Prime Relocation
Full-service relocation · ZürichPrime 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 Zürich
expat-services.ch lists 19 hand-checked English-speaking immigration and permit services in Zürich, including CONVINUS, Fragomen Switzerland, Henley & Partners Switzerland and Immigration-Lawyer.ch.
Besides English, they also work in German, French, Italian and Spanish. Every profile shows the services, languages and contact details, checked by hand before going live. See also Lawyers and notaries in Zürich.
Immigration & permits in Zürich
19 providers
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Welcome Service
Full-service relocation · ZürichWelcome 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.
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Auris Relocation
Full-service relocation · ZürichAuris 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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Lifestylemanagers
Full-service relocation · ZürichLifestylemanagers is a family-run relocation and real estate firm in Steinhausen that has helped private clients and companies settle in the canton of Zug since 2007.
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RelEx
Full-service relocation · ZürichRelEx is a relocation company from Andelfingen that helps expats find a flat and settle in around Zurich, Zug and Lucerne, with every service bookable on its own.
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ReloNest
Destination services · ZürichReloNest 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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CONVINUS
Permit applications · ZürichGlobal mobility specialist since 2002 handling Swiss work and residence permits, business visas, family member permits and assignment management, with offices in Zürich, Basel, Geneva and Zug.
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Fragomen Switzerland
Immigration consultants · ZürichGlobal immigration consultancy with Swiss teams in Zürich and Prilly/Lausanne handling work authorisation, corporate mobility and immigration compliance for companies and individuals.
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Henley & Partners Switzerland
Immigration consultants · ZürichResidence and citizenship planning firm with Zürich and Geneva offices, advising wealthy private clients on Swiss residence options incl. lump-sum taxation routes.
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Immigration-Lawyer.ch
Immigration lawyers · ZürichZürich attorney practice focused on Swiss migration law: B/C permits, work permits, family reunification, naturalisation and appeals against immigration decisions in all cantons.
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KPMG Switzerland – Immigration Services
Immigration consultants · ZürichKPMG 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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Legal XII Tables Avocats
Immigration lawyers · ZürichZürich law firm assisting individuals and companies with entry and residence of foreign nationals, permits, family reunification, naturalisation and asylum matters.
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Sgier + Partner
Permit applications · ZürichZürich-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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Sprachschule Schneider
Naturalisation · ZürichZurich language school with one-on-one German lessons built around the Swiss naturalisation language certificate (A2 written, B1 spoken); English website; knowledge-test preparation on request.
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Swiss Law International
Immigration consultants · ZürichLegal consultancy near Zürich supporting immigration processes, relocation and employment law, with paid consultations and a visa eligibility check for foreign nationals.
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Swissing
Naturalisation · ZürichZürich school running a 16-hour naturalisation preparation course on Swiss geography, history, democracy and social system, with interview training in German.
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Wenger Vieli
Immigration lawyers · ZürichBusiness law firm in Zürich and Zug with a migration team advising on non-EU permits, secondments, family reunification, cross-border commuters and naturalisation.
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Wisler Legal
Immigration lawyers · ZürichZürich law office advising expats and companies on foreigner/immigration law and permit matters, alongside corporate, contract, real estate and employment law.
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Wordculture
Naturalisation · ZürichZürich language school offering naturalisation preparation that combines German A2–B1 with Swiss civics for the canton's basic knowledge test; on-site telc/fide exam centre.
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Local facts
Immigration & permits: what's particular to Zurich
The cantonal Migrationsamt at Berninastrasse 45, 8090 Zurich, grants entry and residence permits. Its counter is open Monday to Friday from 8.00 to 16.30 and its phone line from 8.00 to 11.45 and 13.00 to 16.30; it has no e-mail address, only an online contact form (Migrationsamt Zurich, checked ). Employers file work-permit applications through EasyGov, the online counter for businesses (Migrationsamt Zurich, checked ).
The permit types are L for stays of under a year, B for longer stays, C for unlimited settlement and G for cross-border commuters (Canton of Zurich, checked ). A C permit can be requested after ten years, or after five for spouses of Swiss nationals and of settlement permit holders and for people from countries with a settlement agreement who meet the integration criteria (Canton of Zurich, checked ).
The city collects the Migrationsamt’s fees at registration and gives them as a guide: CHF 72 to 127 for EU/EFTA adults and CHF 124 to 144 for third-country nationals, with children from CHF 37 and from CHF 69 to 89 respectively (City of Zurich, checked ).
Registering in Zurich
Arrivals from abroad register in person at the Personenmeldeamt Zürich Süd in the Stadthaus, Stadthausquai 17, with a booked appointment, and only once they actually live in the city (City of Zurich, checked ). The deadline is 14 days (2026) (City of Zurich, checked ); the fee is CHF 40 per adult, plus the cantonal migration office’s permit fees for foreign nationals (City of Zurich, checked ). More in our guide to registering at your commune.
Read more B, L and C permits in Switzerland: what’s the differenceB permit in Switzerland: requirements, fees and processing times by cantonC permit in Switzerland: requirements and how to switch from B to C
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