Hey everybody! So I’m a recent non-EU graduate from the ETH’s. As such, I’m using the 6 months given to me where employers don’t need to prove that there is no qualified Swiss/EU candidate to try finding a job here. I’m also staying here on the 6-month L permit for job-seeking. These are both provisions due to SR 142.20, Art. 21 par. 3 , for anyone who’s curious (since I have a feeling there will be doubt or questions). I’m coming to a predicament though. I’m currently in interviews with a company, and I think I might get the offer. However, there’s only about 1 month left on my current residence permit, and this job is based in Zürich. By all accounts I’ve heard, it takes 6-8 weeks for the authorities in Zürich to issue the B permit for working. As such, I expect that my current L permit (which is non-extendable, btw) will lapse before I get my B permit. Does anybody have any knowledge on how this affects the measure of how much time I’ve resided in the country, specifically my progress for obtaining the C permit (not naturalisation, that’s something I can worry about later)? Will the clock reset to 0, or will they make an exception if the gap was only a few weeks and my goal was still to reside in the country? One of the big reasons for me to find work in Switzerland was to continue my progress towards the C permit for permanent residence, since I have already spent a few years here, so it’d be a big shame if this resets all my progress. submitted by /u/baktix
Originally posted by u/baktix on r/Switzerland