Auris Relocation
Full-service relocation · BaselAuris Relocation is a Swiss relocation and global mobility firm with nine offices from Geneva to Lugano, handling permits, home search, schools and moves for companies and families.
Relocation agencies
Destination services in Basel
expat-services.ch lists 5 hand-checked English-speaking destination service providers in Basel: CONTENTUM Relocation Basel, Relocation Basel (h.o.m.e.s.), Swiss Expat Realtor, Auris Relocation (our partner) and ReloNest (our partner).
Besides English, they also work in German, French, Chinese and Dutch. Every profile shows the services, languages and contact details, checked by hand before going live. See also Home search services in Basel.
Destination services in Basel
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ReloNest
Destination services · BaselReloNest is a Zurich-based relocation company, founded in 2023, that provides home search, school search, permits and settling-in help through consultants in nine Swiss cities.
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CONTENTUM Relocation Basel
Destination services · BaselBasel relocation and destination consultancy supporting transferees and families with arrival, home search, settling-in, cross-border advice and departure.
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Relocation Basel (h.o.m.e.s.)
Destination services · BaselBasel-region relocation agency with 20+ years' experience offering home search, registration help, schooling, orientation tours and departures.
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Swiss Expat Realtor
Apartment search services · BaselExpat-focused rental home search agency covering Zurich, Zug, Schwyz and Basel; uses local network incl. unlisted properties and advocates for applications; success-based fee.
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Local facts
Destination services: what's particular to Basel
Registration is booked in a five-step online form that takes about 15 minutes and cannot be saved midway; appointments can be booked up to 30 days ahead, and the booking date, not the appointment date, counts for the registration deadline of 14 days (2026) (Einwohneramt BS, checked ) (Einwohneramt BS, checked ). People arriving from abroad have a welcome talk, fingerprints and a photo taken at the appointment (Einwohneramt BS, checked ).
Basic health insurance follows within three months of settling, and insurers must accept every applicant; the average adult premium in Basel-Stadt is CHF 570.60 a month (2027) (FOPH, checked ) (Basel-Stadt, checked ). Newcomers from abroad who apply for a premium reduction within three months of arrival receive it from the start of their insurance, and the income limit for a single person is CHF 49,375 (Amt für Sozialbeiträge, checked ).
The U-Abo transport pass costs CHF 86 a month (2026) (TNW, checked ). Children aged four or five who are new to Basel are registered for kindergarten with the Volksschulen, which takes one to two weeks to process (Volksschulen BS, checked ).
Registering in Basel
Newcomers register with the Einwohneramt of Bevölkerungsdienste und Migration at Spiegelgasse 6; from 2 November 2026 its counters work from a temporary building on Schwarzwaldallee, opposite Badischer Bahnhof. The deadline is 14 days (2026) (Einwohneramt BS, checked ): the date of the online booking counts, not the date of the appointment. Registration costs CHF 25 per person (Einwohneramt BS, checked ). The general steps are in registering at your commune.
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