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

¹ For­eign na­tion­als may be per­mit­ted to work only if it is proven that no suit­able do­mest­ic em­ploy­ees or cit­izens of states with which an agree­ment on the free move­ment of work­ers has been con­cluded can be found for the job.

² Do­mest­ic em­ploy­ees in­clude:

a.

Swiss na­tion­als;

b.

per­sons with a set­tle­ment per­mit;

c.

per­sons with a res­id­ence per­mit au­thor­ising them to work;

d.²⁸

tem­por­ar­ily ad­mit­ted per­sons;

e.²⁹

per­sons who have been gran­ted tem­por­ary pro­tec­tion and have a per­mit en­titling them to take up em­ploy­ment.

³ For­eign na­tion­als with a Swiss uni­versity de­gree may be ad­mit­ted in derog­a­tion from para­graph 1 if their work is of high aca­dem­ic or eco­nom­ic in­terest. They shall be tem­por­ar­ily ad­mit­ted for a peri­od of six months fol­low­ing com­ple­tion of their edu­ca­tion or train­ing in Switzer­land in or­der to find suit­able work.³⁰