{"id":366,"date":"2021-11-08T08:21:13","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T08:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/integration.ow.ch\/?post_type=faq&#038;p=366"},"modified":"2025-10-09T13:24:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T11:24:55","slug":"01-welche-aufenthaltsbewilligung-benoetige-ich-wenn-ich-eu-efta-buergerin-oder-eu-efta-buerger-bin","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/integration.ow.ch\/en\/faq\/01-welche-aufenthaltsbewilligung-benoetige-ich-wenn-ich-eu-efta-buergerin-oder-eu-efta-buerger-bin\/","title":{"rendered":"01. Which residence permit do I need if I am an EU\/EFTA citizen?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following countries are considered EU\/EFTA countries:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>EU-17:<\/strong>&nbsp;Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>EU-8:<\/strong>&nbsp;Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>EU-2:<\/strong>&nbsp;Bulgaria, Romania<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>EFTA:<\/strong>&nbsp;Principality of Liechtenstein, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wenn Sie aus einem EU-17\/EU-8\/EFTA-Land stammen, d\u00fcrfen Sie sich w\u00e4hrend drei Monaten ohne Bewilligung in der Schweiz aufhalten. Sie d\u00fcrfen hier auch arbeiten, m\u00fcssen dies allerdings melden. Das Meldeverfahren finden Sie auf der\u00a0<strong><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sem.admin.ch\/sem\/de\/home\/themen\/fza_schweiz-eu-efta\/meldeverfahren.html\"><strong>Website of the State Secretariat for Migration<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/strong>.<br>If you are staying in Switzerland for longer than three months, you must register with your municipality of residence and apply for a residence permit. For this you need a valid identity card, an employment contract, a copy of the rental contract and a passport photo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>F\u00fcr\u00a0 EU\/EFTA-B\u00fcrgerinnen und -B\u00fcrger gibt es folgende Aufenthaltsbewilligungen: Genauere Informationen finden Sie <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sem.admin.ch\/sem\/de\/home\/themen\/aufenthalt\/eu_efta.html\">here<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Ausweis B EU\/EFTA <\/strong>(Aufenthaltsbewilligung)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ausweis C EU\/EFTA <\/strong>(Niederlassungsbewilligung)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ausweis Ci EU\/EFTA <\/strong>(Aufenthaltsbewilligung mit Erwerbst\u00e4tigkeit)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ausweis G EU\/EFTA <\/strong>(Grenzg\u00e4ngerbewilligung)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ausweis L EU\/EFTA <\/strong>(Kurzaufenthaltsbewilligung)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have a\u00a0<strong>Extension<\/strong>\u00a0of your residence permit, the application can be submitted to the municipality of residence at the earliest three months and at the latest two weeks before the expiry of the residence permit.<br>The <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ow.ch\/fachbereiche\/1822\">Ableitung Migration<\/a><\/em><\/strong> vom Amt f\u00fcr Arbeit ist im Kanton Obwalden f\u00fcr Aufenthaltsbewilligungen zust\u00e4ndig. <br>Kontakt: E-Mail: <em><a href=\"mailto:migration@ow.ch\">migration@ow.ch<\/a><\/em>, Tel.: <a href=\"tel:+41416666670\"><em>+41 41 666 66 70<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can find more information about residence permits&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ch\/de\/ausweise-und-dokumente\/aufenthaltsbewilligungen\/\/\"><em><strong>here<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<br><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ow.ch\/publikationen\/9249\">Here<\/a> <\/em><\/strong>you will find the residence application for non-employed persons from EU\/EFTA countries. 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Sie d\u00fcrfen hier auch arbeiten, m\u00fcssen dies allerdings melden. Das Meldeverfahren finden Sie auf der\u00a0Website des Staatssekretariats f\u00fcr Migration.Wenn Sie l\u00e4nger als drei Monate in der Schweiz bleiben, m\u00fcssen Sie sich&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/integration.ow.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faqs\/366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/integration.ow.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faqs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/integration.ow.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/integration.ow.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/integration.ow.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq-group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/integration.ow.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq_groups?post=366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}