”
Because you arrive soon, and you are starting in temporary housing.
Why it matters What you’ll need
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HouseholdHome
Check what your pet needs to enter Switzerland
Before you fly.
“What does my dog or cat need before it can cross the border?”
Because you are bringing a pet.
Why it matters What you’ll need Official guidance

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Household progress

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Living here (14)

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MayaMoneyTo do
Find out how your tax works
After your first calendar year. Date not verified.
“Am I on tax at source, and should I file a return anyway?”
MayaMoneyTo do
Check whether your salary means you must file a tax return
When you know your gross yearly salary. Threshold not verified.
“Does my salary mean I must file a tax return, even though I am taxed at source?”
Because Maya works in Switzerland, and Maya holds a B permit.
HouseholdHealthTo do
Review your health insurance each year
Each autumn. Exact window not verified.
“When can I change insurer, and is my deductible still right?”
HouseholdAdmin & permitsTo do
Register marriages and births that happened abroad
In your first year.
“Should I register our marriage and children's births now, not years from now?”
Because a marriage or birth in your household happened abroad.
MayaAdmin & permitsTo do
Keep your permit safe: renewals, long trips and job changes
Before a long trip or a job change.
“Can a long trip abroad or losing my job put my permit at risk?”
HouseholdMoneyTo do
Understand your workplace pension
Once you work in Switzerland.
“Where does my pension go if I change jobs or leave Switzerland?”
Because Maya works in Switzerland.
HouseholdMoneyTo do
Decide whether pillar 3a is for you
Once you work in Switzerland.
“Is a pillar 3a account worth it for me?”
Because Maya works in Switzerland.
HouseholdMoneyTo do
Decide about your home-country pension
In your first year.
“Should I keep paying into my home-country pension?”
HouseholdMoneyTo do
Know your work basics
Once you work in Switzerland.
“What happens to my notice and my permit if I am ill or made redundant?”
Because Maya works in Switzerland.
HouseholdHomeTo do
Know how to leave an apartment well
Before you give notice.
“How do I get out of a lease early without paying months of rent?”
MayaAdmin & permitsTo do
Settled status and citizenship: the long view
Long-term. Check the official page.
“What should I be keeping and doing from year one if I might naturalise?”
Because you might apply for citizenship one day.
HouseholdBelongingTo do
Learn the local language that works for your life
Whenever you are ready.
“Which language do I actually need, and will I ever need a certificate?”
Because the local language is new for your household.
HouseholdFamilyTo do
Know where to start if someone dies
Whenever you are ready.
“What would we have to do if someone in our family died here?”
HouseholdAdmin & permitsTo do
If you leave: deregister, pension and final tax
Before you give notice on your apartment.
“What happens to our pension and tax if we leave Switzerland?”

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