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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Relocation agencies in Lugano
expat-services.ch lists 5 hand-checked English-speaking relocation agencies in Lugano: De Peri Relocation Services, Lugano Relocation Service, Prime Relocation (our partner), Auris Relocation (our partner) and ReloNest (our partner).
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 Lugano.
Relocation agencies 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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De Peri Relocation Services
Full-service relocation · LuganoZurich-based relocation company serving all Swiss regions with home and school search, permits, temporary housing, move management and settling-in.
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Lugano Relocation Service
Settling-in support · LuganoRelocation service for companies and families moving to Lugano and Ticino, offering house hunting, arrival and settling-in help and company set-up support.
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Local facts
Relocation agencies: what's particular to Lugano
The city runs two Puntocittà counters: Lugano Centro at Via della Posta 8, open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 07:30 to 12:00 and from 13:30 to 17:00 and Tuesday and Thursday from 07:30 to 18:00, and Pregassona at Via Sala 13. A separate counter at Via Balestra 4 handles Swiss identity cards and passports by appointment (lugano.ch, checked ). The Centro counter also houses the municipal utility's desk for electricity, water and gas contracts (lugano.ch, checked ).
Official welcome material is mostly in Italian. The mayor's letter exists in ten languages, English among them, the city publishes a booklet on the history, geography and politics of Lugano, Ticino and Switzerland, and its Lugano Servizi and Lugano Eventi apps carry some arrival procedures (lugano.ch, checked ) (lugano.ch, checked ). The 21 neighbourhood commissions are coordinated by the Ufficio quartieri at Via Ceresio 25 in Pregassona (lugano.ch, checked ).
Beyond the city, the cantonal integration service in Bellinzona (Via Canonico Ghiringhelli 6, +41 91 814 32 00) runs the integration programme (ti.ch, checked ), and the canton's general information line is +41 91 814 41 11 (ti.ch, 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.
Read more Your first 90 days in SwitzerlandRegistering at your Swiss commune (Anmeldung)
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