{"id":5328,"date":"2025-05-14T12:58:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T12:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.internationalhrs.com\/?p=5328"},"modified":"2026-08-11T14:46:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T12:46:37","slug":"loss-swiss-residency-permit-after-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalhrs.com\/en\/loss-swiss-residency-permit-after-divorce\/","title":{"rendered":"Loss of Swiss Residency Permit after Divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Citizens from third countries lose their B permit for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sem.admin.ch\/sem\/de\/home\/publiservice\/weisungen-kreisschreiben\/auslaenderbereich\/familiennachzug.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">family reunification<\/a> if they divorce within less than three years of marriage. This situation can create significant challenges for employers \u2013 and even more for the employees themselves. Employees in this position will receive a deportation notice and must leave Switzerland, regardless of how long they have been employed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although divorce is a private matter, it is important for you as an employer to be aware of any separation or divorce involving employees from third countries (outside the EU\/EFTA), who live in Switzerland. If you are informed in a timely manner, you may be able to \u201csave\u201d their permit by applying for an independent permit, which requires a separate application supported by proof of a search. However, it is not guaranteed that the independent permit will be granted.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sem.admin.ch\/sem\/en\/home\/themen\/arbeit\/nicht-eu_efta-angehoerige\/grundlagen_zur_arbeitsmarktzulassung.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proof of search<\/a> entails that the employer advertises the position within the EU\/EFTA for a minimum of three months and evaluates all applicants. If the employer is unable to find a suitable candidate during this process, he can justify the continued employment of the affected employee and the issuance of a new permit. This process is particularly delicate when the employee is already in the position that was advertised. Navigating this process and permit application requires a certain level of skill and sensitivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:info@internationalhrs.com\">IHRS<\/a> is happy to support you with this process and with further questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citizens from third countries lose their B permit for family reunification if they divorce within less than three years of marriage. This situation can create significant challenges for employers \u2013 and even more for the employees themselves. Employees in this position will receive a deportation notice and must leave Switzerland, regardless of how long they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5330,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1194],"tags":[219,1072,749,762,1073,1074,1075],"class_list":["post-5328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-permits","tag-b-bewilligung","tag-b-bewilligung-verlieren","tag-familiennachzug","tag-family-reunion","tag-immigradion","tag-lose-b-permit","tag-lost-b-permit"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/internationalhrs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/internationalhrs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/internationalhrs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internationalhrs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internationalhrs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5328"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/internationalhrs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7567,"href":"https:\/\/internationalhrs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5328\/revisions\/7567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internationalhrs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/internationalhrs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internationalhrs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internationalhrs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}