Federal Act
on Foreign Nationals and Integration
(Foreign Nationals and Integration Act, FNIA)1

English is not an official language of the Swiss Confederation. This translation is provided for information purposes only and has no legal force.

of 16 December 2005 (Status as of 1 July 2021)

1 Amended by No I of the FA of 16 Dec. 2016 (Integration), in force since 1 Jan. 2019 (AS 2017 6521, 2018 3171; BBl 2013 2397, 2016 2821).


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Art. 12 Registration requirement

1 For­eign na­tion­als who re­quire a short stay, res­id­ence or set­tle­ment per­mit, must re­gister with the com­pet­ent au­thor­ity at their place of res­id­ence in Switzer­land be­fore the ex­piry of the peri­od of stay not re­quir­ing a per­mit or be­fore they take up em­ploy­ment.

2 For­eign na­tion­als must re­gister with the com­pet­ent au­thor­ity at the new place of res­id­ence if they move to an­oth­er com­mune or to an­oth­er can­ton.

3 The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall de­term­ine the time lim­its for re­gis­tra­tion.

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