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- The guide to your new country
- My situation
- The first 3 steps of your journey
Lunch by a Swiss lake, a mountain train on Saturday.
Arrive in Switzerland with the deadlines already on your calendar. Hello Expat puts your admin steps in order, each with its official source, and Moovy, your personal assistant, answers your questions and drafts the emails you send yourself.
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02Why move
What the official figures say about Switzerland
27.4%
of residents are foreign citizens
Eurostat, from Swiss Federal Statistical Office data, 1 January 2025 (opens the source in a new tab)
3rd of 163
countries and territories on the Global Peace Index, which ranks the most peaceful
Institute for Economics & Peace, Global Peace Index 2026 (opens the source in a new tab)
84.2 years
life expectancy at birth, against 81.5 across the EU
82.4%
of people aged 20 to 64 are in work, against 76.1% across the EU
Eurostat, labour force survey, 2025 (opens the source in a new tab)
03The paperwork
14 days to register, three months to insure.
In Switzerland the clock starts the day you arrive: 14 days to register with your commune, and before your first day of work if you are employed. Health insurance follows within three months, and your canton sets the fees, the tax and the premium rules.
- Commune registration
- Permit L or B
- Work attestation
- AVS number
- LAMal health insurance
- Deductible (franchise)
- Tax at source
- Subsequent ordinary assessment
04How Hello Expat helps
Your Swiss steps, in the order you meet them
Hello Expat lists each step with its official source and the date it was checked. Moovy, an AI assistant, answers your questions and writes the emails or letters that you read and send yourself. It does not sign, file or represent you.
Step 1
Register with your commune
For a stay of more than three months, register within 14 days of arriving, and before you start work if you are employed. The canton then issues your permit: L for under a year, B for five years.
Source: State Secretariat for Migration (SEM)
Step 2
Let your AVS number arrive
Your 13-digit AVS number, starting with 756, is normally issued automatically when you settle: there is nothing to apply for. Without a C permit, your employer withholds tax at source from your pay.
Source: Federal Social Insurance Office (OFAS)
Step 3
Take out health insurance
You have three months from taking up residence to join a Swiss insurer. In time, the cover is backdated to your arrival. Premiums differ by insurer, canton and deductible, and priminfo.ch compares them.
Source: Fedlex (LAMal), Institution commune LAMal
05See it in action
A question from a new arrival in Zurich
Moovy
AI assistantYou
I've just moved to Zurich. Do I have to take out health insurance myself, and by when?
Yes. Everyone living in Switzerland must have basic health insurance from a Swiss insurer, and you choose it yourself. You have three months from the day you take up residence. Sign up within that time and cover is backdated to the day you arrived; later, it only starts at sign-up and a surcharge can be added. Premiums depend on the insurer, the canton and your deductible, so compare them on priminfo.ch. Your European health card only covers the first weeks.
Moovy is an artificial intelligence: it can make mistakes. Open the source before you decide.
06What's inside
Everything your move needs, in one account.
An AI adviser that knows 30 countries, your steps in order, reminders, a vault for your papers, and the emails you need to send. Moovy prepares, you decide: it never signs, submits or represents you.
Moovy, your AI adviser for 30 countries
Ask in your language and Moovy answers in it, with the official source. On paid plans, it also searches official websites live.
Example conversation
Do I need to register my address in Berlin?
Moovy · AI assistant
Yes, within two weeks of moving in, at a Bürgeramt. It's called the Anmeldung.Yes, within two weeks of moving in, at a Bürgeramt. It's called the Anmeldung.
Source · service.berlin.de
Live search on official websites only (paid plans)
My journey, in the right order
Your steps one after the other, each with its official source. The next one is always at the top.
Reminders and My schedule
Add an appointment: we email you seven days before, then the day before. My schedule shows it all, month by month.
A vault for your papers
Your documents are encrypted before they are stored, with a different key for each document, kept apart from our servers. Nobody on the team has a tool to open them. Moovy reads each document you add to file it, and every reading appears in your log. You can delete everything whenever you like.
When Moovy reads a document, the text is processed by our AI provider, in the United States.
Tell us once
A short questionnaire after sign-up fills in My situation for you. Moovy uses it from your first message.
My family, dog and cat included
Add your partner, children, parents, and your dog or cat. Moovy adapts its advice: school, health insurance, and for pets the microchip, rabies vaccine and pet passport.
Emails and letters, drafted for you
Your landlord only speaks Greek? Moovy drafts the email in Greek, with a translation. You check it, and you send it yourself.
Official forms explained in Portugal, Spain, Italy and France, with the link to the official form. You fill it in and hand it in yourself.
My situation as a PDF
Download it in one click, to keep with your papers or show an adviser.
A guide for each of the 30 countries
One page per step, based on official websites, with the date each page was checked.
07Pricing
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Included in every plan
- Moovy in 30 European countries, with official sources
- A guide for each country
- My situation, filled in by a short questionnaire
08 · Your next step
Your move to Switzerland starts here.
Create your free account, tell Moovy where you're moving from, and get your steps in the right order.
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