What you need to know right now when settling in Switzerland.
Prepare your file before viewing (ID, permit, salary statement, debt-collection extract): flats are often gone the same day. Our guide details each document.
A CHF 5,000 offer looks great when you arrive. But in Switzerland, it can be low for your job and region. And two offers with the same salary can differ by thousands of francs in pension.
Before the interview, look up the median salary for your job on Salarium. Before signing, ask whether the pension plan (2nd pillar) only covers the legal minimum. On your CV: a Swiss phone number.
Your new premium arrives by post this autumn. To switch insurer on 1 January, your cancellation must be received before 30 November, by registered letter. Comparing takes ten minutes and can save several hundred francs a year.
The Federal Housing Office keeps the reference interest rate for rents at 1.25%, where it has been since September 2025.
Since the rate has not moved, it allows neither your landlord to raise the rent nor you to ask for a reduction on that basis. Next publication in early December.
In your space, Kimberly applies each piece of news to your situation: the dates that concern you, pre-filled forms and the legal articles. It's free.
Open my space →Kimberly is a wézon character: French-American, Kimberly has spent years helping people unpack their bags in Switzerland. Permits, housing, health insurance, taxes: she knows the order to do things in, and what can't wait. Articles and answers come from wézon's guides, checked against official sources.
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