Cantonal registration of arrival within 14 days — Art. 12 FNIA and Art. 10 / Art. 15 OASA

What this is about — and what it is not about

Any foreign national who takes up residence in Switzerland — whether on first entry, on a change of canton or on a change of municipality within the canton — must register within 14 days with the office designated by the canton (as a rule the residents' registration office of the new municipality of residence). The obligation to register is anchored at the level of the act in Art. 12 FNIA (Federal Act on Foreign Nationals and Integration, SR 142.20); the specific 14-day deadline is set by the Federal Council in the Ordinance on Admission, Residence and Gainful Employment (OASA, SR 142.201) — for first entry with a stay of more than three months in Art. 10 para. 1 OASA, for a change of municipality or canton in Art. 15 OASA (Art. 12 para. 3 FNIA delegates the setting of the deadline to the Federal Council). It is a statutory, non-negotiable obligation. It applies regardless of the permit category — third-state, EU/EFTA, C, B, L, Ci, F, N and S are covered, insofar as a residence subject to authorisation is established.

This file describes the administrative procedure of cantonal registration, the registrations to be carried out in parallel (health insurance, withholding tax, occupational pension, school), the documents typically required and the consequences of a missed deadline. It is an overview of obligations for the first 14 days, not a strategy file.

What this file is NOT (Anti-Scope, STRICT):

• no strategy to postpone or circumvent the 14-day deadline — the deadline is statutory and cannot be extended by agreement,
• no health insurance recommendation — SIP names no insurers, no tariffs and no premium-reduction strategy; cross-link to public sources (priminfo.admin.ch, cantonal social insurance offices),
• no tax advice — SIP describes the withholding tax procedure at the statutory level, not individual optimisation,
• no recommendation on the choice of a municipality of residence — cantonal and municipal tax rates, school municipality allocations and premium-reduction tables are public; the choice is the person's own,
• no assessment of the chances of success in the permit-authorisation procedures that follow registration.

In lived practice, registration in the municipality of residence is often perceived as a mere municipal administrative formality — a step connected to the residents' register, health insurance and tax assessment, but not to status under the law on foreign nationals. This impression is legally incorrect. Registration in the municipality of residence is the trigger for three chained procedures:

1. Data flow to the cantonal migration office — the registration data are forwarded to the cantonal migration office, which opens the permit application or administratively takes over the existing permit (Art. 12 para. 2 FNIA for the change of place of residence; the registration office designated by the canton follows from Art. 17 OASA).
2. Start of the residence-duration calculation for the settlement permit (C), naturalisation and, where applicable, hardship-case applications under Art. 30 FNIA. A late registration can shift the legally relevant residence duration by weeks or months — with consequences for C-permit preparation (regularly after ten years of residence) and for ordinary naturalisation under Art. 9 SCA (Swiss Citizenship Act, SR 141.0; ten years of residence duration with the crediting modalities regulated therein).
3. Triggering of the health insurance obligation under Art. 3 HIA (Health Insurance Act, SR 832.10) — insurance affiliation must take place within three months of taking up residence; the taking-up of residence is documented by registration.

The consequences of a late or omitted registration typically appear with a delay — at the next permit renewal, at the naturalisation application, at the hardship-case request or at an application for a health insurance premium reduction. This file aims to make the chained risk visible before the deadline elapses.

1. Legal framework — the relevant federal norms

Art. 12 FNIA — the obligation to register at the level of the act

Art. 12 FNIA anchors the registration obligation under the law on foreign nationals. According to para. 1, anyone who requires a short-stay, residence or settlement permit must register with the competent authority at the place of residence before the expiry of the permit-free stay or before taking up gainful employment. Para. 2 extends the obligation to the change of place of residence (new canton or new municipality). According to para. 3, the Federal Council sets the registration deadlines — this delegation is the basis of the 14-day deadline in the OASA.

It is important to distinguish two concepts:

• Obligation to register (Art. 12 FNIA; at ordinance level Art. 10 OASA respectively Art. 15 OASA) — recording of identity and residence with the office designated by the canton, with forwarding of the data to the cantonal migration office.
• Obligation to obtain a permit (Art. 11 FNIA for gainful employment; concretised at ordinance level in the subsequent OASA provisions) — the substantive examination and granting of the residence permit by the cantonal migration office.

Registration opens or accompanies the permit procedure on first entry, or confirms the existing status on a change of place of residence; it does not, however, replace the permit.

Art. 10 and Art. 15 OASA — the 14-day deadline at ordinance level

The 14-day deadline does not follow from Art. 9 OASA, but from two other ordinance norms — depending on the constellation:

• Art. 10 para. 1 OASA (stay with registration): anyone who enters Switzerland for a stay of more than three months without gainful employment and holds an entry permit must report their arrival within 14 days of entry to the office designated by the canton, so that the stay is regulated.
• Art. 15 OASA (registration and deregistration after change of residence): in the event of a change of municipality or canton, the arrival must be registered within 14 days with the competent office of the new place of residence, and the departure must be deregistered within the same period at the previous place of residence.
• Registration before gainful employment: anyone who takes up gainful employment is subject to the permit obligation under Art. 11 FNIA and must obtain the permit before taking up gainful employment — the 14-day deadline recedes to that extent behind the prior permit obligation.

For demarcation: Art. 9 OASA (stay without registration) regulates the short stay free of permit and registration — foreign nationals without gainful employment need neither a permit nor a registration, provided the stay does not exceed three months within six months. Art. 9 OASA is thus the counterpart to the registration obligation, not its basis.

The registration office designated by the canton follows from Art. 17 OASA (the cantons determine the offices competent for registrations and deregistrations). These ordinance norms are supplemented by the cantonal residents'-registration and register acts. Cantonal practice differs on the question of online pre-registration, on the accepted identity documents and on the treatment of late registrations (see section 9).

Art. 15 FNIA — obligation to deregister

Anyone who gives up their place of residence in Switzerland or changes their canton of residence must report their departure to the competent office of the previous place of residence (Art. 15 FNIA; at ordinance level Art. 15 OASA). In the event of departure abroad, deregistration must be carried out under Art. 15 para. 2 OASA at the latest 14 days before leaving Switzerland; in the event of a change of municipality or canton within Switzerland, deregistration runs parallel to registration at the new place of residence (14 days each). Registration and deregistration are administratively partly linked, but remain two independent obligations.

Art. 16 FNIA — landlord's reporting obligation

Under Art. 16 FNIA, the landlord is obliged to provide the competent authority, on request, with information on the foreign nationals living in the property. In some cantons there is, in addition, an active landlord reporting obligation — the landlord reports the move-in to the residents' registration office. This obligation does not replace the personal registration of the person residing in the dwelling.

Art. 17 FNIA — stay until the decision

Art. 17 FNIA regulates the stay during a pending permit procedure. Anyone who has entered lawfully for a temporary stay and subsequently files an application for a permanent residence permit must, according to para. 1, as a rule await the decision abroad. The competent cantonal authority may authorise the stay during the procedure when the admission requirements are manifestly met (para. 2). This constellation is not the subject of this file — it is dealt with in the permit-specific files.

Art. 9 OASA versus the permit obligation in case of gainful employment

The substantive permit obligation in case of gainful employment follows from Art. 11 FNIA: anyone who wishes to be gainfully employed in Switzerland needs — regardless of the duration of stay — a permit that must be obtained before taking up the activity; in the case of employed activity, the employer files the application. To be distinguished from this is Art. 9 OASA (stay without registration), which describes the short stay free of permit and registration without gainful employment. The registration obligation and the 14-day deadline (Art. 10 OASA, Art. 15 OASA), by contrast, apply regardless of whether gainful employment is taken up — it being noted that, in the case of gainful employment, the prior permit obligation under Art. 11 FNIA must additionally be observed.

2. Who must register within 14 days?

The registration obligation applies to all foreign nationals resident in Switzerland. The following enumeration is not exhaustive, but covers the most frequent constellations:

• First entry with prospect of a B, C, L, Ci, G permit (third-state and EU/EFTA): registration in the intended municipality of residence within 14 days of entry or, if relevant, before taking up gainful employment, provided this is taken up before the 14th day.
• Change of canton with an existing permit (B, C, L, Ci): registration in the new municipality of residence within 14 days of moving in. For the C permit there is, under Art. 37 para. 3 FNIA, an entitlement to a change of canton, provided no ground for revocation under Art. 63 FNIA exists; for the B permit, a permit from the new canton must be obtained beforehand under Art. 37 para. 1 FNIA, it being noted that under para. 2 there is an entitlement when the person is not unemployed and no ground for revocation under Art. 62 para. 1 FNIA exists; for EU/EFTA citizens the free choice of residence applies, based on the Agreement on the Free Movement of Persons (AFMP, SR 0.142.112.681), Annex I — detail in the canton change procedure under Art. 37 FNIA.
• Change of municipality within the canton: deregistration in the old municipality + registration in the new municipality within 14 days. The cantonal permit is maintained; the cantonal migration office carries out an administrative residence update.
• N-permit holders (asylum seekers): registration in the canton allocated by the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM); no right to change residence without SEM authorisation. The basis is the Asylum Act (AsylA, SR 142.31); detail in the Asylum Act glossary.
• F- and S-permit holders: cantonal allocation; a change of canton of residence is in principle possible only with the authorisation of the SEM.
• G-permit cross-border commuters: no taking-up of residence in Switzerland, but registration at the place of work according to cantonal practice and the relevant OASA provisions.
• Short stays without taking up residence up to three months (Schengen visa or visa-free short stay): no registration obligation within the meaning of Art. 9 OASA, provided no gainful employment is taken up and no residence is established. If, on the other hand, gainful employment is taken up, the permit or notification obligation applies (for posted or short-term employed persons the separate notification procedure is relevant).

Cross-link: the FNIA and OASA terminology glossary for the statutory definitions.

3. The registration procedure — step by step

The procedure is administrative and may differ in detail depending on the canton and municipality. The following outline describes the federal framework structure; the concrete arrangement — registration office, online options, list of documents, processing time — must be clarified with the competent residents' registration office respectively the cantonal migration office.

Step 1 — Personal registration with the competent office

Registration is carried out as a rule in person with the office designated by the canton (Art. 17 OASA), typically the residents' registration office of the municipality of residence. In the case of a family registration, all adult family members must in principle appear in person; minor children are registered by the persons holding parental authority.

Some municipalities offer online pre-registration with a subsequent personal appointment for identity verification. Fully digital registrations without an in-person appointment are not established across the board; availability must be clarified with the specific municipality (see section 13).

Step 2 — Submit the required documents

The municipality of residence typically requires the following documents (cantonal variations — see section 4):

• Passport or national identity card (valid; for EU/EFTA citizens the national identity card suffices, for third-state nationals the passport is required),
• Tenancy agreement or housing confirmation (proof of ownership in the case of ownership),
• Employment contract (for gainfully employed third-state nationals with B or L; for EU/EFTA citizens proof of gainful employment or job-seeking),
• Marriage certificate (for spouses, where applicable with apostille and certified translation; see marriage of two foreign nationals resident in Switzerland),
• Birth certificates for minor children (where applicable with apostille and certified translation),
• Proof of health insurance (if already taken out; otherwise a deadline for subsequent submission according to cantonal practice — see section 5),
• Landlord report in some cantons (e.g. ZH, BS) — the landlord reports the move-in in parallel.

The exact list of documents varies cantonally and municipally and must be clarified with the competent office. Persons with documents subject to apostille or legalisation (birth, marriage and divorce certificates from abroad) should initiate the procurement of the apostille respectively legalisation in good time — if possible before entry; subsequent procurement can considerably delay the procedure.

Step 3 — Identity recording and municipal application

The municipality of residence records the personal data in the cantonal residents' register (within the framework of the Register Harmonisation Act (RHA, SR 431.02)) and as a rule issues a registration confirmation slip. This typically serves as proof vis-à-vis health insurers, banks, mobile telephony providers and school municipalities.

For third-state nationals, the permit application with the cantonal migration office is additionally prepared or opened — either directly by the municipality (within the framework of the data forwarding) or by the registering person to the migration office.

Step 4 — Data forwarding to the cantonal migration office

The registration data are forwarded to the cantonal migration office. On first entry with a permit application, the migration office opens the permit procedure; on a change of canton, the existing permit is taken over administratively or — in the case of the prior permit obligation of the B permit — a permit application is opened (Art. 37 para. 1 and 2 FNIA). On a change of municipality within the canton, only the residential address is updated; the foreign national's identity card remains valid as a rule, but may be reissued when the address on the card differs.

Step 5 — Permit application or confirmation of the existing permit

On first entry, the cantonal migration office issues, after a positive decision, the foreign national's identity card (B, C, L, Ci depending on the constellation). The processing time is typically several weeks depending on the canton, the permit category and the procedural effort; binding information on the expected duration is provided by the respective cantonal migration office. On a change of canton with a prior permit (B), a similar duration is to be expected; in the entitlement-based change (C, EU/EFTA), the administrative operation is regularly shorter.

During the procedure, a provisional registration confirmation may serve as proof of residence. It does not, however, replace the definitive foreign national's identity card and should not be used for irreversible commitments (e.g. credit contracts with identity-card-presentation clauses).

4. Required documents — detailed table

The following overview is a federal default list. Cantonal and municipal variations are frequent and must be clarified with the respective residents' registration office or the cantonal migration office.

* For EU/EFTA citizens the national identity card suffices; a passport is not strictly required, but practically useful.

Cantonal practice varies in particular in: (a) the acceptance of abridged marriage-register extracts instead of the original certificate, (b) the apostille, legalisation and translation requirements, (c) the deadline for subsequent submission of the proof of health insurance and (d) the language proof in the case of family reunification. Decisive in the individual case is the information from the competent residents' registration office and the cantonal migration office.

5. Health insurance — HIA obligation and registration deadline

Anyone who takes up residence in Switzerland is subject to compulsory health care insurance under Art. 3 HIA (Health Insurance Act, SR 832.10), concretised by Art. 1 and Art. 7 HIO (Health Insurance Ordinance, SR 832.102). The insurance obligation begins with the taking-up of residence; the insurance affiliation must take place within three months of taking up residence. In the case of timely affiliation, the insurance cover applies retroactively from the taking-up of residence (Art. 7 HIO).

In the event of a missed three-month deadline, the competent cantonal office assigns an insurance to the person ex officio; the premiums are owed retroactively from the taking-up of residence. Residence documentation delayed by a late registration can additionally complicate the claiming of a cantonal premium reduction in the current year. The concrete arrangement (assigning office, modalities) is governed by cantonal law.

Anti-Scope (STRICT): SIP names no insurers, no tariffs, no comparison tools and no premium-reduction strategy. The choice of health insurance is an economic and health decision of the person, not a subject of advice on the law of foreign nationals.

Cross-link to public, neutral sources:

• priminfo.admin.ch — Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), official premium overview,
• cantonal social insurance institutions for premium-reduction applications,
• consumer-protection comparison platforms (Foundation for Consumer Protection, Comparis, Bonus.ch, Priminfo) — the selection is the person's own.

6. Tax registration and withholding tax

Foreign nationals with a tax domicile in Switzerland who are gainfully employed in a dependent capacity and who do not hold a settlement permit (C) are in principle subject, for their employment income, to taxation at source. Withholding tax is, under the Swiss order of fiscal sovereignty, a cantonally levied tax (cantons and municipalities, with the Confederation as a share-entitled party); it is deducted directly from the salary by the employer and remitted to the cantonal tax authority. The registering person as a rule does not have to make any separate tax registration for the opening of the withholding tax. With the settlement permit (C), the taxation at source of the employment income ceases and the ordinary assessment takes place as for Swiss taxpayers.

A mandatory subsequent ordinary assessment (SOA) is triggered when the annual gross employment income exceeds the threshold set by the Confederation of CHF 120,000; this threshold is standardised across Switzerland. Persons below this threshold may — within the deadline set by the cantonal tax administration (as a rule until the end of March of the following year) — apply for an SOA. The SOA may be relevant in particular in the case of substantial deductible items. The precise arrangement and the deadlines follow from cantonal tax law and the practice of the competent cantonal tax administration.

Anti-Scope (STRICT): SIP gives no tax advice. Whether and when an SOA should be applied for, the optimisation of pension contributions and the choice of tax domicile within Switzerland are tax-law and personal-economic decisions that fall within the competence of tax advisory and fiduciary services.

Cross-link: cantonal tax administrations as well as the Federal Tax Administration (FTA) for the legal bases of taxation at source.

7. Occupational pension (BVG / Pillar 2)

Anyone who takes up dependent gainful employment in Switzerland and earns an annual income subject to OASI above the BVG entry threshold is subject to the compulsory occupational pension scheme under the Federal Act on Occupational Old Age, Survivors' and Invalidity Pension Provision (BVG, SR 831.40). Affiliation to the pension fund takes place through the employer — the registering person as a rule does not have to make any separate registration.

The BVG entry threshold (minimum annual salary for entry into the compulsory occupational pension scheme) is adjusted periodically by Federal Council ordinance. The amount currently in force is published by the Federal Social Insurance Office (FSIO); before referring to a specific value, the version in force at the time should be consulted there.

Anti-Scope: SIP does not advise on the choice of pension fund in the case of multiple employment, not on the voluntary buy-in strategy and not on Pillar 3a optimisation. These topics fall within the competence of specialised pension advice.

8. On a change of canton — separate procedural path

A change of canton is not a mere change of municipality; under Art. 37 FNIA it triggers an independent procedural step at the cantonal migration office. In brief:

• C-permit holders (settlement permit): entitlement to a change of canton under Art. 37 para. 3 FNIA, provided no ground for revocation under Art. 63 FNIA exists. Registration in the new municipality within 14 days; the new migration office takes over the permit data and issues a new card.
• B-permit holders (residence permit): under Art. 37 para. 1 FNIA, a permit from the new canton must be obtained beforehand; under para. 2 there is an entitlement to the change when the person is not unemployed and no ground for revocation under Art. 62 para. 1 FNIA exists. Registration in the new municipality and permit application with the new cantonal migration office.
• EU/EFTA citizens: free choice of residence based on the Agreement on the Free Movement of Persons (AFMP, SR 0.142.112.681), Annex I. Registration in the new municipality; no separate substantive examination of the permit for the change of canton.

Cross-link: the canton change under Art. 37 FNIA for the detailed procedural analysis, cantonal practice variation and the typical silent-failure modes.

9. On a change of municipality within the canton

A change of residence within the same canton does not trigger a new substantive permit examination, but is nevertheless subject to registration and deregistration. Art. 15 OASA combines both obligations:

• Registration in the new municipality of residence within 14 days of moving in (Art. 15 para. 1 OASA),
• Deregistration in the previous municipality of residence within the same period (Art. 15 para. 1 OASA),
• Data forwarding to the cantonal migration office for the update of the residential address,
• Foreign national's identity card: remains valid as a rule; in the case of a differing address on the card, a new card may be issued.

The municipal registration practice varies in the documents required and in the processing modalities. In larger cities, pre-registration appointments are often required, while in smaller municipalities direct attendance during office hours is possible; the concrete modality is to be clarified with the respective residents' registration office.

Anyone who moves several times within the canton must register anew with each move — even if the move lasts only a few months. An unregistered use of a secondary residence can become problematic under the law on foreign nationals when the registered residence does not correspond to the actual centre of vital interests.

10. Consequences of a missed deadline

The 14-day deadline is a statutory obligation, the violation of which can trigger administrative and foreign-nationals-law consequences.

Administrative consequences

• Contravention offence under Art. 120 FNIA: the violation of the registration, deregistration and notification obligations is punishable as a contravention with a fine. The concrete assessment takes place in the individual case by the competent authority; SIP names no amounts.
• Procedural costs in the permit procedure.
• Note in the administrative file, which may be taken into account in future procedures (renewal, settlement permit, naturalisation).

Foreign-nationals-law consequences

• Consideration in the integration assessment: repeated violations of the notification obligations may be taken into account as a negative element in the assessment of integration under Art. 58a FNIA and thereby feed indirectly into permit-renewal procedures. A failure in registration does not on its own lead to a refusal of permit; decisive is the overall appraisal.
• Residence-duration evidence problem: a late or missing registration complicates the proof of the uninterrupted duration of stay in Switzerland, which is central for the granting of the settlement permit (regularly after ten years) and for ordinary naturalisation under Art. 9 SCA (Swiss Citizenship Act, SR 141.0). In hardship-case procedures under Art. 30 FNIA, the gapless proof of residence is a core item of evidence.
• Only as part of a more serious set of facts: the violation of the notification obligations can unfold foreign-nationals-law consequences when it coincides with further, independently weighty sets of facts — for example when incorrect information is provided to the authority. The grounds for revocation under Art. 62 FNIA and Art. 63 attach to qualified sets of facts (in particular deception of the authority, considerable criminality, endangerment of public order), not to the mere missing of the deadline. Detail in the revocation of residence or settlement permit under Art. 62 and 63 FNIA.

Cross-link: the revocation under Art. 62 and 63 FNIA for the revocation consequences, the appeal path against rulings of the cantonal migration authorities for the appeal path against contravention rulings or permit consequences.

11. School registration of children

Compulsory schooling begins in Switzerland as a rule with entry into kindergarten; the start and the cut-off date are regulated at cantonal level and vary (partly harmonised via the inter-cantonal HarmoS concordat). Decisive is the regulation of the canton of residence. School registration takes place with the school municipality of residence, typically in parallel with the residents' registration or following it.

Essential points:

• Registration deadline: differs by canton, as a rule before school entry or, on moving in, without delay after taking up residence,
• Allocation to the school municipality: takes place according to residence, not according to choice — a change of school within the municipality is possible only in justified cases,
• Language support: in many cantons, language support is offered or required for children who do not speak German, French or Italian,
• Anti-Scope: SIP recommends no school municipality, no private school and no specific language-support variant.

Cross-link: the birth of a child in Switzerland and permit derivation for the combined sequence birth-registration-permit-application-school, as well as for the special questions of children born in Switzerland to foreign parents.

12. Permit application versus registration — the legal distinction

A frequent source of confusion is the equating of registration and permit issuance. The two procedures are legally distinct:

• Registration (Art. 12 FNIA; at ordinance level Art. 10 OASA respectively Art. 15 OASA): recording of identity and residence with the office designated by the canton; no examination of the substantive permit requirements.
• Permit application (Art. 11 FNIA and Art. 18 ff. for gainful employment): permit procedure at the cantonal migration office; examination of the granting requirements, granting or refusal of the permit.

On first entry, the two procedures run in parallel: registration with the competent office triggers the forwarding of the data to the migration office, which opens the permit application. The foreign national's identity card is issued only after a positive permit decision — the provisional registration confirmation does not replace it.

On a change of canton with an existing permit, registration is administrative; the permit takeover or new authorisation takes place separately (see section 8 and the canton change under Art. 37 FNIA).

On a change of municipality within the canton, the permit is not affected; registration serves exclusively the update of residence.

13. Online registration and digital procedures

Digital registration practice varies strongly in Switzerland by canton and municipality:

• Online pre-registration with a subsequent personal appointment for identity verification: established in several larger cities; whether the respective municipality of residence offers this is to be checked on its official website or with the residents' registration office,
• Fully digital registration without an in-person appointment: partly available via cantonal eRelocation platforms, but not across the board and developing in availability and scope; the concrete availability is to be clarified cantonally,
• Personal attendance with original documents remains the standard in many places — in particular for third-state nationals, because the identity verification of the passport regularly takes place in person.

Risk of purely digital registration: an online pre-registration without a subsequent in-person appointment is often not deemed to preserve the deadline as long as the personal identity recording is outstanding. Anyone who wishes to preserve the 14-day deadline with a digital pre-registration should clarify with the respective municipality whether the appointment is possible within the deadline; if this is not assured, personal attendance before the deadline expires is the safe path.

14. On the asylum track — N, F and S permits

For persons in asylum or protection proceedings, separate registration rules apply that partly deviate from the standard procedure:

• N-permit holders (asylum seekers with pending proceedings): allocation to a canton by the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) according to the distribution key of the Asylum Act (AsylA, SR 142.31). Registration in the allocated municipality within the deadline set by the SEM. No right to change residence without SEM authorisation — an unauthorised move to another canton can endanger the status and interrupt social benefits.
• F-permit holders (provisionally admitted persons): cantonal allocation; a change of canton of residence is as a rule possible only with the authorisation of the SEM (with relaxations in the case of longer-lasting F status).
• S-permit holders (persons seeking protection, in particular persons from Ukraine since March 2022): cantonal allocation; change typically possible only in special cases.

Cross-link: the Asylum Act glossary for the statutory definitions, allocation mechanics and procedural sequences.

Anti-Scope: SIP gives no asylum-procedure strategy. Appeals against asylum decisions of the SEM go to the Federal Administrative Court and as a rule require specialised legal representation (cross-link: the appeal path against rulings of the cantonal migration authorities).

15. Cross-references

• FNIA and OASA terminology glossary — statutory framing,
• Asylum Act glossary — N/F/S permit regime,
• AFMP and VFP glossary — AFMP and free choice of residence of EU/EFTA citizens,
• change-of-canton procedure in detail (Art. 37 FNIA),
• birth of a child and registration sequence,
• revocation in the case of breaches of obligations (Art. 62 and 63 FNIA),
• marriage-certificate apostille and registration requirements,
• appeal path against foreign-nationals-law rulings,
• cantonal residents'-registration and migration acts are governed by the respective cantonal law.

16. Anti-Scope (STRICT) — what this file and SIP do not provide

• No strategy to postpone or circumvent the 14-day deadline. The deadline rests on Art. 12 FNIA and the ordinance (Art. 10 OASA respectively Art. 15 OASA) and cannot be extended by private agreement. Anyone who foreseeably cannot meet the deadline should proactively contact the competent office and document the facts — a subsequent registration with a comprehensible reason is regularly appraised differently in practice than an unjustified default.
• No health insurance recommendation. SIP names no insurers, no tariffs, no comparison platforms with a value recommendation. Cross-link to priminfo.admin.ch and to cantonal social insurance institutions.
• No tax advice. The withholding tax obligation and the threshold for the supplementary ordinary assessment are described at the statutory level; individual tax optimisation, the Pillar 3a strategy and the choice of tax domicile within Switzerland fall within the competence of tax advisory and fiduciary services.
• No recommendation on the choice of municipality of residence. Tax rates, school municipality allocations, premium-reduction tables and childcare availability are public; the choice is an economic and family decision of the person.
• No pension fund and pension advice. The BVG entry threshold is statutory; the choice of pension fund in the case of multiple employment, voluntary buy-ins and Pillar 3a optimisation fall within the competence of specialised pension advice.
• No assessment of the chances of success in the permit procedure that follows registration. This file explains the law and the procedure; a prognosis related to the individual case is legal advice within the meaning of the law on the legal profession and does not fall within the scope of SIP's services.
• No individual legal representation and no lawyer placement in the individual case. SIP explains the law in general terms and represents no mandates. Professional representation of parties and individual legal advice are regulated in the Federal Act on the Free Movement of Lawyers (LLCA, SR 935.61); anyone who needs an individual-case appraisal turns to a lawyer registered in the cantonal bar register.

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