Since I moved to Switzerland, I was overall happy that government processes are usually on-point, quick and efficient. However, the government constantly asks citizens and non-citizens to obtain confirmation of X from government body A to then submit it to government body B. Examples:
- Debt register certificates
- especially foreigners must constantly apply for the certificate at their municipality’s debt office to then submit the certificate to, e. g. migration office. It is time-consuming, costly and annoying for both the person and the government. It could easily all be recorded in a public register, also eliminating potential crimes of document forgery.
- Social security certificates
- same thing
- Tax office certificates
- same thing
- Civil register
- requires information that the migration office already has
- Strassenverkehrsamt
- partially recollects information Is this a bug or feature? I have been wondering if this is a bug in the system or a feature that teaches foreigners to figure out things and checks their ability to do so. It also makes e.g. a sequence of short-term stays on fixed-term contracts (L permit) super annoying and functions as a defacto deterrent. In rare cases eally abhorrent situations (e.g. person are sent on frequent bureaucracy runs every time they move, especially as they need to collect these documents from all or many former places of residence, so the number of documents grows exponentially each time you move). Are citizens also affected by this? My gut feeling is they are affected by this less frequently. Do you support this system? Or would you actually prefer that government bodies directly retrieve necessary confirmations in a more efficient system with less bureaucracy? submitted by /u/OkBeyond8244
Originally posted by u/OkBeyond8244 on r/Switzerland
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