Prime Relocation
Full-service relocation · BernPrime 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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Relocation agencies in Bern
expat-services.ch lists 5 hand-checked English-speaking relocation agencies in Bern: De Peri Relocation Services, Relocation Switzerland, Prime Relocation (our partner), Auris Relocation (our partner) and ReloNest (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 Bern.
Relocation agencies in Bern
5 providers
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Auris Relocation
Full-service relocation · BernAuris 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 · BernReloNest 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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De Peri Relocation Services
Full-service relocation · BernZurich-based relocation company serving all Swiss regions with home and school search, permits, temporary housing, move management and settling-in.
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Relocation Switzerland
Full-service relocation · BernBern-based firm advising wealthy private clients on moving to Switzerland, planning and managing the full relocation plus family office support.
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Local facts
Relocation agencies: what's particular to Bern
Newcomers deal with several public bodies in Bern. The EMF handles registration and, for city residents, residence permits (Canton of Bern, Amt für Bevölkerungsdienste, Migrationsdienst, checked ). Residents of the rest of the canton are served by the cantonal Migrationsdienst, whose counter is open Monday to Friday from 9.00 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 16.00 (Canton of Bern, Amt für Bevölkerungsdienste, Migrationsdienst, checked ).
The city invites newcomers to a welcome event twice a year, with the next two on 3 April 2027 and 18 September 2027. The programme starts at 10.00 with a neighbourhood walk led by the district organisation, continues at the Town Hall with a reception by city councillors and an information market of public institutions, and ends officially at 13.30 (City of Bern, checked ).
The Fachstelle für Migrations- und Rassismusfragen (+41 31 321 72 00) advises people who came from abroad. The International Bern Welcome Desk gives free personal advice in several languages to staff of diplomatic and consular missions, multilateral institutions and international companies (bern.ch, checked ). The canton's portal hallo-bern.ch offers first information in many languages (Canton of Bern, Gesundheits-, Sozial- und Integrationsdirektion, checked ).
Registering in Bern
Foreign nationals register at the Einwohnerdienste, Migration und Fremdenpolizei (EMF) at Predigergasse 5, whose counter is open Monday to Friday from 10.00 to 16.00 and until 18.00 on Thursdays (City of Bern, checked ). Registration is due within 14 days of arrival, by web form for EU/EFTA citizens and by posted paper form for other nationals (bern.ch, checked ). The cantonal tariff lists CHF 25 for entering the registration (Canton of Bern, checked ). See registering at your commune.
Read more Your first 90 days in SwitzerlandRegistering at your Swiss commune (Anmeldung)
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