• Information
• Preliminary remarks
• Work, careers and education
• Residency
• Marriage and partnership
• Mediation
• Separation and divorce
• Money
• Children
• Social security in Switzerland
• Integration
• Counseling offices

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• Information
• Preliminary remarks
  • General
  • What is different for binational couples?
  • Additional discussion of binational topics
• Work, careers and education
  • Work permits
    • Work permits prior to marriage, Registration of a partnership
    • Work permits after marriage/Registration
    • Problems in the job search due to B permit
    • Finding work in a different canton
  • Looking for a position
    • Tips for entering the work world
  • Unemployment
  • Recognition of foreign diplomas
  • Education
    • How do I get access to education?
    • Obtaining a teaching certificate
    • How can education be financed?
    • Support from spouse and relatives
• Residency
  • Residency in Switzerland
    • EU nationals
    • Third country nationals
  • The different types of residence permits
    • Permit B (one-year residence) due to marriage
    • Permit C (settlement)
    • Cohabiting and same-sex couples
  • Family reunification
  • Naturalization
• Marriage and partnership
  • Matrimonial law
  • Matrimonial property law
  • Legal questions on binational marriage
  • Registered partnership
  • Marriage
  • Family name
  • Wedding ceremony
• Mediation
• Separation and divorce
  • Separation by mutual agreement
  • Legal separation
  • Legal effects of separation
  • Mediation
  • Divorce by mutual consent
  • Contested divorce
  • Legal effects of divorce
• Money
  • Household planning
  • Legal questions: Money and partnership
  • Cohabitation
• Children
  • When binational couples become parents
  • Bicultural child-rearing
  • Language
  • Children’s religious affiliation
  • Traditions
  • Identity
  • Contact to families of origin
  • Arrangements in the case of separation or divorce
  • Children’s rights
  • Traveling abroad with children
  • Reunification with children
  • Support payments
• Social security in Switzerland
  • Insurance for newly arrived spouses
  • Social security during a stay abroad
  • Social security benefits in the case of divorce/dissolution of registered partnership
  • Child benefits
  • Further information
• Integration
  • Language courses
  • Opportunities for integration
• Counseling offices
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