Prime Relocation
Full-service relocation · GenèvePrime 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
Orientation tours in Genève
expat-services.ch lists 4 hand-checked English-speaking orientation tour providers in Genève: Prime Relocation (our partner), ReloNest (our partner), Auris Relocation (our partner) and Welcome Service (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 Genève.
Orientation tours in Genève
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ReloNest
Destination services · GenèveReloNest 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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Auris Relocation
Full-service relocation · GenèveAuris 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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Welcome Service
Full-service relocation · GenèveWelcome 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.
Local facts
Orientation tours: what's particular to Geneva
The City of Geneva describes eight quartiers: Acacias-Bâtie, Champel, Eaux-Vives-Cité, Grottes-Saint-Gervais, Pâquis-Sécheron, Plainpalais-Jonction, Saint-Jean-Charmilles and Servette-Petit-Saconnex (City of Geneva, checked ). The statistical office splits the City into 16 sectors, where the average rent of a free-market 4-room flat ran in May 2025 from CHF 1,383 in Saint-Jean–Aïre to CHF 2,270 in Cité-Centre, with Champel–Roseraie at CHF 1,928, Pâquis–Navigation at CHF 1,835 and Jonction–Plainpalais at CHF 1,669 (OCSTAT rent statistics, checked ).
Outside the City, the same table gives CHF 1,696 in Carouge, CHF 1,491 in Lancy, CHF 1,398 in Vernier and CHF 1,344 in Onex. Vacancy on 1 June 2026 was 0.12% in Lancy, 0.14% in Onex, 0.20% in Meyrin, 0.25% in Carouge and 0.54% in Cologny, against 0.37% (1 June 2026) (OCSTAT vacancy survey, checked ) in the City (OCSTAT vacancy survey, checked ).
Unireso’s zone 10 covers the whole canton, so the same adult monthly pass at CHF 70 (2026) (Unireso, checked ) serves every district and commune. Each year the City’s social teams and neighbourhood associations organise a free walk through Saint-Jean–Charmilles for people who have just moved in or have lived there for years; the 2026 edition was on 10 October (City of Geneva, checked ).
Registering in Geneva
Newcomers announce their arrival to the cantonal population and migration office (OCPM), route de Chancy 88 in Onex (ge.ch OCPM, checked ). Most procedures run online through an e-démarches account on ge.ch, and the counters open by appointment only. The deadline after arrival is 14 days (2026) (ge.ch arrival, checked ), and a first B or L permit costs an EU/EFTA adult CHF 65 (Canton of Geneva, checked ). The steps are in registering at your commune.
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