Permits
Work permits, cross-border status, commuting and the big steps of life across the border: everything you need to become, remain or stop being a cross-border worker.
Becoming a cross-border worker involves a series of administrative steps that nobody explains in full before you have to face them: from the work permit to the documents your employer and your bank will ask for, to the choices that come with each stage of your cross-border status. They are steps you take once, but they cost time and sometimes money when they are badly prepared.
In this section you will find the guides to move forward step by step, starting with the complete guide for Swiss cross-border workers: permits, obligations, rights and the practical side of working in Switzerland while living abroad.
Your transfers between Switzerland and your home country leave a trace: the TRN guide explains what a Transaction Reference Number is, how it differs from other bank codes and why it protects you when a payment is late. Better to know these mechanisms in advance than when a salary seems to have gone missing.
For the operational part of each step — tax return, CHF account, pension — the dedicated guides are in the Bank accounts and Pension sections.