Comments on: They’re letting me stay

By: rswb

rswb — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:28:34 +0000

Yep, the voting would be enough of a reason for me, too (if it wasn’t already an extremely good idea anyway, what with my Australian passport being fairly non-useful in Europe). I still have a good few years to wait, though …

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:20:32 +0000

J – it’s just a reason to charge you an extra 65 Francs now and then

robyn – yeah, the paperwork’s been sitting on my desk for a year. I got slammed by post-partum depression and it just wasn’t important. But yes. My boys are going to go to school here and, if things don’t change, enter the military here so I need the passport. I want to be able to vote here.

By: rswb

rswb — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:10:49 +0000

Have you thought about getting the passport instead of the permit?

By: J

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:25:09 +0000

oops! Sorry. Your reply field kept my Thanksgiving nickname…lol

By: Turkey

Turkey — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:24:27 +0000

How odd that permanent res needs to be ‘updated’. In Germany you only have to get a ‘new’ perm res permit when you get a new passport (and my understanding is that it’s just transferred from the old passport to the new passport).

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:51:33 +0000

I think B passes have different time limits depending on the circumstance and canton. I had a friend whose B pass was valid for 7 years; mine needed to be renewed annually. She lived in Solothurn and was married to an EU citizen who, craziliy enough, have a better spousal deal than Swiss citizens. The C Pass is a permanent resident but it does as a technicality need to be updated every 5 years. At least in Canton Bern.

By: India

India — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:19:16 +0000

I know exactly what you mean – I frequently stop and say to myself ‘Ich wohne in der Schweiz’! My husband thinks I am crazy…
I am a bit confused – I thought a 5 year pass was a ‘B’ and ‘C’= permanent right of abode???

India