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This website offers information for binational couples and intercultural families who either live, or would like to live, in Switzerland. Our website has answers to the most important questions that binational couples and families are faced with.

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General information

Getting to know each other

Marriage, civil partnership and cohabitation

Family reunification

Living in Switzerland

Living abroad

Separation and divorce

What is a binational couple?

How many binational couples are there in Switzerland?

How do binational couples differ to other couples?

General

EU citizens

Citizens of third countries (those not in the EU or EFTA)

General information

Civil partnership/same-sex marriage

Rights and obligations

Marriage in Switzerland

Cohabitation

Surname

Getting married abroad

Marriage and marital property in Switzerland

General information

Spouses and children of individuals with a settlement permit

Family members of Swiss nationals

Spouses and children of persons with a residence permit

Time limit for family reunification

Family members of EU and EFTA citizens

Spouses and children of persons with a short stay permit

Overview of permits

Social integration and language

Becoming a Swiss national

Work and education

Intercultural couples

Work and education

Family/children

General information

Work and education

Information on residence law

Finances

Social integration and language

Family/Children/Relationship

Separation

Ending a civil partnership

Divorce

Consequences under migration law of separation/divorce/dissolution of a civil partnership

Separation counselling/mediation/lawyer

Financial consequences of separation/divorce

Continuing to be a parent