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UK national work permit under post-2020 third-country rules

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

The pathway is designed for essential managers and specialists from the UK, admitted if this is in the overall economic interests of Switzerland. Persons with specialist professional knowledge or skills may be admitted if it can be shown that these skills are required.

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Limits of the record
  • The source does not specify particular occupations or professional activities beyond 'essential managers and specialists' and 'persons with specialist professional knowledge or skills'.
  • UK nationals coming to Switzerland to work from 1 January 2021, question 3
    This means that from 1 January 2021 only essential managers and specialists from the UK will be admitted to work here, if this is in the overall economic interests of Switzerland. Persons with specialist professional knowledge or skills may be admitted if it can be shown that these skills are required.

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

The applicant needs a job offer and an employer in Switzerland. The employer must apply to the competent cantonal immigration and labour market authority for the work permit.

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Limits of the record
  • The source does not describe any sponsor or transfer relationship, nor other employer involvement beyond the employer applying for the permit.

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

The decisive professional characteristics are that the applicant must be an essential manager or specialist, or a person with specialist professional knowledge or skills that are required. Swiss residents and EU/EFTA nationals are given preference, and the wage and work conditions standard for the location, profession or sector must be observed.

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Limits of the record
  • The source does not specify occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, or labour-market condition beyond the general preference and wage/work conditions requirement.
  • UK nationals coming to Switzerland to work from 1 January 2021, question 3
    This means that from 1 January 2021 only essential managers and specialists from the UK will be admitted to work here, if this is in the overall economic interests of Switzerland. Persons with specialist professional knowledge or skills may be admitted if it can be shown that these skills are required. Swiss residents and EU/EFTA nationals are given preference, and the wage and work conditions standard for the location, profession or sector must be observed.

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

Short-stay permit holders may change jobs only with good reason and within the same sector and profession (application to the cantonal authority); residence permit holders employed as employees may change jobs freely unless the permit was linked to a specific labour-market condition. Family reunification (for arrivals from 1 January 2021) is under FNIA: foreign spouse and unmarried children under 18, with conditions (shared household, suitable accommodation, no social assistance, integration, language skills).

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  • https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/arbeit/uk/faq.html
    If you have a short-stay permit, you can only change jobs if you have good reason, and only if you remain in the same sector and profession. An application to change jobs should be submitted to the competent cantonal immigration and labour market authority .
  • https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/arbeit/uk/faq.html
    However, if you have a residence permit to work as an employee, there are no restrictions on changing jobs. If the residence permit was issued for a specific position explicitly linked to a labour market requirement or condition, an application to change jobs must be submitted to the competent cantonal immigration and labour market authority .
  • https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/arbeit/uk/faq.html
    However, if you come to live in Switzerland after this date (1 January 2021), family reunification is regulated by the Foreign Nationals and Integration Act ( FNIA Chapter 7 ) and the Ordinance on Admission, Period of Stay and Employment (Chapter 6 ASEO, in German , French and Italian – not available in English). Family members entitled to join are the foreign spouse and unmarried children under 18 years old. Several conditions must be met (living in a shared household, suitable accommodation, no social assistance required, integration, language skills).

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the permission duration, renewal and longer-term residence direction.

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Limits of the record
  • No exact active official source record and country-scoped substantive capture were available for this route at execution time.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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