General Integration Office FDFA/FDEA Bundeshaus Ost CH-3003 Berne Tel. +41 31 322 22 22 Fax +41 31 312 53 17 europa@seco.admin.ch www.europa.admin.ch
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 eu-immigration@bfa.admin.ch www.foreigners.ch
Social security Federal Social Insurance Office Effingerstrasse 20 CH-3003 Berne Tel. +41 31 322 90 11 Fax +41 31 322 78 80 info@bsv.admin.ch www.bsv.admin.ch
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.) www.ahv.ch
Occupational benefit plan Swiss LOB Belpstrasse 32, PO Box 5032 CH-3001 Berne 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 info@santesuisse.ch www.santesuisse.ch
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 Suva Fluhmattstrasse 1 CH-6004 Lucerne Postal address: PO Box, CH-6002 Lucerne Tel. +41 848 830 830 www.suva.ch
Swiss Insurance Association C. F. Meyer-Strasse 14 CH-8002 Zurich Tel. +41 1 208 28 28 Fax +41 1 208 28 00 www.svv.ch
Unemployment insurance, labour market, job placement State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (seco) Labour Market and Unemployment Insurance Bundesgasse 8 CH-3003 Berne Tel. +41 31 322 28 35 Fax +41 31 323 56 78 info@seco.admin.ch www.seco-admin.ch
Professional education and recognition of diplomas under the law on professional education Federal Office for Professional Education and Technology Effingerstrasse 27 CH-3003 Berne Tel. +41 31 322 21 29 Fax +41 31 324 96 15 info@bbt.admin.ch www.bbt.admin.ch
University Recognition of university degrees Rectors’ Conference of the Swiss Universities National Recognition Centre / Swiss ENIC Sennweg 2 CH-3012 Berne Tel. +41 31 306 60 36 Fax +41 31 302 6811 christine.gehrig@crus.ch www.crus.ch
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 Berne Tel. +41 31 308 22 22 Fax +41 31 301 30 09 fellowships@snf.ch www.snf.ch
Education programmes: ERASMUS Switzerland Office Sennweg 2 CH-3012 Berne 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 Berne Tel. +41 31 322 71 29 Fax +41 31 324 83 71 dba@estv.admin.ch www.estv.admin.ch
Buying property Federal Office of Justice Federal Office for Land Registry and Real Estate Law Taubenstrasse 16 CH-3003 Berne Tel. +41 31 322 41 20 Fax +41 31 322 76 36 www.bj.admin.ch
Missions in Switzerland of EU member states Embassy of Austria Kirchenfeldstrasse 77-79 PO Box 266 CH-3005 Berne Tel. +41 31 356 52 52 Fax +41 31 351 56 64 Embassy of Belgium Jubiläumsstrasse 41 PO Box 150 CH-3000 Berne 6 Tel. +41 31 351 04 62 Fax +41 31 352 59 61 Embassy of Denmark Thunstrasse 95 CH-3006 Berne Tel. +41 31 350 54 54 Fax +41 31 350 54 64 Embassy of Finland Weltpoststrasse 4 PO Box 11 CH-3000 Berne 15 Tel. +41 31 351 30 31 Fax +41 31 351 30 01 Embassy of France Schosshaldenstrasse 46 CH-3006 Berne Tel. +41 31 359 21 11 Fax +41 31 359 21 91 Embassy of Germany Willadingweg 83 CH-3000 Berne 16 Tel. +41 31 359 41 11 Fax +41 31 359 44 44 Embassy of Great Britain Thunstrasse 50 CH-3000 Berne 15 Tel. +41 31 359 77 00 Fax +41 31 359 77 01
Embassy of Greece Hausmattweg 2 CH-3074 Muri b. Bern Tel. +41 31 951 08 24 Fax +41 31 954 12 34 Embassy of Ireland Kirchenfeldstrasse 68 CH-3005 Berne Tel. +41 31 352 14 42 Fax +41 31 322 14 55 Embassy of Italy Elfenstrasse 14 CH-3000 Berne 16 Tel. +41 31 352 41 51 Fax +41 31 351 10 26 Embassy of Luxembourg Kramgasse 45 PO Box 619 CH-3000 Berne 8 Tel. +41 31 311 47 32 Fax +41 31 311 00 19 Embassy of Netherlands Kollerweg 11 CH-3006 Berne Tel. +41 31 350 87 00 Fax +41 31 350 87 10 Embassy of Portugal Weltpoststrasse 20 CH-3000 Berne 15 Tel. +41 31 351 17 73 Fax +41 31 351 44 32 Embassy of Spain Kalcheggweg 24 PO Box 202 CH-3000 Berne 16 Tel. +41 31 352 04 12 Fax +41 31 351 52 29 Embassy of Sweden Bundesgasse 26 CH-3011 Berne Tel. +41 31 328 70 00 Fax +41 31 328 70 01
Useful Websites Tourism in Switzerland www.myswitzerland.com
Emigration www.expatriation.com
Finding work European Employment Services (EURES) Network http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/elm/eures/en/index.htm Regional Employment Centres www.rav.ch
Addresses of Swiss missions abroad (Embassies and Consulates): www.eda.admin.ch/repadd/e/home/emb/addch.html