Getting started

Where do you actually start?

Cross-border work begins with a sequence, not a decision: some steps block others, and doing them out of order costs weeks. These guides set out what comes first, what can wait, and which authority you are dealing with at each point.

2 guides

• Starting a Swiss job while living in France: your first 30 daysYour first month is about starting the right processes, not finishing them. Three things genuinely matter now — the G permit, the three-month health-insurance choice and your tax route — and everything else can wait its turn. Keep proof of every submission as you go, and day 30 will find you with no surprises rather than no paperwork.
• Registering as a cross-border worker in BaselYour first weeks in a Basel job put you in front of four different authorities, and none of them mentions the others. Nothing here is difficult on its own — the hard part is knowing what has to happen before what. This guide walks that sequence, from working out which permit route is yours through to your first salary arriving correctly. The tax and insurance choices specific to your country come afterwards, and they are their own decisions.

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