Hello everyone, I am hoping to find people who have been in similar situations as me because I am honestly so lost and hopeless right now. I grew up in Geneva as a child of a diplomat who had a wonderful opportunity to come here, I have spent almost half of my life here and completed half of my education from Cycle d’Orientation until my now bachelor degree here. So truly Switzerland is the only place that has ever really felt like “home” to me. The difficult part is that, because of my parent’s diplomatic status, I was never considered a regular citizen here. My parent has returned to their home country after the end of their mission, while I am staying here as a full time uni student. I am 21 and lately I have been thinking a lot about what happens after I graduate. I know my situation is unusual and I am not necessarily looking for legal advice. What I’d like to know is whether anyone here grew up similarly like me under a diplomatic status in Switzerland and what happened afterwards. Were you able to stay here after finishing your studies? Did you end up leaving Switzerland? Looking back, is there anything you wish you had done differently ? I am aware every case is different, I just feel like I am so lost into how I should proceed with this situations. since I have built my whole life here, its hard to know whether I should keep fighting to build my future here or start accepting that I may need to move somewhere else. If anyone has been through similar experiences or know someone who has, I would really appreciate hearing another perspective into this. Thank you so much. submitted by /u/ez_tee94
Originally posted by u/ez_tee94 on r/Switzerland