LIFE UPDATE: I BECAME A SWISS PR!! 🇨🇭(How to Apply, Tips & Honest Reflections)

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Hi everyone! Back with a HUGE life update this time...I finally became a Swiss PR and obtained the Permit C after 5 years!
As a non-EU, EFTA citizen, this would have normally taken 10 years, but with a bit of luck and some strategic planning I managed to HALVE the number of years and got mine within 5 years, with one single successful application approved within a month!
Watch this video to the end to learn more about the benefits of applying for the Swiss Permanent Residency (Permits), the criteria for application, and my personal tips for how to make your application as smooth as possible. I wish you the best of luck in your immigration journey to Switzerland!
T I M E S T A M P S
00:00 Introduction
01:05 My background
01:32 Permit B vs Permit C: What's the diff?
02:30 Benefit #1: Certainty
03:06 Benefit #2: Geographical flexibility
03:37 Benefit #3: Broader employment choices
04:12 Benefit #4: Property rights
04:36 Benefit #5: Administration, time and cost savings
05:06 Benefit #6: Wider time limit to stay outside of Switzerland
05:31 Benefit #7: Taxes
06:04 Criteria for C Permit application
06:41 How did you get your permit C in 5 instead of 10 years?
07:54 Required documents for application
08:21 My application process
09:16 Thoughts & reflections
11:52 Final tip
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1. Jungfraujoch: Top of Europe Tour 🏔️
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2. Mount Titlis Day Tour from Zurich 🏔️
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3. Lucerne: Swiss Transport Museum 🚂
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4. Lucerne: Day Trip from Zurich with Cruise 🏞️
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5. Jungfrau Region: Paragliding Diving in Interlaken 🪂
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6. Lauterbrunnen and 72 waterfalls: E-Bike Rental 🚴‍♂️
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7. Rhine Falls Half-Day Tour from Zurich 🌊
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8. Zurich: City Tour, Cruise, and Lindt Home of Chocolate Visit 🏙️
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9. Bern: 2-Hour Guided Walking Tour 🐻
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10. Zermatt: Gornergrat Railway Day Trip 🚂
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11. Basel: 2-Hour Historical Walking Tour 🏛️
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12. Geneva: Chocolate Tasting Tour 🍫
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13. Lausanne: Olympic Museum Entrance Ticket 🏅
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14. Lausanne: Lavaux Vineyards Tour, Chillon Castle, Chaplin’s World 🍇
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15. Bernina Express: Full-Day Rail Tour from Milan 🚂
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@Candamoon 2 ай бұрын

I appreciate that this video is not too long and it's very direct and informative. Thank you! ❤️

@Olliechinny 2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, thank you!

@retromachine9733 2 ай бұрын

I watch your videos every now and then about Switzerland. Congrats on the PR!

@Olliechinny 2 ай бұрын

I appreciate that! Thank youu

@michellepark8173 2 ай бұрын

This is amazing! Congratulations! I’m waiting for my own PR process to be approved and it’s been daunting. Really happy to see videos like this that are so informative. All the best to you and your family!

@Olliechinny 2 ай бұрын

You can do it! All the best for your application!!

@earthchanger 2 ай бұрын

This is truly amazing, congrats🤩!

@Olliechinny 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing my joy!

@istvanl85 16 күн бұрын

thanks for the info. Good luck with the channel.

@isalutfi 2 ай бұрын

Hi Olivia. Congrats! Thank you for sharing your experience. Keep it up!

@Olliechinny 2 ай бұрын

Thank you I appreciate it!

@sj90174 Ай бұрын

Congrats Olivia and thanks so much for all your videos! I've just spent two weeks in Switzerland and used your vids to make the most of my time there. I'm from London and just realised I can get Irish citizenship through my grandparents, seriously considering moving there! It's so serene and beautiful. Also felt quite a bit more relaxed and sparse compared to UK cities.

@Olliechinny Ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

@glee7224 Ай бұрын

Congratulations! 🎉

@aurelialo5251 2 ай бұрын

Congrats on your PR! I hope i can get mine in a few years time 😁

@Olliechinny 2 ай бұрын

I hope so too! you got this :)

@mariojsworld 2 ай бұрын

Nice tips and reflections.

@seanvic0912 2 ай бұрын

Informative and direct to the points. Great!

@Olliechinny 2 ай бұрын

thank you you are always so supportive!

@nenuphar0722 2 ай бұрын

Congratulations!

@Olliechinny 2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@HishamBinMdSabidi 2 ай бұрын

Yaay..🎉 congratulations majulah Swisspura..😅

@hankyoung3100 2 ай бұрын

Congrats!

@Olliechinny 2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@kylakaplan1314 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for the video, it was super helpful! Do you know whether the 5 years of continuous stay for US/CA citizenship holders applies for five years of continual education, or is a working status of 5 years required?

@anglo-swissjeff7539 29 күн бұрын

The C permit is called " never leave permit " restrictions are - you are not required to do military service ( if you are young ) and not vote, but you can buy property, if you leave the country for more then two years then you lose the permit.

@The-axman 2 ай бұрын

congrats! I did not realize that it is that difficult. I am also non-EU, came to switzerland to work for a big Swiss company, and at the end of the first 5 years with a B permit, I expected them to ask me to apply for another 5 years, but they just sent me a letter inviting me to go to the local council office to collect my C permit. I did not have to do anything to apply for it. But this was in 2008.

@pj1uk 2 ай бұрын

Switzerland is logical. You had a good job for 5 years and paid taxes and all the other stuff and have no debts, than you get c permit or citizenship without a struggle. Of course there is a little difference for EU and non EU.

@BenderFondue 2 ай бұрын

Congrats on the C-Permit I wonder now what the difference is when the partner is a Swiss citizen. Oh and one hint, yes you have Asian looks, but then again, one of my frens is Black, and he's about as Swiss as it gets, hell he is either speaking in his Swiss dialect or English. So looks are very desieveing. But I can understand why you'd prefer to keep the Singaporean citizanship over the Swiss on 🙂

@pavlo702 2 ай бұрын

Congrats

@Sree_Z_World 2 ай бұрын

Ive a question 🙋, if you want to apply for swiss 🇨🇭 citizenship after getting swiss PR. How many years more you have to stay in switzerland 🇨🇭. Or can you apply for citizenship right after you got permanent residency?

@klarissemonje4734 2 ай бұрын

Hi, your videos are really helpful. I just want to ask how's the weather like in the last week of May to early June? Because I'm traveling to Switzerland by those times. What are the things/ clothes I need to pack? Your reply means a lot. Thank you so much.

@Olliechinny 2 ай бұрын

I alr did a video on this, please check!

@tuvshinsengee 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video! Just a quick question about whether or not your husband needed to meet the language requirements as you had to go through? Are both of you required to be able to speak the language from the canton?

@Olliechinny 2 ай бұрын

We both have passed DELF B2

@AthenaLu 2 ай бұрын

Congratulations!! May I ask what DELF level did you acquire before/when starting your first job? Thank you!

@Olliechinny 2 ай бұрын

None. I didn’t have any french fluency before I started work, only just begun A1

@serenelim1957 Ай бұрын

So you just need to have min. A1 and A2 German language ?

@kaiollie3120 Ай бұрын

helloo, love your video ., i was planning to go to switzerland this june for 2 days from zurich do you have any guide or anything? i wanted to go to matterhorn.

@Olliechinny Ай бұрын

I do! Www.Rexby.com/olliechinny

@borsak7 2 ай бұрын

Next step swiss citizenship! 😎🇨🇭

@Olliechinny 2 ай бұрын

no i wont apply for that and explained why :)

@Swissflixx 2 ай бұрын

Congratulations. In case if you want to apply swiss citizenship after your c permit. How long you have to wait ? Or you can apply now ?

@ohitsnathalie2618 20 күн бұрын

I believe you have to live in Switzerland in total of 10 years in order to apply. And depending on the municipal you are living in they can be super strict with the citizenship. Some let the whole town/ municipal vote upon you. Western part of Switzerland is known to be less strict by giving out citizenships.

@nsol6523 2 ай бұрын

Great video Olivia thx a lot .... Would you please clarify about the past 5 years... How many years do you employ? How many years do you study? According to your information, you weren't allowed to change your employer right ?

@Olliechinny 2 ай бұрын

I studied in Singapore. I worked for 3 diff companies. I changed companies not because I quit, but each time I was laid off and had to find a new job.

@firewatermoonsun Ай бұрын

Are Swiss PR holders entitled to the same social benefits as Swiss citizens, I mean various subsidies and payments from the Swiss government?

@amingaming6754 Ай бұрын

I want to come to Switzerland as sn international student. I want to study computer science. Does the 4 year as a student count. Or i should live in Switzerland for 5 more years. And is it easy for students to get pr

@batmankhoo6628 2 ай бұрын

Congrats. Swiss is super scenic and nice though. Just back from a 2 weeks Swiss tour after watching your videos. But why not stay in Singapore for the convenience?

@Olliechinny 2 ай бұрын

Singapore is kinda stressful to live in....but thank you and i hope you enjoyed switzerland!

@batmankhoo6628 2 ай бұрын

@@Olliechinnyagree. its terribly stressful in Singapore.

@user-gp7hq3to4e 15 күн бұрын

I’m a single Singaporean Chinese who speaks English and Mandarin, and learning French and Italian now. May I know if I can still have my Singapore citizenship if I get a B permit or Swiss PR? Thanks in advance!

@MohammadAghaSultani 2 ай бұрын

Congratulations on your PR. Have you been working 5 years too or you learned language first? Is it one of the criteria to work 5 years also for getting PR or not?

@Olliechinny 2 ай бұрын

I didn’t work for 5 continuous years as I was unemployed in between so no this is not the main criteria.

@phoenixforever9850 2 ай бұрын

Really great content. Happy for you. I had a query though: If you (non EU/EFTA/EEA) are married to a Swiss citizen who is working in Switzerland, is it possible for you to get a work permit to work in Germany? For clarity, here the Swiss citizen is still working in Switzerland. But the non-EU/EFTA/EEA spouse from the third country wants to work in Germany. Is it legally possible?

@Olliechinny 2 ай бұрын

I doubt so. I dont see how living in Switzerland has anything related to working in Germany? And Switzerland is not an EU country as well.

@phoenixforever9850 2 ай бұрын

@@Olliechinny yeah thought so myself. But still was wondering. Thanks a bunch

@GuilhermeGomes-bo2tg Ай бұрын

Did you apply after completing the 5 years living in the country or have you sent the papers a little bit before that?

@Olliechinny Ай бұрын

After 5 years

@khushbugupta6970 2 ай бұрын

Can you help how did you learn French?

@pj1uk 2 ай бұрын

The biggest difference between B and C permit is tax level (lower for C) plus you can buy a property and rent it (b can buy for purpose of living in it). Additionally C perm and citizens need to file their taxes. With B permit you renew it each 5 years, not one year.

@ricomagic4620 Ай бұрын

B1 for non EU equivalent with L for EU Renew each year, link to home adress and employer

@p_petertherock 2 ай бұрын

Congratulations! Do you think your content creation on Switzerland was another driver that got them deciding you were worthy of a C permit?

@Olliechinny 2 ай бұрын

Possibly…? Although I doubt Canton Vaud follows me on my KZfaq and IG…? 😂

@sahas189 2 ай бұрын

Congratulations! I had a small query. I am a non EU EFTA B permit holder. Do you know if we can search for another job if I lose my current Job or Do I have to leave the country?

@Olliechinny 2 ай бұрын

You have one year to find a new job with unemployment insurance and after that u will have to leave if u still can’t find a job.

@sahas189 2 ай бұрын

@@Olliechinny Thanks for the information.

@MohammadAghaSultani 2 ай бұрын

Is it important to be in the same Canton for the specific period of time to get C permit for immigrants?

@Olliechinny 2 ай бұрын

Yes. 5 continuous years

@Sunny-m00ny 2 ай бұрын

Did you know language back when you moved there? Or was you learning it during your time there? Is it hard?

@Olliechinny 2 ай бұрын

I learnt it in Switzerland. It’s hard but when you want to master it hard enough you will see to make it happen 😉

@Sunny-m00ny 2 ай бұрын

@@Olliechinny thank you for your answer, I appreciate your help!

@GuilhermeGomes-bo2tg Ай бұрын

If you had a L permit for 1,5 year, does it count for the 5 years residency rule to apply for a C permit? Or does only B permit time count?

@Olliechinny Ай бұрын

The L does not count

@GuilhermeGomes-bo2tg Ай бұрын

😢

@johazelbograd 2 ай бұрын

Congratulations! And just the info I’m looking for. May I ask what is the nationality of your husband? You mentioned you applied under fast track; which criteria made you qualify for fast track? Fellow SEAsian here 😊

@Olliechinny 2 ай бұрын

We are both Singaporeans. But I alr explained the criteria in the video…..

@johazelbograd 2 ай бұрын

@@Olliechinny thanks for the reply! I’m on my 4th year and wondering if it’s possible to attempt at Y5-so you gave me hope 🥰 I guess I misunderstood (and maybe it’s canton to canton regulations as well, I’m in Basel); I thought the requirements you enumerated were the standard everywhere, which we would still need to prove at 10th year; and that fast track means you have eligible circumstances (like having Swiss or EU spouse turning C) on top of the standard.

@computer2211 2 ай бұрын

Did you receive a letter stating that you can apply for a permit C or you just applied directly ? 😮

@Olliechinny 2 ай бұрын

I applied directly

@dsgarden 2 ай бұрын

Nice video however I do think your husbands status in the country had a positive effect on your application given that you submitted a marriage contract