Prime Relocation
Full-service relocation · LausannePrime Relocation is a family-owned relocation agency in Zug, founded in 2006, helping expats, families and HR teams with home search, permits, temporary housing, schools and settling in.
Relocation agencies
Full-service relocation in Lausanne
expat-services.ch lists 5 hand-checked English-speaking full-service relocation agencies in Lausanne: De Peri Relocation Services, Lodge Relocation, Prime Relocation (our partner), Welcome Service (our partner) and Auris Relocation (our partner).
Besides English, they also work in French, German, Italian and Spanish. Every profile shows the services, languages and contact details, checked by hand before going live. See also Home search services in Lausanne.
Full-service relocation in Lausanne
5 providers
-
-
Welcome Service
Full-service relocation · LausanneWelcome Service is a family-owned relocation firm founded in 1990, with offices in Geneva, Lausanne and Zurich, handling permits, home search, schools and settling in for families and HR teams.
-
Auris Relocation
Full-service relocation · LausanneAuris 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.
-
De Peri Relocation Services
Full-service relocation · LausanneZurich-based relocation company serving all Swiss regions with home and school search, permits, temporary housing, move management and settling-in.
Checked by our editors · not yet confirmed by the business.
Is this your business? -
Lodge Relocation
Full-service relocation · LausanneRelocation and immigration agency founded 1994 with offices in Geneva, Lausanne, Zug and Zurich, handling permits, housing and school search for corporate clients.
Checked by our editors · not yet confirmed by the business.
Is this your business?
Local facts
Full-service relocation: what's particular to Lausanne
The chain from abroad starts at the border: household effects are cleared at a customs office for commercial goods, and an advance file e-mailed at least two working days before crossing speeds this up (FOCBS, checked ). Residence follows at the Service du contrôle des habitants, which forwards the permit file to the cantonal Service de la population and collects the fee (Canton of Vaud, checked ). Applicants are then invited to the Centre de biométrie at Voie du Chariot 3, which works by appointment only from Monday to Saturday, 7:30 to 16:30 (Canton of Vaud, checked ).
A car imported into Vaud passes customs first. The registration file for an imported light vehicle is filed at the Lausanne centre of the Service des automobiles et de la navigation only, at Avenue du Grey 110, where counters are open from 7:15 to 16:15 on weekdays, and the car is registered after a technical inspection (Canton of Vaud, checked ) (Canton of Vaud, checked ). Federal customs guidance states that plates can be changed up to one year after the move (FOCBS, checked ), and a foreign driving licence is exchanged within 12 months of arrival (Canton of Vaud, checked ). When a car's CO2 value is not documented, Vaud raises the vehicle tax by 25% (Canton of Vaud, checked ).
Children are enrolled at the city's school office at Place Chauderon 9 (lausanne.ch, checked ), and the Agence d'assurances sociales at Place Chauderon 7 later checks that each new resident has basic health insurance (lausanne.ch, checked ).
Registering in Lausanne
Newcomers register with the Service du contrôle des habitants at Rue du Port-Franc 18. The registration deadline is 14 days (2026) (lausanne.ch, checked ). Arrivals from abroad or from another canton book a counter appointment and attend in person with a complete file (lausanne.ch, checked ), and the city's fee schedule sets CHF 30 for registering an arrival (lausanne.ch, checked ). For the national rules, see registering at your commune.
Read more International movers in Switzerland: how to compare quotesB, L and C permits in Switzerland: what’s the difference
Checked by the expat-services.ch editorial team