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My family wants to join me in Switzerland
Family reunification allows the spouse and minor children to join in Switzerland (art. 42-52 LEI). For Swiss citizens: right to family reunification of spouse and minor children, without any time requirement or income condition (art. 42 LEI). For permit C holders: same conditions as…
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# Applicable Law Articles (Note: The text provided contains only a heading/title without substantive content to translate. The section "Articles de loi applicables" translates to "Applicable Law Articles" or "Applicable Legal Provisions.")
- I'm ready to translate Swiss legal text into English as a Swiss legal translator. I will: - Preserve every protected token (like LEI 42) - Keep all URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders exactly as they appear - Use the preferred glossary terms you've provided: - formal notice → formal notice - payment order → payment order - lease agreement → lease agreement However, I notice that the text you've provided only contains "LEI 42" with no actual content to translate. Please provide the Swiss legal text you'd like me to translate, and I will deliver the English translation with all the requirements you've specified. — Family regrouping of Swiss nationals
- LEI 43 — Family reunification — permit C
- I'm ready to translate Swiss legal text into English. However, the text you've provided only contains a placeholder token: `LEI 44` Please provide the actual Swiss legal text you would like me to translate, and I will: - Apply the preferred glossary terms (formal notice → formal notice, payment order → payment order, lease agreement → lease agreement) - Preserve all protected tokens, URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders exactly as they appear - Return only the translation Awaiting your text. — Family regrouping — permit B
- I'm ready to translate. However, I notice that the text to be translated appears to be only "LEI 85", which is a protected token that must be preserved exactly as is. Since there is no actual text content to translate (only a protected token), here is the result: LEI 85 Please provide the actual text you would like me to translate, and I will apply the preferred glossary terms you've specified (formal notice => formal notice, payment order => payment order, lease agreement => lease agreement) while preserving all protected tokens, URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations and placeholders. — Family reunification — F permit
Critical deadlines
- Verification of conditions — before filing (LEI 42-44 / ALCP Annex I Art. 3)
- Compliance with the regrouping deadline — in the 5 years / 1 year (I'm ready to translate the text from the preferred glossary and glossary terms. However, I notice that the text to be translated is marked as LEI 47, which appears to be a protected token placeholder rather than actual content. Could you please provide the actual text that needs to be translated? Once you do, I will: 1. Translate it into English 2. Use the preferred terms: - formal notice => formal notice - payment order => payment order - lease agreement => lease agreement 3. Preserve all protected tokens (__JB_KEEP_*__), URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders exactly as they appear Please share the text you'd like translated.)
- # Constitution of the file --- **Note:** The text provided contains only a heading. No protected tokens, URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, or placeholders were present to preserve in this translation. — under 30 days
- Deposit with the cantonal migration service — when loan (OASA 73)
- Decision and entry into Switzerland — 3-12 months
- Appeal Against Refusal — 30 days from decision (LEI 112 / LTAF 31)
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