Prime Relocation
Full-service relocation · LuganoPrime 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.
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Immigration & permits in Lugano
expat-services.ch lists 7 hand-checked English-speaking immigration and permit services in Lugano, including Gaggini & Partners, KPMG Switzerland – Immigration Services, Sgier + Partner and Togni Law Firm.
Besides English, they also work in French, Italian, German and Spanish. Every profile shows the services, languages and contact details, checked by hand before going live.
Immigration & permits in Lugano
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Auris Relocation
Full-service relocation · LuganoAuris 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.
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ReloNest
Destination services · LuganoReloNest 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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Gaggini & Partners
Immigration lawyers · LuganoLugano law and notary firm advising on residence and work permits, Swiss citizenship procedures and tax aspects of relocating to Ticino.
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KPMG Switzerland – Immigration Services
Immigration consultants · LuganoKPMG Law team supporting employers with Swiss work permit and visa processing, business traveller programmes, compliance audits and complex cross-border immigration advice.
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Sgier + Partner
Permit applications · LuganoZürich-based specialist for Swiss work and residence permits (L, B, G, C) in all cantons and Liechtenstein, plus permit checks and relocation support for employers and individuals.
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Togni Law Firm
Immigration lawyers · LuganoLugano law practice focused on migration law: work and residence permits, family reunification, naturalisation, hardship cases and appeals.
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Local facts
Immigration & permits: what's particular to Lugano
Permits for Lugano residents come from the Ufficio della migrazione of the cantonal Sezione della popolazione in Bellinzona, on +41 91 814 55 00 or di-sp.migrazione@ti.ch, with contact-centre hours of 08:00 to 12:00 and 13:30 to 17:00 (ti.ch, checked ). Since 3 August 2026 applications must go through the canton's digital procedure, which ends with a receipt or a substitute declaration confirming that the application was sent (ti.ch, checked ).
An application submitted at least 30 days earlier can be chased with a reminder form (ti.ch, checked ). While the permit is pending, the Puntocittà accepts the office's substitute declaration, or failing that a copy of the application, as proof when an arrival is registered (lugano.ch, checked ).
The city's permit page describes the B permit as valid for five years, and the G permit as allowing EU/EFTA nationals who live in another EU/EFTA state to work in Switzerland without moving their residence (lugano.ch, checked ). Foreign cross-border workers in Ticino averaged 79,219 (2025) (Ustat, checked ).
Registering in Lugano
New arrivals report to a Puntocittà counter in person or through a proxy; the deadline is 8 days (2026) (lugano.ch, checked ), and one adult can register a whole family. Foreign nationals show their permit or, while it is pending, a copy of the application (lugano.ch, checked ). The certificate of the arrival notice costs CHF 15 a copy (lugano.ch, checked ). More in registering at your commune.
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