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

of 16 December 2005 (Status as of 17 December 2022)

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).


Open article in different language:  DE  |  FR  |  IT
Art. 11 Permit requirement for period of stay with gainful employment

1 For­eign na­tion­als who wish to work in Switzer­land re­quire a per­mit ir­re­spect­ive of the peri­od of stay. They must ap­ply to the com­pet­ent au­thor­ity at the planned place of em­ploy­ment for this per­mit.

2 Gain­ful em­ploy­ment is any salar­ied or self-em­ployed activ­ity that is nor­mally car­ried out for pay­ment, ir­re­spect­ive of wheth­er pay­ment is made.

3 In the case of salar­ied em­ploy­ment, the ap­plic­a­tion for a per­mit must be sub­mit­ted by the em­ploy­er.

Previous article Show article in the law Next article

Diese Seite ist durch reCAPTCHA geschützt und die Google Datenschutzrichtlinie und Nutzungsbedingungen gelten.

Feedback