General
Integration Office FDFA/FDEA
Bundeshaus Ost
CH-3003
Tel. +41 31 322 22 22
Fax +41 31 312 53 17
Immigration, entry, residence and labour
market
Swiss Federal Aliens Office
(SFAO)
Quellenweg 15
CH-3003 Berne-Wabern
Tel. +41 31 32 59 511
Fax +41 31 32 59 651
Social security
Federal Social Insurance Office
Effingerstrasse 20
CH-3003
Tel. +41 31 322 90 11
Fax +41 31 322 78 80
Swiss old age, survivors? and invalidity insurance
Compensation offices and
disability insurance offices
(You will find compensation office
addresses on the last page of any
swiss telephone book.)
Occupational benefit plan
Swiss LOB
Belpstrasse 32,
CH-3001
Tel. +41 31 320 61 71
Fax +41 31 320 68 43
Sickness insurance
santésuisse
Römerstr. 20
4500 Soleure
Tel. +41 32 625 41 41
Fax +41 32 625 41 51
Common Institution under the Federal Sickness Insurance Act
Gibelinstrasse 25
CH-4503 Soleure
Tel. +41 32 625 48 20
Fax +41 32 625 48 29
Accident insurance
Swiss National Accident Insurance Fund
Fluhmattstrasse 1
CH-6004
Postal address:
PO Box, CH-6002
Tel. +41 848 830 830
Swiss Insurance Association
C. F. Meyer-Strasse 14
CH-8002
Tel. +41 1 208 28 28
Fax +41 1 208 28 00
Unemployment insurance, labour market,
job placement
State Secretariat for Economic
Affairs (seco)
Labour Market and
Unemployment Insurance
Bundesgasse 8
CH-3003
Tel. +41 31 322 28 35
Fax +41 31 323 56 78
Professional education and recognition of diplomas under the law
on professional education
Federal Office for Professional
Education and Technology
Effingerstrasse 27
CH-3003
Tel. +41 31 322 21 29
Fax +41 31 324 96 15
University
Recognition of university degrees
Rectors? Conference of the
Swiss Universities
A special memorandum can be obtained from the Federal Office for
Professional Education and Technology on questions of academic recognition in
the fields of health, education, social work and forestry.
Grants and fellowships:
Swiss National Science Foundation
Office for Fellowships
Wildhainweg 20
CH-3001
Tel. +41 31 308 22 22
Fax +41 31 301 30 09
Education programmes:
ERASMUS
Sennweg 2
CH-3012
Tel. +41 31 306 60 39/40
Fax +41 31 302 68 11
Taxes
Swiss Federal Tax Administration
Division for International Fiscal
Law and Double Taxation Matters
Eigerstrasse 65
CH-3003
Tel. +41 31 322 71 29
Fax +41 31 324 83 71
Buying property
Federal Office of Justice
Federal Office for Land Registry and Real Estate Law
Taubenstrasse 16
CH-3003
Tel. +41 31 322 41 20
Fax +41 31 322 76 36
Missions in
Embassy of
Kirchenfeldstrasse 77-79
CH-3005
Tel. +41 31 356 52 52
Fax +41 31 351 56 64
Embassy of
Jubiläumsstrasse 41
PO Box 150
CH-3000 Berne 6
Tel. +41 31 351 04 62
Fax +41 31 352 59 61
Embassy of
Thunstrasse 95
CH-3006
Tel. +41 31 350 54 54
Fax +41 31 350 54 64
Embassy of
Weltpoststrasse 4
CH-3000
Tel. +41 31 351 30 31
Fax +41 31 351 30 01
Embassy of
Schosshaldenstrasse 46
CH-3006
Tel. +41 31 359 21 11
Fax +41 31 359 21 91
Embassy of
Willadingweg 83
CH-3000
Tel. +41 31 359 41 11
Fax +41 31 359 44 44
Embassy of
Thunstrasse 50
CH-3000
Tel. +41 31 359 77 00
Fax +41 31 359 77 01
Embassy of
Hausmattweg 2
CH-3074 Muri b.
Tel. +41 31 951 08 24
Fax +41 31 954 12 34
Embassy of
Kirchenfeldstrasse 68
CH-3005
Tel. +41 31 352 14 42
Fax +41 31 322 14 55
Embassy of
Elfenstrasse 14
CH-3000
Tel. +41 31 352 41 51
Fax +41 31 351 10 26
Embassy of
Kramgasse 45
CH-3000
Tel. +41 31 311 47 32
Fax +41 31 311 00 19
Embassy of
Kollerweg 11
CH-3006
Tel. +41 31 350 87 00
Fax +41 31 350 87 10
Embassy of
Weltpoststrasse 20
CH-3000
Tel. +41 31 351 17 73
Fax +41 31 351 44 32
Embassy of
Kalcheggweg 24
CH-3000
Tel. +41 31 352 04 12
Fax +41 31 351 52 29
Embassy of
Bundesgasse 26
CH-3011
Tel. +41 31 328 70 00
Fax +41 31 328 70 01
Useful Websites
Tourism in
Emigration
Finding work
European Employment Services (EURES) Network
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/elm/eures/en/index.htm
Regional Employment Centres
Addresses of Swiss missions abroad (Embassies and Consulates):
www.eda.admin.ch/repadd/e/home/emb/addch.html