Prime Relocation
Full-service relocation · BaselPrime 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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expat-services.ch lists 9 hand-checked English-speaking relocation agencies in Basel, including CONTENTUM Relocation Basel, De Peri Relocation Services, ISCES and Relocation Basel (h.o.m.e.s.).
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 Home search services in Basel.
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Prime 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.
Welcome 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 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.
ReloNest 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.
Basel relocation and destination consultancy supporting transferees and families with arrival, home search, settling-in, cross-border advice and departure.
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Is this your business?Zurich-based relocation company serving all Swiss regions with home and school search, permits, temporary housing, move management and settling-in.
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Is this your business?Find a home, understand Swiss requirements and settle in with confidence. Personal, hands-on relocation support in the Basel region and online consultations for moving to, within or leaving Switzerlan
Basel-region relocation agency with 20+ years' experience offering home search, registration help, schooling, orientation tours and departures.
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Is this your business?Expat-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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Is this your business?Local facts
The canton's own newcomer services start at the Einwohneramt, where newcomers can book a welcome talk (Begrüssungsgespräch) and choose its topics (Einwohneramt BS, checked ). B-permit holders receive the voucher for a free German course there (Kanton Basel-Stadt, checked ). The Fachstelle Integration und Antirassismus runs hallo-baselstadt.ch, a guide to housing, waste, schools, health, taxes and permits in about 20 languages (Hallo Baselstadt, checked ) (Kanton Basel-Stadt, checked ).
The canton's newcomer page also names GGG Migration, a charitable association whose team advises in 17 languages on financial, legal and social questions (appointments on +41 61 206 92 22), and the BaselArea.swiss brand for company founders (Kanton Basel-Stadt, checked ). The location-marketing office's housing page lists six relocation agencies alongside links to the registration steps and to foreign representations in Switzerland (Kanton Basel-Stadt, checked ).
The permit card itself comes from the Migrationsamt, which bills it separately from the CHF 25 registration fee and sends it to the home address by post (Einwohneramt BS, checked ) (Kanton Basel-Stadt, checked ). Registration documents are submitted in German or translated, while civil status certificates are also accepted in English, French or Italian (Einwohneramt BS, checked ).
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.
Read more Your first 90 days in SwitzerlandRegistering at your Swiss commune (Anmeldung)
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