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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.")

Critical deadlines

  1. Verification of conditionsbefore filing (LEI 42-44 / ALCP Annex I Art. 3)
  2. Compliance with the regrouping deadlinein 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.)
  3. # 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
  4. Deposit with the cantonal migration servicewhen loan (OASA 73)
  5. Decision and entry into Switzerland3-12 months
  6. Appeal Against Refusal30 days from decision (LEI 112 / LTAF 31)

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