Moving to Switzerland, canton by canton

Each canton sets its own rules: the deadline to register when you arrive, the competent office, health insurance premium reductions. Here is the essential for all 26 cantons, with the official source for each item.

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Registration deadline by canton

Canton	Deadline	Where to register
Aargau	14 days	Residents’ registration office of your municipality
Appenzell Ausserrhoden	14 days	Residents’ registration office of your municipality
Appenzell Innerrhoden	14 days	Residents’ registration office of your municipality
Basel-Landschaft	14 days	Residents’ registration office of your municipality
Basel-Stadt	14 days	Einwohneramt (residents’ office) of the canton of Basel-Stadt
Bern	14 days	Residents’ registration office of your municipality
Fribourg	14 days	Residents’ registration office of your municipality
Geneva	14 days	Cantonal Office for Population and Migration (OCPM)
Glarus	14 days	Residents’ registration office of your municipality
Grisons	14 days	Residents’ registration office of your municipality
Jura	14 days	Residents’ registration office of your municipality
Lucerne	14 days	Residents’ registration office of your municipality
Neuchâtel	14 days	Residents’ registration office of your municipality
Nidwalden	14 days	Residents’ registration office of your municipality
Obwalden	14 days	Residents’ registration office of your municipality
Schaffhausen	14 days	Residents’ registration office of your municipality
Schwyz	14 days	Residents’ registration office of your municipality
Solothurn	14 days	Residents’ registration office of your municipality
St. Gallen	14 days	Residents’ registration office of your municipality
Thurgau	14 days	Residents’ registration office of your municipality
Ticino	14 days	Ufficio della migrazione (permit application)
Uri	14 days	Residents’ registration office of your municipality
Valais	14 days	Residents’ registration office of your municipality
Vaud	8 days	Residents’ registration office of your municipality
Zug	14 days	Amt für Migration (migration office) of the canton of Zug
Zurich	14 days	Residents’ registration office of your municipality